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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-25
BY j. w. Heisman.

THERE are great many school
boys interested in football at
this season of the year, and
there are quite a number of school
teams that have no regular coach, and
no one who can gev them even a few
simple pointers relating to the game.
These boys are naturally ambitious
to learn and very frequently these
lads write and ask me if | will not
write something for publication that
will help them In getting a better
idea Of how the game should be
played,
Now. football is altogether too deep
science for Correspondence"
coaching, or anything of that sort;
1t demands personal instruction and
demonstration il anything like pro-
ficiency is to be developed. still
there are a gBeat many little points
of value about the playing of the
game that every boy should learn.
Then. too, If he understands these
nice little points before he comes
TO college he will be just that much
farther advanced in the game.
| am going to write some facts
about the game for the benefit of the
and are toiling in the dark. | will
not adopt any special order or sys-
TEN in discussing these. but will treat
them just as they enter my mind.
NNE often sees an inexperienced
~ player running for dear life with
his arm wrapped around the middle
Of the ball, as though it was pump
kin. Pretty soon he gets humping
hard tackle, or the ball is jostled the
least bit, and away il rolls over the
greensward. He hasn't had a secure
grip on the thing,
Now the only way to carry = foot 70
ball so it won't spill is the instant you
come into possession OF ii to tuck
one end of it snugly up under your
armpit, and then place the hand of
that arm firmly over the other end OF
the bail. If you will take pains C
lock the ball up in this manner you
viii find that no matter how hard
q blow someone strikes il can not
dislodge it from your grasp.
A GAIN you very frequently see 6
- runner carrying the ball under
the wrong arm. Many a reader will
think to himself: why. / didn't know
il made any difference" But ii does
and a lot of difference.
When running to the right--as &
left half running around right end
the bali should be carried under tn,
right arm, as then he will have hi.
- free left hand presented to the in
side vi the field. whence mos
of the Opposition tacklers are goinl
TO come. NOn the other hand
when he runs to the left he SHOULD
place the bali under his left arm, 5,
a. 10 have the right hand free. II
other words. the ball should be PLACED
and carried under the OUTSIDE arm
whichever that is for the particula
play.
Many coaches insist that in buck
ing straight into the line the bal
should be carried over the stomach
with both hands clasped over it, Per
= sonally, ] do not Ike this method. for
while Al may seem to hold the bal
httle more surely, IL certainly rob
y the quicker Of the use of one fire.
hand and arm. which is undoubtedl
d very valuable weapon with whicl
70 force an opening. II he will tax
The proper pains in the beginnin
TO get the ball up tight just wher
and how have related he will stan
very little risk Of losing it.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-25
'Nooga' Squad Eager
ForBirmingham Fray

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Oct. 25.
The University of Chattanooga eleven
IL in excellent condition for the game
here with Birmingham University
this afternoon. Hampton and Wood
wTth, who We're injured in the Tech
game three weeks ago, will appear in
the line up o-day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-25

MINNEAPOLIS, oct. 25.-Fred Kind
Ter. Minneapolis amateur bowler. on a
local alley made a perfect bowling score
of 300 points in twelve straight strikes
last night This is sslsl to be the second
perfect score here in many years.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-25
Former Princeton
Star to Help Coach

SEATTLE. WASH, Oct. 25.-Eddie
Hart, former Princeton football star, is
going back to Princeton to spend two
or three weeks and help put the Tigers
in condition for the game with Harvard
and Yale, according to a statement he
made to friends here yesterday. Hart
returned from Alaska Wednesday.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-25
Quintets Busy When
League Opens Season

Tho National Guard Basketball
League opened it's season before
large crowd last night. Two games
were played, Company H defeating
the Governors Horse Guard Specials.
81 to Is, while Company G triumphed
over Company E. 25 to Is. Both games
were hard fought
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-25
RIVERS VS.. CROSS.

