Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
BY Fielding Il. Yost

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IN coaching. when / work back of
q football eleven l like to see it
move along. hurry up. get on the
Jump. and settle down to business.
So without wasting any preliminary
me would like to make one state
!ueul early that is beyond any chal-
Longing the open game, or Western
game. in football-that is, the forward
passing and running, as well as the
Kicking game-has come to stay, and
the team which fails to take advan
age Of its many possibilities, as so
many have in the East, will soon be
lDft far in the rut, forgotten among
those who keep marching forward
ynG who keep up to date.
Open Play to Save Game.
Vale hasn't scored a touchdown on
Harvard in six years, nor on Prince
ION in three years. Harvard has fail
"a to score Il touchdown on Yale in
i've Of her last six Yale games. This
fau in the Harvard Princeton, Yale
Princeton, Harvard Yale contests no
toucAdowns We're scored. but nine field
goals were kicked-six of the nine by
harley Brlckley, of the Harvard
team.
"lu the face of these statistics"
Aa4a an Eastern expert to me after
The Harvard Yale gema don. you
think it has been shown that the
touchdown is obsolete, that it can't
be scored except by a fluke?"
! cont think so, by any means. !
saw the YaleHarvard game, and
that was enough to show me that
rothing had been proved against the
pen game or the Western style, for
mis- system had never drawn
nance. Harvard made little attempt
20 score q touchdown, being content
9 rely upon the unerring Brickley
md TO shoot punts over Wilson's head
'r out of his reach. Yale had little
10 score a touchdown with except an
'tcasiona! strong running game that
vas not varied enough to be a puzzle
and was accompanied by no up to-
late forward pass that might be of
.uJ avail whatever.
Must Throw Ii Right.
Out West we have been working
un the open game and using the for
ard pass for some time.
JIG soon became evident TO me that
lie forward pass, as used by so many
'eaQlng teams. was of no use when
.hrown high like a punt. l soon saw
nat To- be effective, it had to be han
eIed like q baseball, thrown sharply
on line to the runner moving at
good speed, who had TO handle it as
second baseman might handle
sAfoW from the catcher.
forward pass that Is thrown high
!. the air is absolutely worthless.
"oeu You feel that you could run
Town from the top Of the stands and
o'oNb one, it is fairly certain that a
man already on the field could block
one even easier. I'll admit this for
"d.d pass is useless against any sort
VI defense, and get this is the type
81 PASS hat has been judged SO large
ty IN the East
Army experts have told me often
..al a forward pass would be a joke
attempted against their team. This
Fuet lasted until this last fall when
lure Dame came along from the
"sSt with a real collection of for
na'd passes-uot the punt limitations
.al child could stop. And one gray
@.-eEhooa on the Hudson, Dorais and
I,tNehlaub and Rockne, of Notre
DaIne' shot so many forward passes
nat the scorer became dizzy mark
lg up touchdowns.
East Is Awake Now.
rather think the East got its sec
'N4 awakening as to the value Of the
3peA came in the Army Navy con-
s" Inc Navy came to New York
yp-IedVy faVorite. 1t had veteran
wen oack-a big, fast, powerful
I'm with world of punch. All of a
-'Gth TO the immense surprise of
.'e Navy and to the thrill Of AZ, 900 in
'e stands, Pritchard began shooting
s'ss last. low, accurate passes from
10 SO yards away to Merrilat and
Here We have a play that scored in
W. games more touchdowns than
'e' harvard and Princeton nave
yo'ea against each other in five or
tx years
VOW IN addition to making the pass
aLe accurately, this last season
e Nestern teams used at least ten
.V'ehJ formations for making the
r. We would mix up a running
ps, Kick formation. q shift and
1r'2LS other systems that worked AS
pl~~.e to the opposing defense. To
~ me possibilities of the pass, one
.'l mat came to play us had a man
gave an exhibition Of passing
b.r The contest. throwing the foot
aIIlost so yards on a liuel
Can Be Used as Threat.
-fsht the contention Of the East