The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-02
FORWARD PASS SHOULD BE AMPLFED so MORE
PLAYERS MAY ACQUIRE SKILL In
MAKING IT
DIVERSITY BETTER BATTLES DEFENSE
Increase In Scheduled Games Indicates That Popular In
tereSt Is at Least Fifth Greater Than
Ever Before

that any young man who is engaged In
making this his first year on the football
field and who feels that II Is within him to
Kick wen and accurately, should devote his
time to practice, so that when the games
begin he shall be In his best condition.
Perhaps not all may be as adept In kick
Ing as Of the the iR Paee o ad to bs d
tlnctly to their advantage as drop kickers.
Glen Warner, who has had long expert
ence In teaching the players OF Carlisle to
play the game, Is authority for this state
ment.
Yet It is certain that good kickers viii
be greatly In demand and it must not be
wholly to punting. There must be skill In
drop kicking and In place kicking.
Here's Real Kicker.
Take such player as Coy, the captain
Of this years Yale team, and ideal man
is had for a team, simply because of his
ability to punt, NO matter about his other
qualifications. II Is true that he Is one
of the best ground gamers in the recent
history of the game, and probably one Of
the best who ever lived. but he would
shine as O wonderful kicker IL there were
not another quality In his favor.
Turning to another development of the
game, 1t seems more and more In evidence
under the present rules that there Is to
be demand on all teams for end rushers
More than one eleven last season would
have gladly welcomed such brilliant
player as Scarlet, Of Pennsylvania, or
Schildmiller of yarmouth, to It's ranks.
The modern game demands that there
shall be q strong defence on the ends. A
good punter without good ends to cover
his attack is wofully handicapped. 1t 10
most exasperating to see q splendid kick
Of sixty yards drop wholly unprotected by
the attacking side. There was a great deal
of that last year. SkIlful and heet ends
were hard to find.
Princeton worked for them all the season
and almost In vain. AT the close the ends
were better than they had been at the
beginning. but they were not such ends
as Princeton had been accustomed to see
in the past. They did not follow the
ball as they should and were too easily
shocked OF. Princeton without ends of
expert worth, Is not Princeton.
Yale was bothered by It's ends. They
were too light, even though they possessed
some speed, and the most promising Of all
Fitzpatrick, was injured in the game with
West Point and not able to play for the re-
mainder Of the year
Scarlet, the Pennsylvania star, on the
other hand, simply shone above all his
| fellows with the exception Of SchildmillNr
The latter, Of Dartmouth, played won
one Of the most proficient OF the eastern
ends in handling the forward pass. 1t was
| almost impossible TO prevent him from OBJ
tanning the ball and gaining with It.
Combined Two Qualities.
Yale used Coy at end part Of the year,
because the coaches found that they must
change in the scoring system. 1t Is posi-
| Bile that there Will be more field goals
kicked In 1909 than were in 1908 The ten
dency to score In this manner Is strong,
and probably not a few opportunities were
given up last year which will be taken ad-
vantage Of in 1909.