Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-10
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ACTUAL Value OF FORWARD PASS;
HAUGHTON Of HARVARD AGAINST i

When Coach Haughton of Harvard
criticized the forward pass as not be-
| ing an effective weapon OF offenSe
when the opponents knew how to cope
with il he stirred up a hornets nest
| in the football world. Many other
football coaches and players think the
play an effective one. Notre Dame.
one of the most successful elevens OF
the years, thinks it we'll worth while.
nor is this strange in view of the fact
that by means Of this play the west
erners defeated West Point and won
many other games.
Walter Camp. the Yale advisory
coach, said:
The forward pass is the progressive
element In football and any one who
had seen the Army and Navy teams
Hlay previous to their big contest and
then followed that final game to DEM
onstrate which was the better team
must have been tremendously impress
ed with the fact that I'm that contest
the forward pass more than equalled
| superiority in three or four other
departments of play regarded by foot.
ball men as of the greatest import.
ance. .1-.. ...-..
For instance, the Nays running
attack was tremendously powerful.
Their line both on offense and defense
was superior to that of the Army.
Their interference was far better and
their attack by this method could gain
three or four to one over that of the
Army. And with all this they found
that the forward pass could score
more frequently and with far less eff
fort, and they lost the game by an
! impressive score.
! Nor was this the only occasion
upon which the forward pass demon
strated its effectiveness over superior
ity In certain other provinces Of the
game. In the first year Of the forward
pass Yale, with a confessedly inferior
team, defeated Harvard by the use of
long forward pass, Veeder to Alcott
The next demonstration came when
Princeton's team had shown unusual
proficiency in all around play and
Yale again won by forward pass
alone. Howe to Fitzpatrick.
Michigan two or three wears ago
won her big game against Minnesota
in the last few minutes Of ulav with
a long forward pass OF a back field
man to Borleski, and year ago Chi
cago secured second honors by a score
which was only made possible through
a brilliant long forward pass Of Nor
gren.
zone ought to consider that in all
these instances the forward pass was
q we'll conceived. ably executed PLAY,
dependent uDon considerable practice
to perfect its detail and not merely
an indiscrininate throwing of the, ball
on chance with the hone that some
thing might happen. Here 1t seems
that much of the misunderstanding
relative to this play has arisen. Teams
which have no backbone of kicking
game and running attack can hardly
hope to advance the cause OF forward
passing or win their games with 1t.
But superadded to the repertoire OF
a team well grounded In fundamentals
it adds the finishing touch in many
cases."
Princeton football authorities favor
the play and Captain Munns of the
Cornell team, which beat Pennsylva-
MIA, has high praise for the play.
Coach Harper Of Notre Dame holds
that the eastern colleges do not yet
know the value of the play and says
that the western football teams have
found It the most successful method
of gaining ground that has ever been
put into play.
This also seems to be the prevail
ing opinion at Princeton. The Tiger
football authorities hold that It has
never been given fair, chance In the
East, admitting that this same con-
dition holds true at Princeton. They
hold the belief that the western col
leges can probably teach the eastern
elevens how to make 1t more eff
fective scoring weapon: .--s=
Coach Harper of Notre Dame and
Dorias, the star quarterback, take is
sue with Coach Haughtonson the ques-
ton.
T. Truxton Hare, a former all-Amer-
lea guard and chairman OF the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania football COM
mittee, says: Combine the forward
pass with a strong line bucEi1g at
tack and the result is an ideal Of
Tense" /
George Brooke, head coach at Penn,
says the forward pass is very effec-
tive If clever man is throwing it ct
Is most effective when the secondary
defense has been drawn UP by strong
attack on the line" he declared. "Har-
ward had such a strong primary de-
fense that her half hacks cofIId have
been so placed as to prevent effective
use of the forward pass.
John Keough, the HaFerford College
coach, says! n
EThe forward pass Is very effective.