El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-06

THEY are going to drop one foot
bali mandate next season when
the varsity candidates trot out
for preliminary practice. The whip
like fall on that ball" viii be missing
from the tcoach's vocabulary
In its place coaches will shout TO vet
and freshie. Pick IL up cam you< Get
It is an due to one mans Individual
playing and to the fact that he used
his brains Independently Of what he
was taught.
named sam White on the Princeton
squad. played In the 1ale-Prlnceuon
game. November y, 1870 ale missed
the punt on the p yard line and W nile
recovered the ball. He fell on the bail
because he had been drilled to do So
day after day By the coacneS, ana losI
the game BY missing touchuoWn- IsQL
It set him thinking White got 1t INTO
his head that If instead Of falling on
the ball. he had caught IT on the bound,
he could have made touchdoWns ana
though the men at the col VINO
knew football laughed at him. he
began Dracticing grabbing the BAH on
the bound and worked on this theory
until time to report for football prae-
He was regarded as man with
bunch, and the job Of dlscouraglng him
was delegated to one keene tftzpat-
rick Fitzpatrick fortunately Tor
Princeton knew good thing
when he saw it. and possessed
fbe happy faculty of being able
TO see something gooa II som ..s etlit =
different from the PRESCRIBED iul- 20
as ne watched White grab the pan
time and time again, seeming 70 QUIZ
guess the oval as 1t hopped CRAFTY
about in unexpected directions, ne
tumbled to the value OF man hAe
White with loose ball. .l
T-non FitzDatrick's recommendation
the coaches made drilling the men 70
nr#
stead Of falling upon them, an lmpor Z
ant feature OF the Brlnceson ere ~
training. In the game win Aals ~ -
White with a much simmer cnallce ~
-oo-a than in the 1910 game. by PENS
able to pick Up the bail instead oL - -
fns--upon it. made two touchdoWEs aLu
won the game from dIe a y "a 10
same tactics won from 1ai EelIu a-9O'
revolutionizing the style Of play
r-ba- onenfng basketball games to be
rlsved between the ~ ana me ~
PC - ro,7efre considerable interest
---o-,- the two factions Roth teams
-. e7ceutfOnaIly strong and III tts
Lines tonight there is not likely % PC
ss-iiS s5,7I minute of play. The Institute
- some mighty good players on ~
+eau and altogether the caF9 loE ~
firsf Ia sIzetball games OUTSIDE OF tuS
~ commercial and Bible classes
,oas,es ougbt to keep the baskeloal
fsTS IN edge all through, as eacu SeaiH
- terribly keen for the others sealY-
In preparation for the big P9lo b soGf
m SS,s7iforria polo players are having
series of exciting polo games. me
s-,7TtIl cavalry has planned to SEND
+esr1 of its crack players 20 take pat
in this tournament
Rrooklyn is also in line for new
,,.i1 T,srk. lit viii be built east OF Pros
Net park and VIII be opened - 3s-i S--
5-7,s-. - Nationals some time quflns
= -, .1,-,rner Tie structure viii have
LLls 20 "a eit7- Of 30, 600 and viii cost
5ef1Teen $3.50. 600 and $3.50 GOO me new i9A7
= Ot----7 +he geographical center OF
i55-.I-i-iv1 reached by many carlines,
RI ri -I6+ of land is 500 by coo feet. ana
cost s75000o-
-r--.tt., ~--res wiz govern all boxing
,--,-+-, ~ New york hereafter. chief OF