Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-23

AANht from
I'VE yards behind the sori pun
me the play was spoiled. fo, az. ds'
'equlfement practically givas -,
play away before it is starr ''.
makes it useful only as a blnf. 'ao
4. That the abolition of tba
side kick is retrogression 0'I'
A lot of US were inclined to ,b,..
that the change from three do, "'
TO Tour was going to Shift the ,a.
back to the stone age again ''' II
seems, however. that the ruIes 4
mlttee knew more about # tb,. ''''
dld--Which isn't particuIarl, |
prising. The danger of Tho sur ~,
tilne. messed-up, ALL ut-scra,,l,-,
struggles is gone, thanks IN sor..',
changes in the rules, and is ma.
likely to return. avg
We are quite Of the Primo.
notion in regard to the fo,r.sl,
pass provision. If the play is uo.I
retaining il is worth maxine w.,
play. From the very starr e. ~.
been hedged around with co,s,
tons and penalties. Last vaar ~.
made it ridiculous. This wear ,,.'.
have simplifed it a good BIT MI
year perhaps they will allow mas.
to be made from any old pIacs|
which will be better still
ONE virtue of the present gam.
it seems really to have .,
sened the number Of injuries n.
course. there will ALWAYS he 1,
1uries from football. But the nrn.
Der seems less this year than ever.
before. A boy was fatally lniu-as.
the other day. But it was in Il
Sunday game and doubtless he.
tween a couple of picked-un team,
whose members We're in no rorii.
ton and who knew no football N,|
really serious accidents have han.
pened this year among tairaI
players.
In fact, in all the history Of foot.
ball there have been only vo-r
few fatal accidents to trained sib.
letes. Not since football was IN.
troduced, nearly 40 years ago. Ia.
there been a fatality at Harvard
Yale, Pennsylvania, Princeton ar
Cornell. This year, under the new.
est rules. there are even less IN.
juries than before. Just why the
present game should be less wear.
ing and tearing we can't say ff
sure. But, anyhow. It is, as the
records show.
a MOTHER interesting feature n
the present game Of footballs
the vast possibility 1t affords w
variety of attack. The day IS zone
when a team can know only hall +
dozen plays and get by with them
Now the forward pass, the various \
SHIFT plays, the trick plays and TIL
old straight football offer unrmlt
ed possibilities.
The Tech team this year. FOR In,
stance. has some formations III
like Of which nobody ever saw BE- Z
fore. Coach Heisman entered tt {
season knowing that his team Ia.
no weight and that If the Jacket 4
were to make any showing at Al
they would have to do II by mean 4
of some football that hadn't beef
discovered up to that time So h
sat down and invented Just sud
football. That it has worked wei
the scores of the games Tech ha
played this year demonstrate.
Football men say that the TED
attack is the most puzSlng the B
ever saw-that Just when ths
think they have certain forms
ton diagnosed It develops int
something else entirely and leave
them still engaged in a hopelsa
guessing contest. And Coach HE'S
man admits that he has had
world of trouble teaching the nH
formations and the new plays to 'H
men, and that, at that, he has ~
smart a team as he ever saw,
Georgia showed a lot Of interest
ing and puzzling plays here satu''
day. and will learn q lot Of Others
And as for Vanderbilt-weiI tha'
team is loaded with new stun
They say that in the East they 10"
on the forward pass as a good ou.
and nothing else. Well If HarVaO
keeps on thinking that the Crln%
players have a terrible awaSen'H
coming to them when Nande'V"
Journeys there If McGugins ni'
uncork the sort of stuff they OS"
in other big games there VIII Dc
lot of surprised players up IN "a"
bridge.