El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-26

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~ orally accepted maxim in war.
fare that the best and most eff.
Iect1ve defence is a powerful offeDc.
Keep the other fellow so busy lodging
mat ne will have no chance TO hit
Translated into the vernacular OF
Sport It's the punch that counts" and
thIs Is as true OF every line of snort
as II IS of real warfare 1t was the
merclIess bombardment from the bats
u collins, Baker, Schang and the rest
winch made the Athletics world cham
PIons- II was the terrific drawing Of
Mclaughlin which brought the tennis
cup nome. 1t is his terrific power to
rlt InSt mas put Gunboat Smith up
near the top of the white hopes. And
TINS same power of offence is what is
gong TO settle the football CHAMPION
snip The team that can hit the line
hardest, which can send the ball furth-
est on point, which can get the ball
over the goal from furthest afieId is
tne team that's going to win. A first
class defence is a fine thing. but IT'S
the punch that counts
Hard Hitting Team Won.
OHS Of the reasons given by Peater
SANFORD "a lord Tor the overwhelming victory
or west Point over Rutgers is: NV
boys were not accustomed to being hit
50 hard. When the soldiers went into
them, 1t threw them off their bal
dhce. There is a good text for a
Football sermon in that sentence Com
SerFatlVe coaching that looks to its
QeIences first may be all right and a
Yea Team may make a great fight with
us back against the wall and be
cheered for its grit, but progressive
coacnlng that sends a team out early
20 scare the ramparts and get into the
ehemyS country with an exhilaratine-
uaSh and vim is far more interesting
10 those who watch the seasons cam
psiSh and keep tab on the activities
OF the cOntending forces. Soma coaches
nave said that the forward pass ont
SIDE kick and other forms of wide
open play result either in success
us OF SulGlde' and that there are too
many chances for suicide. They ought
70 nave Ouimets courage and shoot
hard and straight and forget all about
the! Ine sand pits: Then they wouldn't
crack What their teams need is A
determination to do and not to die
Optlmlsn in coach is an inspiration
lou can tell which teams have opti-
HlStS now by the work they are doing
Restore @On Side Kick
one play which will be much in !
evidence this season will be the "on
Sioe KICK, which has been restored to I
me game this year If properly exc
cIted It is a great ground gamer, and /
Mhlle mere Is large element of risk T
IN ~ the aggressive teams who are /
wiling TO take risks for the chance of I
quently.
Praetieing Forward Pass.
Baker at Princeton. Wilson at Yale 3
and Hardwick at Harvard, have been
asslduously practicing the forward
pass From the attention which the
SAAe cAtNGuS are giving to this
play, it looks as if they might use it
more than heretofore in their big
games. 1t is being used not only to
get the ball within the drop kicking
zone, but also as a scoring pIay
princeton is expecting great things
TINS year of Law, who is said to Be
able to punt so yards easily when the
punting is good
II this is true, there may be some
tnlng IN what associate head coach /
AnoreWs said: 4 wouldn't be a great
deal surprised" Andrews declares, III
We defeated both Yale and Harvard .
our team is still very green in spots.
put II is heavier and stronger than ii
was year ago and just as fast. I'M
strength developed by some
of the new men gives us more lee
way than we had in 1912 in selecting.
BUR plays, when we were forced. to a
great extent, to depend upon the so
called open game. Now we have the
weight and power and the speed to
play any game. This applies in par
ocular to HOBBY Baker HObev came
back to college this fail weighing 10
'r II pounds more than he did a wear
lgo Then we used him chiefly on
vide end runs and dashes through a
broken field. Now he is strong enough !
o tear into the line and has devel- !
ped quite a knack of sliding through