The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-28
Good Kicker Is Needed.

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This brings up the fact that the
team with the good kicker will have
a great advantage this season. That
was shown By the remarkable work
Of Capron, OF Minnesota, and Steffen.
of Chicago, last year. It has be-
come so hard for team where the
.elevens are evenly matched TO gain
the required ten yards in three downs
since the \double defense has been
perfected that coaches have turned
their attention more and more in this
directions.
In past years the different teams
have known great punters, place
kiokers and drop-kickers. but never
until this season has the good kicker
been 50 much in demand. Kickers
must be more than simply able 90
boot the ball, for the team needs
their services in the game more than
simply to kick the pigskin-
A kicker must be a man whom
the opponents hardly know whether
he is going to kick or run with the
ball-for example. like Ekersal, and
Steffens. OF Chicago, and Hare. of In
diana. Men like those heroes are
the kind every coach is looking for,
OF course these stars were In class
by themselves, and no coach can
hardly expect to get such kickers,
runners or defensive wonders, but,
nevertheless, the coaches are all try
, ing to develop such players,
Heasiy Quarters in Demand.
The quarterback will have TO be a
steadier player than ever this season,
The quarter generally makes most OF
the forward passes and will there
fore. have to be a man who can
handle the ball both on the long and
short pass. and handle It with conf
dence in his own ability and with
accuracy.
The back-field men will all have
to be fast in getting started, but not
necessarily sprinters OF course. II
they have the latter quality they viii
be all the better backs, but they must
be able to start faster than ever this
season, as football has become to be
y a game where the fast start is more
1 important than the heavy mass play
The ends are the men who will be
,overworked-. this season. Kicking
will be the important factor. The
covering Of punts and other kicks
will. therefore, be more important
, than ever. The team will be required
to do so much running this season
that they will likely be completely
Exhausted at the end of most OF their
games,
/ The rules committee evidently had
this in mind when they heightened
the time between halves from ten 10
Fifteen minutes. This will give the
players more time to recuperate aud
a faster game will, therefore. result.
Line PlungeFs Can BE Used.
!. The day of ne heavy line man is
not gone. With the development OF
the extreme secondary defense the
tracks have been moved back so far,
and in some cases so far out that the
line is left almost unstrengthened or
backed up. This style of play may
stop the forward pass or onside kick
or trick plays. but what II team
has a powerful pair of line plungers
that the center men cannot stop? A
team needs big, heavy strong, fast
men in the lire more this year than
ever.
One thing is also more certain than
ever, and that is this, that no team
can gain consistently throughout a
game by using simply straight foot
ball The teams need the forward
pass and other plays on the trick
order to make their gains. The