The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-23

young coaches easily adapted then1-
selves to new conditions and .tU fha
new rules. They realized what .tha
stronger teams have realized Nv Iris
timc--tlat weight was Just as essen.
tial US In former days, but that speed
quick thinking and pluck were moro:
necessary than ever before. ItSusedEt AZ
be weight ut any price, ana speed In
combination, II possible. Now III "a
\ speed at any price. with weight m
added feattre-desirable, to be slro.
but not to be sacrificed for speed.
The game has certainly chnnEed. out
from the spectators viewpoint 1t has
changed kpr the better. What8#was ia
tho long ago a jumbo of logs ana Feat
angle, Is now a succession OF end runs
forward passes and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The ball is always In view, and t re.
qulres no strnining OF eyes to follow
each play.
Advantageous to Coaches.
COACHES find the four period game OF
great advantage in i%nstructing the
men on the field. Under old conditions
a man once removed could not go back
in. Now q man can BID taken out q
any stage of the game ana at the con-
~clusion or a quarterih he can be sent back
I'm again. Aside from resting the men
this plan has the added advantage or
! allowing coaches to tell the man rum.
ming the team what to do.
For instance, supposing Mt the end
OF tho first quarter the coach, who Is
on the side line, finds a weakness In
the opposing team Quickly he sends
one. of the benchwarmers into the
fray With instructions to the quarter
to direct his attack at this or that
point.
I#ET nv 8 ,,1n1,t,, ~ ~ " - ~ =, a ~ hos 49,
tie and the coach wants to try a pet
trick play which the quarter in the on
lcttement or the battle has overlooked
In the hope OF scoring. Presto, out
comes another man, and in goes a SUD-
stttute with a message to Garcia. T,he
team rs losing none of Its strength, for
these changes are made when there are
but one or two minutes OF play res
naming In Inc quarter. When thegpe-
Rod Is concluded the varsity man Is
put back in again after q probably
reeded rest, and he, too, has received
his instruction. Thus the coach, With
out breaking the rules. can go right
along coaching his team from the side
lines, and none may say him nay.
More Interesting for Spectator.
All of this adds to the pleasure or
the spectator. It gives variety to both
the play and the players. One writer
has designated. the game of previous
years as a pushh, while the game today
he says is Il wallop. Largely this is
true. The men are farther apart, and
naturally the impact is greater than i
when they were closer together. While
the flying tackle is tabooed, a number
of worthy substitutes have been in
vented by coaches.
It Will take a year or two for those
go to see football to get entfrelyi
accustomed to the new style OF play,
but as they get to know 1t and un-
tderstand it they will be loth,to 60 back
again to the old mass plays, flying
H'wedges!and line hurdling. 1t Is a new
game of football, but 1t Is a better.
game. 1t puts brains at a premtum
and relegates beef. unless accompanied
by gray matter, to the rear. Just assls
Interesting, more spectacular. faster
and more easily understood, the foot
ball of 1901 has come to stay.