Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-21
Is Slogan Of Coaches in Great
Football Machines of
This Season sss
ROUNDING INTO FORM
More .Open Play Plan Has Gone
Awray and Game is to BE bag Of
Tricks"
BY W MONTY

( BY MONTY
~ New York, Sept. 20. Beginning to-
day and continuing for the next three
Weeks,stlc greatest amateur and pro-
'fessional sports in America will be ems
gagged in their annual duel to decide
which shall demand the bulk of atten-
ton from the populace. Just as base
bail is nearing it's climax, as the reg
uAar seasons In the two big leagues
continues the same rate of progress,
1t lis a llideous thought ito imagine.
what will happen iii 1915.
The official slogan 8of the 1918 foot.
ball game Of the future will be noth-
Sing but the unloading @of bag Of
tricks sSill be clearly shown from the
first galpes that are played this sea
son. - . '''.as
The coachers realize the possibili-
ties Of the new rules and they have
PASSED the words along that the pres
ent seasan will reach u climax in the
matter of sensational inventions anG
surprise plays.
SuchAbeinga the cas@H is brains,
MUCH moro ttah Drawn that will he
MEsdepand. u Evsrk player who3 mas
anything like championship brand OF
grey Nauer has been captured. tagg-
ed and cagsd by tie football leaders
From Walter Camp down the football
| X theirs, avg preparing IT,, Witness a
SERIES iof unprecedented thrills, on the
3gridlfon. this. fall MA, ~ ..i5 N
~ RMS Mild demanaSfA braias sh the
afspatball field comes from thosdoaGA ers
fAer closely studyingathe PRACTICAL
uppliSatibn Of the-new rules last sea-
Ison,s and with the eyes Of experts not.
lang the possibilities for craftiness.
EsEhesealxsnew rule which will have
! any Changing effect on the game is
that which permits, q kick, to be made
from any distance back Of the line Of
! scrimmage 1t is claimed, however,
! that this, rule is the one which will
more than any other. open the way
for hcady resourcefulness. Try r.
I The, tact that tho committee did not
! list,irb the Forward pass is sure tic
make the pass more of a feature than
lever. according I'd tho wiseacres OF
The gridiron.
4 That the rule makers are in sym.
i pathy with the surprise side Of the
game is Indicated in theiact that they
! tarned down the objections of those
! who tried to have the forward pass
Regulated so that a player corneret
for Il loss would not be able 10 ;:lroW
The ball to the ground and count in
IN incomplete pass.
This play as pouuced upon by the
quick thinking players of the West
asst year and it Melted the Western
cams many yards. There is no doubt
but that it will be employed again
this year. even in the East, where it
was practically unknown in 1912.
Some of the conservative critics
link the play tends to rob the game
If scientific accuracy and emphasizes
he element OF chance too much.
Many Of the coaches have already
recognized the business OF Camps re-
cent game OF 1912 especially in regard
to the success Of the -four down" re-
l.gme
MAS Camp pointed cut, the critics
who claimed the additional down
would restore the reign OF mass play
and hammering tactics were not en-
tirely upheld. as the change resulted
in superior generalship and did not
bring back mass play, which proved
too slow method of scoring.
With the forward pass still the
leading factor in the offensive game.
there will be little danger OF monot-
ony this fall.
J
V@t NV VI n, tpCPt. ltANSi
| land is today the scene of "A battle
! royal between the Athletes or the
New York A. G.. and the Irish sAMeri-
can A. G., the occasion being the Met
ropolitan track and field champion
4 ship conducted under the auspices OF
the. New York A. G. while there arc
more than one hundred other clubs in
jtoday's contests the spells will more
than likely bc Split up chiefly between
the two eklbs named.
Exbertl klhMave the dope" on tire
two big clubs think that the New York
Ia. G. will do the best in the jumps
and hurdles. while the Irish Will show
| the way in the weights and distance
jruns.
The New Works will rely on Allan
|iE6n Mhhle 10 capture the 100 yards
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