LOS ANGELES. Oct 25.-Promoter
McCarey. of the Pacific A. c., announced
to-day that Mexican joe Rivers and
Dentist Leach Cross had been match
ed for 20-round bout at Vernon on
Thanksgiving Day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-25

Western critics are hailng AzevedO,
the Mexican battler, as coming cham
pion. Although but novice in the
game. he recently gave Johnny Dundee
a terrific battle for twenty rounds This
was Azevedos first attempt to go over
the derby route. Tom McCarey is think
ing about rematching the boys.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-25
Football Advice for Schoolboys
HeismanHas ManyGood Pointers

WHENEVER you are going TO pass
w or hand the ball to another play
er you should always pass 1t low
Never toss it toward his face, or
even at mis- chest. The snapper should
take great pains never TO hit a play
er's chest with the ball, for II VIII
Immediately rebound before he can
clap his hands on it. The proper
height is well below the waist line of
the man to whom you are swapping
or passing
NEARLY all teams now use the d.
~ rect snap whenever an end run is
to be pulled off. but many prefer to
use the quarterback for buck into
the line, as they find 1t somewhat
safer While it does require a supe-
rior snapper to pass the ball directly
to the runner, my idea is to make
that snapper practice until he can do
IT safely for ALL plays. In other
words. | am willing to take what add
ed risk there may be of tumble or
two in the game in order TO get the
increased benefit OF speeding up the
entire work of the hackiield in get
ting the ball under full Roadway.
NOV, If the play is going around the
ball somewhat ahead of the runner
that is, in the direction he is going
to go. for this is nearly always
rather long pass, and II will take an
/ appreciahle interval of time for the
ball to traverse the distance between
/ the snapper and the runner, In cases
| of this kind the runner himself is
moving at a rapid clip. and if YOU
! snap il directly at where he was
standing when the ball was called for
! you will find that he has vacated that
spot.
MY observation OF most snappers is
A'A that they snap the ball sometimes
! too hard. In their eagerness to get
the ball off fast they slam it back,
with the result that il is not an accu-
! rate snap. Most passes should be gen -
tie, but the ball should START to
| come Immediately after the signal for
II has been given.
In swapping long distance, like TO
a punter for a kick, the snapper VIII
find he can make the ball travel fast
| er IL he will catch a firm hold of the
near end Of the ball with the fingers
and thumbs OF both hands and, press
ing tightly on the ball, spin II back
with an end over end revolution. This
will carry IT back rapidly and accu-
rately
TT is also quite possible to snap back
L long spiral for the punter by
giving it revolution about its long
axis the same as when forward pass
ing This is not SO easy 10 do as In
ordinary forward passing, for its re-
quired position on the ground to start
the scrimmage is not conducive &c
the best kind of a hold for the eNecu-
tion of a spiral However. it can be
done, and has been done 10y quite q
lot of snappers with much success.
When handling a wet ball or any
bali in the dark. always let the bal
strike your body first then clap your
hands on it just as II strikes. 1t Is
impossible to catch a ball in your
hands with any degree of certainty
under these conditions,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22
AS to Concrete BRIDGES.

Cedar Rapids Republican: In Gin.
ton county the supervisors have de.
cided to build no more concrete
bridges. At first, this reads like q
decision favorable to the steel bridge
builders of that city. but there are
some reasons for the decision Con.
crete bridges built on mud founda>
tions, it is asserted, soon crack, be-
cause OF the settling in the founda-
ton. When they begin to crack they
also begin to decay Where rock or
sand foundation can be secured con-
crete bridge will last indefinitely. On
mud it is a questionable structure.
But how would it do to drive piling
in the mud until firm foundation is
reached? The Clinton supervisors
may simply be playing into the hands
of the steel bridge builders.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22
Smart Sets" Unusual Stories.

