The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24

iplHyeQ tO.OAy Is pIeulcte0 IN INC near
future by Glenn s.. Warner, coach of
the Carlisle Indians.
Agitation against tho forward pass
will not be effective, in my Judgment"
said Warner. Most OF the discussion
OF this play Is done in the newspapers
OF tho East. All Of the big schools
use 1t more or loss. They have to Ii
they want to cover the distance the
rules require in three downs.
"Of course, III the Princeton game,
neither the Tigers nor my team used
We couldn't, owing to the rain and
the strong wind that was blowing. The
Indians tried the forward pass in that
game exactly three times. Each occa-
sion was with the wind at their back,
and the reason that the play failed
was that the wind carried tho ball so
far that my players couldn't have
| caught It II they had had wings.
Princeton's ends bothered isxendine
and Gardner q bit, too. but the tale
that Princeton won by sending men
to shadow my players who were eli
| gible to receive the forward pass Is
Incorrect If they had tried any such
tactics. Carlisle would have won
easily. The true cause of our defeat
! was the rain and the wind.
II want to see the on-side kick fur
| Their developed. It Is one of the best
plays in the game to-day, want to
see the rules changed SO that all play
ers on the side kicking are put on
side as soon us tho bail crosses tho
1 line OF scrimmage. as they now are ar
ter 1t falls to the ground.
with this rulesin force the on-side
kick would become one OF the main
cogs in teams attack. 1t Is similar
to the forward pass, except that it
would require even greater skill to
no able to kick 1t whore you wanted
to than it now requires to throw or
ltoss 1t.
| When the rulemakers adopted the
forward pass they put certain players
on-side to handle it. They did not
change tho rule on the on-side kick
because. they said, the general scram-
BILE that would follow for the ball
would roughen the game. There is
1 Just as muc hof a scramble now for
the forward pass and no more danger
to the players than in the past.
IT do not apprehend any danger OF
the rules committee changing back to
| the old style Sof line plays. We had
those and know their faults and 1t
was to alleviate them that the new
style was adopted Rather. I took for
a gradual expansion OF the open style,
as the possibilities OF this kind OF q
i game are realized. No style OF q
game should be played that permits
one team to hold the ball and hammer
I its way the whole length OF the field.
but want, at the Same time, to
keep within the bounds OF football.
The gridiron sport should not degen-
crate to the standard OF basketball.
i The forward pass Is nearer to that
i game than the quarterback kick, and {
A the forward pass Is O good play, and
/ know 1t Is. then the on-slde kick is,
too, and deserves further development,
There Is no adequate defense
\ against tho forward pass to-day. If
4 there was 1t would not accomplish the
4 ends for which it was created. 1t must
aid the oftenso In covering ten yards
In three downs and as soon as the play
can be stopped 1t Will cease to be q
ground winner.
There are too many variations to
this play and the formations from
which it can be sprung. If team
lis externally watching for tho forward
pass It Is going to be surprised With
4 line attacks, short kicks and ond runs;
II. on the other hand, II forgets tho
other plays the forward pass is
going to cost them heavily.
MY experience is that the game, as
1 played to-day, Is vastly better than
4 the old style. 1t makes elevens nearer
equal. Harvard had every opportunity
to see and know what we could do. 1T
had representatives at both the Penn
and Princeton games In ono instance
4 we beat hard-plnylng, line-plunging
4 aggregation; In the other we were
beaten by a team that was somethlng
4 on tile same order. Harvard knew
and everybody knows, that the ends
nre prominent factors in this new
game. and saw Princeton stop the
& Indians to an extent, But Harvard
( couldn't profit by what 1t saw, and
my men simply bewlldered then,''
Deep Hun Hunt.
n Owing to the incessant rain all day
Yesterday tho Deep Run Hunt Club did
e not have Its usual weekly meet. AZ
Personals,
Mrs, Ill. w. Broadhent and little son
! lyvilson, left last week for their home
4 I'M Oklahoma, after spending some tim,
with her parents, Mr., and Mrs. j. II
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