The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-09
(By Glenn S. Warner.)

Carlisle. Pa. Nov. 9.-The game be-
tween the Carlisle Indians and a
combination of Canadian stars. which
was played at: Toronto last Monday
(thc Canadian Thanksgiving day. was
arranged upon the spur of the mo-
to play the Indians under the Ameri-
can intercollegiate rules. had only one
week in which to prepare for the con-
test.
The Canadians figured that their
open-style anne their ng-passing,
clever open-tield running and their
bunting. would SO bewilder a team
little difficulty in runnin over their
opponents at will.
This opinion. however. was not
shared in by me. as l have always
commended, together with Il great many
other coaches of the American inter-
%eollegiate game. that the experts at
rugby would not be able to pull off
;their long passes and open-field runs
against the sharp tackling and de-
'fensive aggressivcness of the, PLAYERS
from the states.
Many football critics writing for the
different magazines and newspa pers
have contended thai many of the good
points of the Canadian game could be
utilized by the coaches of our college
teams. especially the clever passing of
the English rugby players.
IT such critics only realized how
quick American coaches would be to
adopt ANYTHING which would give their
cams an advantage ove their oppo-
nents they would know that if there
had been amy advantage to be gained
by adopting these Canadian features
all of the American coaches would
have been falling ove themselves to
adopt them. But. as a matter of fact.
not only myself. but Il srea: many
others of II coaches. have expert
mented with the passing game. and
If there had been any advantage to
be gained by such tactics they would
have been utilized long ago.
Advantages of Game.
In the Canadian game the difficulty
of gaining ground consistently is so
great that possession of the bali is
not at all important and. consequent
~. tho Canadian players can take all
sorts of chances 10 pull off A long run,
since they are sure that if they lose
the ball it will be only II matter of a
few plays until they again have pos-
session OF 1t: whereas, i'm the Ameri-
can intercollegiate game, possession Of
the ball is SO important that the ten
dency is to adopt only such methods
ably sure not to lose n ground and
ION which there is little danger Of
fumbling.
-. The game between Carlisle and the
Canadians proved co%nclusively that
taok!ins and defensive tactics nave
been more highly developed in the
states than in Canada. since the Cam
consistently against the American de-
Tense.
1t is true that occasionally they
pulled off runs of from fifteen to thir-
ty yards by means of heir long side
passes. but it Is also true that these
tactics resulted in a loss of ground
to the Canadians more often than they
succeeded. and. therefore. it was prov
ed to my satisfaction that such plays,
although played ny masters Of the art
OF passing and handling the ball. are
too uncertain and dangerous to be OF
n advantage to u " college
teams.
lsiled to Cover Punts.
One great fault of the Canadians
was their failure to cover punts. Their
habit is to punt the ball from a po-
sition Very cose to the scrimmage line
and the p,rnts are made so quickly
that their ends arc unable to get down
the field in time to cover them and
c~onseauently Arcasa and Thorpe We're
Il yards nearly every time they
caught the ball. Tho Indians. on the
other hand. gave their ends more
time to got down the field and the
ends were much faster in covering
Thorpe's punts than the Canadians
were those Of their " backs. and.
consequently. the Canadians were not
able to get away for long runs after
catching the ball.
The Canadian backs usually punted
from the side and although they had
been touted al being superior to our