The Smart Set seems to be making
good its recent threat to publish ma
terial that other magazines won't
or, rs The Smart Set expresses it, are
too timid to-print. Such a story as
Barry Beneield's Bachelor Embalme-
rus" in the June number, about a
boy in small southern town who
studied emhaIming by mail and then
instructed his mother in the work SO
that she could smbalm his body in the
event OF his death, is good long way
removed from the field of the average
American periodical. Edna Kenton's
Sisters" is another story that The
Smart Set Is publishing this month as
a protest against what it calls the
excessive oldemaidishness of the usual
magazine editor This is very dar-
ing exposition OF feminine theory
OF sex freedom which is urged by
some of the more radical of our mod
ern thinkers. White Silk Tights"
by Paul Choiseul, may be classed also
as a type of story that many authors
like to write but few magazines are
sufficiently bold to publish The Smarr
Set is making rather daring attack
on existing editorial policies. which It
will be interesting to watch.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

every city to appoint body of men
to draft. and from time to time revise
a code of laws to regulate, suppress
exterminate, and generally to deal
with this problem of prostitution
To IT must be given authority. 1t must
be vested with legislative power. II
should have its own employes-call it
morals police force, if you wili-to
carry into effect the rules, regula-
tons and laws passed by this commits
sion
The casting of this burden upon
the police, more than any other cause,
sows the seed OF corruption, furnishes
the opportunity for profit, brings into
alliance the law officers and the law
breakers, disgraces the police force,
and keeps off of it many men who
would other wise be glad to serve
their communities in a position that
should command the respect and con-
sideration of the people"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22
AS 4, Japanese aHonor.'

Chicago Inter Ocean: The national
administration has not seen fit to
| make public the exact terms of the
Japanese protest against the Cali
fornia alien land ownership bill. How
ever, the official summaries and dis
cussions at Washington show that
Japan is not accusing us of violating
the treaty, but feels that the action OF
California in denying hereafter own
iership of land to aliens Ineligible to
citizenship, is an affront to Japan s
national pride and honor in that
1T declares japanese inferior" to
Am ericans and Europeans.
Well, it is perfectly certain that the
average American does not consider
the average Japanese as in any sense
his equal And in this attitude to-
ward the various "colored. races the
American is by no means singular. 1t
lis the attitude of all races toward
aliens" and especially of the Europ-
can races wherever and whenever they
come into contact with the yellow or
black races in any considerable num-
bers.
We may deplore such racial atti.
tudes as mere preudicje,'' as mar
row minded" as sun-christian,'' and
even as s.inhaman We may try to
argue ourselves and one another out
of them. Nevertheless, they persist
and are we'll nigh universal, and must
be reckoned with. There isn't the
slightest use of trying to ignore them
Ior pretend that they do not exist.
The best that can be hoped for is that
with time and knowledge they may
wear away. We know in our own
rather brief rational experience that
they have wear away.
1t strikes reflective Americans ac-
5custcmed to see these racial pre-
lndices rise to activity and wear out,
that Japan is going the wrong way
about inducing Americans to regard
the Mongalian races with more re-
spect. We do not feel 'insulted' be-
cause Japan, for reasons which seem
sufficient to Japanese, denies us the
privilege of buying land
Would war help Japan's wounded
honor?s 1t certainly would not make
lis like Japanese any better.
1t seems great pity that Japanese
honor is so touchy that it prevents
Japanese intelligence from seeing that
CALIFORNIA; lard legislation Is an exs
act parallel of Japans and from ac-
quiring the American appreciation OF
the relative Importance of racial dis
likes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

A recent law passed by the leg,s-
lature of Colorado provides for a
state wide automobile license tax.
Visitors touring the state are how.
ever allowed to travel for NINETY DAYS
without the necessity of securing \
license. One of the principal bene-
hts to be derived by visitors under
this law is the fact that now they vii.
be allowed to use their cars in Den
yer, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and
other cities without having to secure
separate license in each place. The
revenue derived from this state tax
viii be used for the Improvement of
Colorado roads. one-hsf of the tax
goes to the counties in which the cars
thus taxed are owned. while the 9TH
er half reverts to the state road fund.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22
IN NEED or HELP.

