Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-19

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IN the old days. a tenn might have
iust 90 good coachins. iuei ~ much
brains. as heavier opponent. hut u
generally went down You may re-
me- 1iber the Yale. Harvard football
game IN 1908. the year that there was
so much opposition 10 football In gen
crol. and there was ,alk Of ahollshing
r. In that game. there was inst one
gain Of " yards. There we're three
Of nve yards or over. u was Just
hammer, hammer. all the time. iWh
teams had heavy line men and they
would call them back and send them
at the line like batterina rams. Ex-
cept that the line did not crumble,
YOU might as well have watched
gang OF men batter brick wall with
telegraph pole Neither that game
nor the Yale Harvard game the year
before was worth walking block TO
see.
and that sort of thlnR Il lust what
the rules are going 90 allow again.
Tho lurfer colleges stu want set Of
rules that will M u for them 10 win,
and the smaller colleges represented
on the rules committee Will want to
win from other atili smaller colleges.
and - u will GO. n ~ too had. IN
tho end. Walter Camps suggestion
about rules viii likely be adopted.
And Walter camp Is. nc heart. the
most partisan man ! know lie II q
Yale man from head 20 toe, and yet
hc has been 50 closely identified with
! the development Of the game IN
America that what he may have TO
suggest VIII receive mighty earnest
I consideration.
Il want e. see the open style Of
game retained. Tho old style held
nothing for the spectator. though ne
might have coached or played through
every evolution he snw performed.
/ There was no THRU IN ~. The opcn
I samc breaks up the old style Of de-
Tense. the first and the secondary The
secondary was Just far enough behind
the primary line 90 escape the frst
shock. o. be able 10 move in the Ncrim-
mage. to be free. Tho nrst line had
\ three things To do II had To got under
I the offcnse. 10 break up the Interior
4 oncc and 10 follow mp the play. II was
I not held Responsible for she runner ut
an n had TO do an those things In
f. NfN NWNNIN y NfNItNUENa Nlft FftOUuMNN
7 line was 10 get the runner. Theorci-
Y ically. the runner must cross the Inns
Of scrimmago alone. under the old
rules But with the secondary line Of
defense gone. ~ broken up as Il Ia at
present. the smashing was eliminated
greatly. and the same was opened up.
THE forward pass had as much 10
do with breaking up this style of de-
Tense az anything else. II forced the
second line back. 90 be ready 20 In
tcrcept the pass. This opened up the
line smashing ] want 10 see the for
ward pass retained, and l want to see
the 2s-yard rule retained also. And
think the rule forcing an outside
Kick to go certain distance a good
che.
The game as played this year de-
ysloped quicker thinking. better tenm|
work and a more open style of play.
Bu, there IL one thing about modern|
play that do not like. like the old
stylc flying tackle. have seen more|
men hurt. ten To- one. by going into|
Interference up In the air. IA they dol
now. than have seen injured in fiy-|
ihg tickle Tine Yiyins tackle had to)
be made right. II wna a scientific de-
velopment Of the game. But in|
throwing a man. ! never saw Il injured
him, or more than stun or bruisel
him, at the worst, n a man goes intol
Interference on his feet. though.
sooner or later one Of his legs will ne
come wcdsed between two other men.
ana she pushing 81 his own team bel
hind him. and the pushing OF the tegml
against him will force the knot of menl
idevnys, then he gets twisted. a kneeI
tlslocated, or something Of that sort.
Give me the flying tackle every time.
It's snfer
''The proposed changes, eight yardsl
instead 81 ten. four downs instead oil
ave. such things are merely details
the main Idea II "a retain the OPEN
style game. with the forward nass)
limited 10. say rs yards. and the on
side kick. likewise limited with a min
imum distance to be effective. That
sort " game brings out the active,
brainy game. II gives the lighter team
n chance, and that il what we want
II DO not favor the proposal 10 allow
no interference behind the runner. q
think Il well te have one man back on
him, hocause u this were not done, a
tumble would mean q touchdewn for
the opposition. You see. tn runners
" ho,o team would DC sr,veliaz the
other way. would have momentum
away from the runner and the ball,
and " fumbied. I, would be almost
certain to be recovered by the opposl-
tion becaure they could get there FIRST.
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