The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15
New Style of Play Adds to
Spectacular Interest in
the Game.
TACTICS OF LEADERS,
Minnesota Shift" Check
mated by Ann Arbor STRAIT
egy, Successful Elsewhere.
BY WALTER MARoHAND,
7 Leased NIX 10 Thc Trihnne.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune
NEW YORK. Oct. l4.-Footbail this
year Is nearer football than anything We
have seen In many years. That is, there
kicking under the new rules than under
the old. And this is good thing for
the game In my Judgment II has not
eliminated tho strategy and hard lighting
which has made college football the
prince OF games. but 1t has introduced
spectacular feature which cannot fall to
prov" the chances of the smaller colleges
10 make n good showing
Both of these make for the better
ment OF the game. In the games so
was common and long runs plentiful
forward passes and other extremely mod
ern plavs were productive of compare
lively small gains. For the most part
the leading elevens contented themselves
with straight end and line running with
occasional shifts 10 relieve the rnonotony
IL has been the marked feature OF the
play, however, that the teams went at
the so-called new game with more con-
tidence than they did n year ago.
No Doubt About Rules.
Coaches and players alike have so far
familiarized themselves with the mod
ern game that they know Just what Is
| permissible and what will not be all
lowed The period OF experimenting Is
past. II will take weeks 10 drill the
players into perfect execution OF the
plays made POSSIBLE Dg The revision of
tho code. but the theory or the thing has
| been mastered. and that done II is only'
a question of time before II will be put
| into practice.
| Though onside kicks and forward passes
have not been as common as advocstes
| OF the game might desire. there is a gen- >
erai tendency 10 vary the play, TO mix
things no. Even the big fellows. while
strong enough TO have varqushed their
opponents by straightforward football
showed a willingness TO depart from the
| plain hammering tactics that usually fea-
! ture their opening games.
| Except for n slight tendency TO fun,be,
| Yale games left little to be desired The
team played a far more consistent game
than year ago. Plenty OF strength and
a few Weaknesses are shown in both lins
| and backfield.
Harvard does not shine so brightly. in
| diyldually, hut there is evident system
OF team play that none Of the other
| elevers show While the regulars were
on the field the defense was invulnerable.
The attack was also powerful and ag
gressive enough for all purposes.
The Tigers hackheid is exceptionally
light even for Princeton. where heavy
backs are the exception, but II flashed
lot OF speed and n varied attack. They
| get of 10 number Of long runs in which
they are aided moro by their own great
lodging than by good interference OF
protection from the line.
Kicker Is Man of Hour.
Fielding n. Yost. who foresaw the
present style of football. sends this mes
sage from the University OF Michigan
| training quarters.
'It's the kicker and the man with ths
ability 10 pass the ball accurately who
is going 10 be Of valne 10. the football
team this year. Football has changed
Brawn and muscle have been relegated
TO the BACKGROUND for the present Al
least, and it's the man with the quick
mind and, above all, the man who car
handle the ball with precision. who i
- - lie sHnn
Before the PENNSYLVANIA football team
PLAYED Its first game every man received
a severe physical exam,nation. The tss'
was much more strict than II has beer
| heretofore. Besides the ordinary exam.
ination, the physician took the blood
pressure OF each man. This test shows
| the condition OF the blood vessels and
whether or not hardening Of the arteries:
has set In. Not a single man was barred
| on account OF organic troubles. although
| Dutton. the big guard, was ordered "a
take a weeks rest In order 10 give ais
injured knee chance TO mend. The
medical test viii be repeated the first o.
| every month not only for the football
| candidates. but also the candidates fol
the gymuastic. track, rowing, swimming
fencing and baseball teams.
Mchigans Southern opponent. Vandor-
| bilt back on tho wolverines schedule
after an absence OF two years, is over-
blessed with Veterans. Every day re.
| ports announce some star, who was not
counted on as being back. returning Ia
the squad-an McGugin his prospects oi
| sending the strongest team against
Michigan that nc has ever brought 70
Ann Arbor
Explains Minnesota Shift.
A reader writes for an explanation Of
] the Minnesota shift used by Yale last
| fall The play consists Of drawing the
| two tackles back of the line behind the
guards and then having them Jump 70
one side or the other among the forU7 rds
J lust before the ball IL snapped The play
Jhad considerable success in the west but
was stopped by Michigan by playing ths
defensive linemen we'll UP and having
them shift as soon as the offensive
| tackles started TO leap.
Under the old rules. Ysle's best eleven
| Was the one which took championsnip
| honors in 1900 The Blue won the twelve
| gar mes PLAYED, totals for the season reach Z
| ing aga TO & The five points were made
| as the result OF goal from the field hyy
] MATHS OF Princeton. The final score OF
| this game was % 70 ;. With tho old
rules in force Harvard's best season vas
| in 1901 when the team PLAYED eleveu
| games and won them all This team
scored o3S points against its opponents
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