"f5,o0o,ooO school children in need
OF medical attention. is the slogan
which educators and scientists in the
United States will carry to Buffalo
the last week in August for the
fourth international congress on
school hygiene. and the first to be
held in this country
One of the great objects of the But
falo congress will be to make plain
the facts regarding the present. con
dition of school children In relation
to their health and just how little IS
being done in the United States to-
ward conserving it. Various estimates
have been made by specialists on the
physical condition of school children
all of which tender to snow that of
the 20,0o0,000 school children enrolled
in the United States at least $4,000
900 today are in need of attention
for physical defects.
DR.. Thomas H. Wood. professor Of
physical education at Teachers Co,
lege, Columbia university. has made
the following classification of our 20
100000 school children:
About FIVE per cent. or 1000 ,ooG
have spinal curvature, fla. foot ol
some other moderate deformity ser,
Gus enough to interfere to some dc.
gree with health.
About five per cent or 1000 900
have defective hearing.
About rs per cent, or 100000 have
defective vision.
About % per cent or 100000 are
suffering from malnutrition in many
cases due in part at least to one or
Over 30 per cent. or 6,000,000, have
enlarged tonsils, adenoids, or enlarged
cervical glands which need attention.
Over so per cent or 10000, 900 Gin
some schools as high as SO per cent,
have defective teeth which are inter
fering with health.
The amount OF time lost by educa.
tors In attempting to teach these chi-
dren regular lessons, the danger to
which these children are exposed and
the danger to which all children are
exposed in the class rooms through
contagious diseases. the constant sur
fering of this enormous number OF
school children from defective vision.
defective hearing. from defective
breathing and from other ailments;
the great injury which is resulting
from bad seating. from poor lighting.
poor ventilation. and bad sanitation
these are a few of the topics which
viii come up for discussion at the
forthcoming congress and which II is
hoped will be the basis of reform
shortly to be carried into all the in.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22
War.


Kansas City Star: Dr. Abbott made
good point at the Lake Mohonk con,
ference yesterday when he insisted
that international justice must coma
before international peace.
Often the only way to deal with q
big bully who harnesses a school is to
give him sound tllrashing Nations
sometimes adopt the bully's attitude
Then they must be dealt with accord
.ingly. 1t may be unfortunate that this
lis so. But human nature hasn't be
come wholly amenable TO unselfish
ideals
The United States had been pro
testing to Spain about the intoierabI5
conditions in Cuba for years. Spain
had replied with fine promises. but nc
reforms. In that case international
Justice could be obtained only at the
cost Of international peace.
Turkey had been promising reforms
in Macedonia for generation, but
the unfortunate inhabitants continued
to be plundered and oppressed. Again
Justice was obtained through the sac,
rifice of peace.
The frightful nature of war needs nc
demonstration. But the time has not
yet come when peace can be insisted
on as always of paramount import
ance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22
POLICE AND VICE.

a new method OF enforcing laws
against vice, and of removing from
police departments the temptation to
graft, has been suggested by A. Leo
We'll, the Pittsburgh lawyer who has
SO vigorously led the fight against
corruption in his city. Writing in
The Survey, he says:
The police, body of men selected
primarily to preserve order, protect
fife. prevent crime, apprehend the
criminal, and perform other admins.
trative duties-men perhaps wholly
untitled as body for anything else
have been expected TO solve, by Iegis.
lation. problems which have confound-
ed the wisest from the time whereof
the memory of man runneth not to
the contrary.
THAT the police have failed could
not be otherwise
That they have aggravated the
evil was to be expected
That ultimately legislation must
be placed in competent, qualified
hands, must be apparent.
That 1t will require the greatest
minds, the best thought, the highest
craftsmanship, and almost a divine
perception, to apprehend and deal
with those complex. involved intricate
questions having to do with the pas.
sions of men and the strongest laws
of nature, urging defiance of human
laws seems TO be automatic.
Nevertheless. on the subject of
vice as generally understood In our
cities, the police are expected not
only TO administer the laws, but to
make them; not only to enforce enact
ments but to frame them. And here
in lies, in my Judgment, the root of
the evil in present-day conditions
which has brought our police into dis.
repute.
Would it not be wise to ask the
legislature to pass law requiring
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22
Obvious Fac.,.

