Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-17

- me memory OF many devoted
,,tloV'er OF intercollegiate football
,be carly min Niles remain enthroned
tine herois age Of the game. II
\, this neriod that Individual play
..,,ed splendidly combined with pro-
..y.,e team work that team work
20, lent itself 81 well to the begin
ING Of light. aging interference and
-, tentative advances. Strategy was
q, ts heyday Not that modern gen
".sisbip h not superior. but the game
4. those DAYS had all the thrill OF dar-
-, experiment Tho Yale teams Of 81
nd 'q2 90. and '95 the Princeton elev-
o,s NJ % and '96--who viii ever forget
them
In tho meantime they were turning
ogt FAST eievens az Harvard, and they
Ts,oyercd n strategist who deserved "A
,1,,or fete than defeat. Deland's flying
s'sdse from the kickoff, as planned,
ss e4wIess. II failed only BY the
r,sresi trine 10 yield touchdown. The
SSar.seetng Harvard strategist had
Named wisely, but Just shade too
i,.su Everybody knows that provision
Sad been made TO take IN the opposing
,srkle In the flying wedge and to drop
~, ONT behind But the execution Of
,his wonderful play was not quite per-
w., and II was solved, under fire, on
,ss field hv the Blue forwards
", theory and practise Harvard went
..-,ber than any other institution, but
.ebtie me crimson WAS not followed To
,he logical conclusion of complete
csmpaign founded upon flying interfer-
49, me effect Of the system was felt
Iafn4N NQpiH.
a.s tho result was compromise that
a,oAuced "a type Of football perhaps
Isyar since eclpsed in point of breath
less interest
YALE IN THE NINETIES.
The Yale eleven Of ~ was a remark
shle team. and represented at the time
the farthest advance In football, but
~. prinocton eleven Of '93 was an ag-
legation that for suhlimated team
,lay has had its peer In recent years
rsrhaps. hut never IT'S superior. Even
p,lnceton men will upon occasion take
esception and look upon the wonderful
20 eleven as having at least a shade
the better Of the '93 team. one must
remember the difference In caiiher pc
treen the g3 and '9i Yale teams that
we're beaten by Princeton. The '9s Yale
team was "a good one the Blue eleven
Of % not much 10 boast or.
Pennsylvania was Thoroughly on the
f,otbaU map. Woodruff had begun hts
cusrds-back formation, the Quakers
developed the quarterback kick, and
vim such men as carl Williams, knipe,
,nd Osgood behind the line, were work
Inr havoc with opposing teams. The
o1akerg had "a disconcerting habit AZ
,bts stage Of starting two men ahead or
,bs hal In a flying interference. IL was
rrzzlinc play. difficult TO diagnose.
kicking had been brought TO pertec-
ton as a defensive maneuver, but was
not at that time a dependable part or
me attack as IL has been In recent
vssrs and Doubtless will be more than
over this fan All the big teams I'm the
early ninetios had good kicSers, good
ends and more than mediocre forwards
forwards who. many judges believe,
have never since been excelled In the
matter NJ general average.
Yet the offensive strength Of all the
leading teaus-and a. should he worth
stopping 10 think about Just az TINS
tlne-Was IN front of the man with the
rail There was. Of course, pushing
and pulling. but nothing like the con-
certed method Of keeping man on MS
feet BY a ut from behind, That pre-
vailed IN, later years II was not the
thing Tor the man with the
hall 10 20 into the line first When ne
did 50 hit the line he generally split II
alone. or slipped through a quick open
'g without the support one has become |
accustomed 10 sec In recent years. |
Quck openings were made. and a man |
not In "all standing" knowing full
we'll that his way was his own TO make, I
and that he might not rely upon any |
great amount Of support In the nature |
n a mass behind him.
LITTLE INTERFERENCE THEN.
Few runners nowadays get the pro-
lection ahead of them that the run
her got I'm the early nineties-that i'm
he old days the element Of timing |
vas the prime factor rather than the
Immediate weight available. And. |
Eth plenty Of allowance for new fea-
lures. this Is tho type Of game IL h
hoped we are going back to. 1t was |