The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-10
FOOTBALL RULES
SUIT COACH YOST


where in this country, rushing around
watching streams being harnessed ana
wires being strung, Is man named
Fielding H Yost. That's his business
electric power. Making football his
tory is his pastime. on this man the
eyes of the football west are turned.
What will ne do? How will he do 1t?
is he worried?
Men are studying these new rules,
cropping in the dark for ideas. But
it's an easy bet That this man Yost
IS in no darkness. The new game will
be a game of strategy and Yost is a
football strategist. What will he do
He'll do wonders with this game.
make it better than the best of them
dare dream it ever can be made
How will he go about it? Nobody
knows that Maybe he thinks 1t out
while he talks to you about the mys
teries and laughing at the obstacles.
is he worried? Not in the least.
Not New to Yost.
1--WE have much to learn about this
game" he said last fall. 1T is still
in the experimental stage" Remem-
Der, that was only last fall. Now to
the casual observer, they have ripped
that game to smithereens. But it is
no great departure from the Yost
game.
"Why, the quarterback is a thing
of the past" you hear among those
who are discussing the changes.
well hasn't Yost subordinated the
quarterback? Last year the first play
that the Michigan varsity mastered
was a direct pass to fullback and a
run around the ends. The maize and
blue eleven used that play through
out the year, used it effectively. 1t is
the speed Yost wants He has always
wanted speed. They have dubbed
him "Hurry-Up" Yost because of it.
He has never been satisfied in this
particular. And the eliminating Of
a double pass at the beginning of
play will give Yost just so much more
speed. a
Game of Trickery.
at will be game of trickery" is
another thing they're saying. Those
who have watched the Michigan
teams since the passing Of the old
hit-em- in the-mouth game will rea
dze just how much trickery Yost has
used. In 1907 it was the Michigan
ders set every one thinking by great
play that Yost has conceived. Thai
Pennsylvania game will always be re-
membered just for that one play. o.
course, Michigan lost, and after the
game Mike Murphy said: They tried
to play baseball and we beat EN-
playing football" 1t will be remem.
41,o LT1Iwv
ines again in 1908. How did they de
It? BY Yost tactics. Murphy taught
his men the forward pass and they
journeyed to the great lakes countr!
to beat Yost at his own game. True
they had merely a remnant of a team
to face and won easily, and it proved
that Yost's way of playing the gam
was the one way. Michigan whippe,
Pennsylvania last November by a 1
to 0 score. Both touchdowns resulted
from freakish plays. One was a de
layed pass the other a forward pass
Michigan football under Yost, has al
ways been trickery, especially sine
the introduction of the forward pass
AS far as the rulings restricting tn
forward pass go, Yost will not lose
He has always trained his men to us
this manner of attack in many diff
ferent ways.
Game for the Students.
In recent years Michigan has neve
had more than half dozen men VIII
could make driving tackle. fe,
have mastered this form of stoppin
runners, but in spite of all he coul
do. Yost was unable to find eleve
men who could do it to his liking. No
he will be relieved of that burdal
The new tackling will be difficult I
master, but not so difficult as tt
dives.
The quick, rapid-fire attack, til
opportunities for strategy, the pass
ing of the beef-these are the thing
that will handicap all but Yost. Il
has proved to every one that the ope
more intelligent game is in reality h
game, and Fielding Fl. will not |
greatly pestered by the new rules,
say the least
The iron head and the laggard WI
TO be. The thinker, the alert, INTEL
gent, resourceful man is the one WI
will be called from the side lines
the future and 1t Is with this so
that Yost likes to deal. Truly, Il
sport world will watch the Michigs
coach next fall. for he is witho
doubt the football genius of the coul
try and what he does others will ar