The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-11

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headers of the vie,vus that are fore.
most in football Boz The east includ-
ing Coy 81 Nal, Tobiu of Dert-
mouth miller at Pennsylvania. Fish
'of Harvard. rydcmeu of Cornell and
|Si.flinE uf Princeton thie question
WAS addressed;
'Wlu there bc more use Of the
/ forward pass In 1903 than there
was in l9oN1'
1 II WAS not that the question was
considered to be very specific
query FOR 1t would be- asking too
much to expect that captain could
! tell what his eleven would be likely
to do well until after he had tried
( his men. but the idea vas to try to
ascertain If the captains this year
ARE more partial to the open game
than those who played on the elev-
ems Of 1908.
without much hesitation the cap
tains addressed replied about as had
! been expected that it would de-
lpend great deal on the ability of
! their players on the field and on the
emergencies OF game.
There is no doubt that the for
ward pass will be taught, and that it
/ will be used more or less if there
are fast and capable playes who are
| a success in trying it, but there is
istil more hesitation in committing
team to open football to the aban-
donment of the rushing game.
Miller, the captain of the Pennsyl-
vania team is perhaps more of an
open game advocate than any other
leader in the east, but it is not
strange, for the players on the Red
/ and Blue eleven have been brought
Iup on the principles of the new
game from the time that the rules
we're changed
A forward pass play was used in
the navy games last fall, which was
a winner play used by Pennsylvania
to advance the ball.
The ball is snapped back to ire
quarterback. From him it is passed
to the right halfback, who runs
across the back field, protected by
the fullback. who is in front of him.
The left halfback runs into the po-
lsition of the left end, who sprints
jpast the defense and occupies a po-
isition on the right wing of the de-
tending team The right halfback,
drumming with the ball, crosses to a
position back Of the left end of his
team and makes his pass from
there If the play is put through
with speed it can be made success
full Any hesitation is likely to prove
La fault. for the defending players
will be able to surround the end
who is to catch the ball. The pur-
port of the play, of course, is to de-
ceive the defending side into the be-
lief that an end run is to be made
iby the attacking side, and if they
can be caught mapping a pass can be
made for fair gain.
This play can be varied If the
right halfback of the opposing side
| is fast and clever man and good
passer, by having his team push In
! to the territory OF the defending
side, AMI then, when the defending
players have been drawn OVER to
1.-The right side of their defense, let
the halibac,. throw tie ball ciago
inally across both lines to his own
right end.
This play must be put through
with more speed than the first, and
the man who is to pass the ball must
surely be accurate He will be COM
ipelled to throw it long distance
at the best that he can do, and the
end who is to receive it will have
to be sure catch,
For young teams the forward pass
is a good play, because it brings
more variety into their work, and
for another and more potent reason
that it is probable the forward pass
will remain in football for years to
leone. and the more proficient young
Iplayers become in using it the bet
ter their game will be ten years from
now.
When the football leaders have
become less timorous about employ
ling the forward pass, and the pres
ent generation has outgrown to
some extent its adherence TO the
Istraight-laced old game OF rushing
the chances are the forward pass
will be used with more frequency
land more certainly than II is now.