Kansas City Star: This country
came through last season with the
largest resources in its history. 1t IS
going forward into a wonderful crop
year All the conditions are healthy.
The population is larger than ever
before. With the increase in wealth
people are going to eat better foot,
wear better clothes and buy more
freely OF household goods than ever
did. That means Increasing business.
There Is plenty of prosperity IN
sight for every business man who de.
serves prosperity.
These are obvious facts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22
ON Second THOUGHT.

Tofeka Capital: We have observed
all OF the devices calculated to inspire
II, and reach the conclusion that the
greatest aid to love is a top buggy.
The only difference is that the boss
you follow is a leader, and the boss
the other fellow follows is a boss.
A worthless man is hard to kill, but
an infected toenail often carries off a
good one.
If you care to know how the women
look when they are not prepared to
receive company, start FIRE in your
A man is as old as he feels at
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

John Sergeant Wise. whose death
has just been announced. was the son
OF the governor of Virginia. when
John Brown was hanged at Harper's
Ferry He was a soldier of the con.
federacy from Bull Run to Appomat-
tox and was one Of the very few
southern who allied themselves with
the republican party in the recon,
struction era.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

Governor Suffers campaign for a
direct primary law in New York IS
gathering speed and promises to focus
public attention on the lawmakers
VINO have failed to fulfill their plat.
form pledges. Mr.. Roosevelt has writ.
ten in support of primary law and
Secretary Bryan has been invited TO
stump the state with the governor for
the purpose of arousing public semi.
ment for legislative effect.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

On its way to the sea the water Of,
a river in southern California is useo
three times to produce power, thrice
for irrigation and at two points to
supply municipalities in the usual
way, all within 100 miles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

Pictures of the event now on the
rounds supply assurances that the
belated and final funeral of Dowager
An was in all respects a fine tribute
to dead one. Celestials of the new
regime made holiday of the event
and pulled off procession lons
enough to console the bereaved fam.
lily.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22
What the Gross Nets.

From the Philadelphia Public Led
ger; American railroads take In three
billion dollars year. but, OF course,
this does not include the tips Of the
Pullman porters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

What is declared to be the safest
aeroplane yet built in France is stabil-
led automatically by the weisnt of the
pilot and passengers acting as pen
dulum.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

Charles Seymour OF New Britain,
Conn, who has passed his ninety
fourth birthday, is the oldest man in
the city, and probably the oldest
Pythian in Connecticut. Last week
he attended a meeting of his lodge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

James NJ. Goldsberry, y years old,
has arrived in Leavenworth to visit
his father, Herman Goldsberry, an in
mate of the Soldiers home, who Is
1903 years old.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22
Strain on Its Mentality

From the Chicago Record Herald.
IT is undoubtedly very appropriate
that the German dirigible airship
should have been seized in Luneville,
France. War excitement would reach
its highest pitch in such a town,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

Emma Develasie of San Francisco
gained the honor of being chosen as
the prettiest girl in California. She
will have her photograph on the post,
er for the PortoIa festival in October.
She is of Spanish descent and was
born in Los Angeles in 1883.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

Paterson, n. J., has acquired a
reputation so unsavors that rocks are
placed on the Erie railroad tracks to
compel the train to hesitate in town.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

dividual Communities of the United
States, if not indeed to all those coun-
tries Of the World in which special
attention is being paid to the welfare
of the child and the community.