The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-12-07
INSIDE GAME COUNTS
Football Player Seldom Gets
Credit for Play.
Chances FOR Real Scientific Work
Nearly as ores, on oridiron as on
Diamond, but Spectators %
Not SEQ u.

WIZ - W. NANNAAf AhtNhAAA NANN
as well as inside baseball The
great difference Is that there is so
much more inside football that not
only does the average spectator miss
u. but the players aud coaches them.
selves see little OF &C. At present II
Gems that the possibilities uf iii.
side" football are unlimited.
Every player on a pan has chances
to pull OF inside work. but the posi-.
ton which most needs the ability TO
grasp a situation and rrarp'c with Il
In a new way lB that OF quarter back.
Around tho little mon who call tho
signals for the big clovcus open a
thousand possibilities for inside play,
and many are the quarter backs who
do not take advantage Of their oppor.
tunities That rs why the "hoady"
quarter backs. that ls. those who can
run a team on the field as well as the
coach on the side line could direct
II, may be counted on the fingers OF
n hand.
The quarter back must keep IN
mind the number OF downs. the dis
lance TO be gained. the position on the
field. the length OF time that remains
to be played. the individual and col.
lcctiye strength OF his own men. and
the individual and collective strength
and weakness Of his opponents, tho
pcculiaritics o.: the officials. and the
number and kind Of plays az his dis
posal All Of these things must be
considered in a single ins,...t and de-
cision given sometimes IN a fraction
OF n second. frequently while rising
from the ground or struggling to be
]disengagcd from the mass. and fire.
quentlv when suffering from painful
injuries And yet they say II re.
quiros no brains TO play football.
4 football player seldom gets cred
n for inside work for the reason
that the gfundstand does not recog.
nize a..
Just n few instances: Under the
new rules & is sometimes moro nd
visahlo FOR q member OF a team on
the defense 10 drop a forward Is
which he has caught than TO hold H..
This is on the occasion Of a forward
pass on a third down A defensive
halfback has a chance 10 catch the
bail. but sees that he would be down
ed without carrying the ball back to
tho line whore 81 started. In this
case, the right play - TO touch the
ball and let Il drop to the ground, 30
that the ball will then be brought
back TO the place whore II started
and given to his side. To the grand.
stand this play properly executed
would be Missed by the minimizing.
Again. n quarter back In the safety
position Is standing almost on his
owa goal line The ball Is kicked to
him. he can't make an easy catch.
but tho hoady man In this case will
usually allow the ball 10 ny or bounce
across the goal line. The defending
side ls then allowed TO take the ball
out 10 the twonty-hve-yard line and
put u IN play n ne elects 20 catch
Il ne will probably be downed before
reaching that line Yet quartcrbacks
have beer called dubs and poor
catches by the Rrandstand for this
play The same procedure should be
used whore a high kickoff is kicked
90 as 20 pass or bounce oyer the goal
line Immediately. especially where
the ends coming down under the kick
are fast.
The heady backfelder Of these days
runs outside and continues parallel
20 the goal line for q few PAGES, in
order TO tempt some uuwary man on
the other team 10 tackle him and So
cure q penalty against the tackler
\ thousand possibilities are open
90 the student Of tho game for inside
work Running with the ball, catch,
Ing. passing Kicking each has a doE
en- little tricks which spell defeat oF
'ictory n taken advantage OF or neg
pcted a. the psychological moment.