The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-31

success. Is largely experience.
That which applies to "A tackle Is ap-
a football team. To be player who
4 can hold his own in the game of to-
" day. II is necessary To have THOR
: ough knowledge OF the fundamentals.
which can only be obtained by prac-
= tice-by years of experience from boy
hood up. No difference what class OF
team one plays on. the football sense
Is bound to come II the player has the
energy and ambition to keep at II. He
should benefit by the bad as we'll as
y by the good plays: by his opponent
style OF offense as well as defense. In
II a season OF eight or nine games, by
| getting even one point from each OPP
\ poncnt, q players all-round ability
+ should ba strengthened.
The are "knacks" In all our
\ games. but probably more at football
than any other. The little fellow who
: knows how is OF more service to his
jeam than the big. lubberly man put
I'm an account of his weight and
4 strength Brute force can accomplish
ONE things. but can never hope TO
lmatch science in anything along the
Nine OF athletics or In any other d.
.1ec;ion where the force of brains and
ss1'nergy have play. Obviously. the
trapping. big fellow who can com
.-line science with cultivated natural
liabilities is what We want on our col
-NRe teams. ana an eUOTI Is maze 10
4 obtain material which will develop
up TO this standard.
When the freshmen come in in the
Tall you do not see all the last year
men looking over the runts for in the
nd IL is better To spend two. three or
'even four years to develop a big man
into n varsity player than to work on
a likely small man for a year or so.
4 and at last have 10 discard him or
keep him on the scrubs because OF his
n lack Of weight. OF course. there are
exceptions 10 this, but they are not
N many.
III The tackle. i'm the running game par
| ticularly. is the man upon whom most
Y or the work falls. and for team TO
make a successful season. It Is up to
him 10 make good. On the offensive.
both In line plunging and running the
ends. he must 10 effective work in op-
ening holes and making interference
The man with the ball Is absolutely
helpless without space opened up for
him 10 go through. " the tackle does
not get his opponent out OF the way
his back carrying The ball either
humps into his own men or runs INFO
the arms OF the linemen on the other
side. The reason that this work falls
upon the tackle is that most line plays
In the present game are skin tackle "
plays In which the back goes over the
tackle or lust outside II the offensive
tackle does not put his man clear out.
the back would save himself a siren
nous efOrt by yelling Down" He
is helpless without his helpers
The success Of every team depends
upon every man doing his assigned
duty for II one man ont Of the. eleven
shirks. the play is spoiled When a
hole is once made and the man carry
ing the ball safely through. the ma
.ority Of the players think they have.
Inna al ~ 1n Of Q h.. h,,s
have not II Is mp 10 them to be IN
ond away. looking az the time for an
other man who may be dangerous to
the success of q play: 20 keep husf-
'inC until the ball is down Never
J stop for a whistle when you hear II.
unless you see the ball is down. but
play harder than ever for il II is a
penalty against your opponents YOU
may have YOUR choice of "A fifiy-vard
run or a five-yard gain for offside
play But II you see that the hall is
down there is no use Of your piling
On. showing or pulling. because tho bali
will he brought back and the offend
lng man will cause a penalty loss OF
five ton or fifteen yards IN his team
instead OF gaining measly yard o.
two
when the ball is going over the op.
hi hardest work 10 do. for n his run
ming mate does his work well. it de-
ponds on him whether the back makes
gain 81 FIVE yards cr iengthous ~
into fifteen. twenty. or even q touch.
down. n is his duty thon 10 pm tho
men playing back on. for they spoil
ninety per cent. Of all plays IN one
OF our biggest games Of tho past year
We went over for "a fouc hdOWn tn loss
than three minutes from the kick on
just because our line men broke
! through and put the opposing second
ary defense out % fhe play n you Il
hc safe varor now 20 say that team
does nor know how We went through
them - we did n was SIMPLY % case
~ blocking Tho men who could spoil
tho play
on tho defensive tho tackle is the
mosf valuable man 20 biz team. and
30 should bp made - undnrqfaud that
% Us directly responsible FOR a.l Hrc
plays and end runs 0n bis side of fl.
lre. so Interference has ever boon
Invented that cannot Boz absolutely
ruined hv 90 tackle and his side part
ner. rho end. with heavy end royf
90 you either can break ur fha inter.
ference and flo other get flr man.
but with 10 light end tho tackle must
fc7ffor fl' Interference. ami NJ uoqai.
nIe. -rt tho man carrying tho ball
On sctnrft Eve per cent. ~ line bucks
on his FidD NJ fhr limo ho should got
The man carrying thD hlI before fo
reaches fhn limo Of arrimmagn. ~
takes fast and pow orful WORK. but 20
tackle can never nope fo O.. % fr q.
class player unio a he hos speed and
fnusc.". To- case OF 70 forward ga s.