Evening star., 1914-09-27

brings de1eat-
A coach shouldn't tell a player all he
thinks He's liable to be misunderstood
The unmistakable sign of despalr IN
a coach is when he tries to lash ms
team with words into making poorly
planned plays go.
AMERICANS FOR PEACE
Once again tie husie call
NAV come sharp across youf car
Ere the leaves of '15 fall
You may see wars spectre near
Guard your shores and ira, train y yosr ,r,,. men,
Teach your growing youth 10 nsht-
Matr your nlanS ere once rrain'
Ships Of foes appear IN SlGht-
Teach new arts until you hold
In your hounds all things you me-, need
Then ven can't he bought or sold.
From commercial bonds be freed.
II Manhattan rich you'd save.
II your western Golden Gate
Train a field force. rule the wave
Every day you're tempting rare.
Build the ships and train to arms
Make your millions fighting strength
That shall frighten wars alarms
Ere they reach challenge length.
The foot ball rules for this year are
really n consistent continuation OF
those of 1912 and 1913.
Those who are interested in the sport
can rest assured that in spite of the
open game and the encourager,ent OF
It coaches are not going TO aoandon
the old principle of warfare, endeavor-
ing to put crushing weight and mass
against the weaker or thinner portion
of the opponents line This does not
mean that old mass plays. for those are
impossible under the present rules. al
though there have been some attempts
to revive them 1t does mean. however
that shifts either through formation
previous to the swapping of the ball or
Mt
fried and tried out thoroughly.
Besides the possibility of their gain
ing ground on their own account. they
are excellent mask plays for variations
for such deceptive moves rs double
passes, criss-crosses and forward
passes. 1t has been recognized during
the last few years that no forWaro
pass can be really effective unless 1t is
thoroughly masked by a running play.
in other words. team must have
running attack sufficiently powerful to
do more than merely interest the oppo-
nents it must threaten them. and then,
and then only. is it possible to sud
denly develop this play into a forward
pass and catch the opponents off their
guard. If the running play Is not Sc
we're enough to threaten gains. the de-
fensive backs, who are watching for
forward pass. are not going to be
drawn up, and the result is that the
forward pass is uncovered and de-
feated.
One of the alterations in the rules
this season is going to initiate some
what against the use of the forward
pass. That is the rule providing for
penalty for an intentional grounding
OF the ball. Probably this legislation
was wise for too many teams were be-
ginning to practice the trick of back
lodging around with the ball waiting
for an opportunity for forward pass.
and then. if the men did not succeed
ffvaar int
they would throw the ball TO the
ground ahead. and. although the player
might have retreated five or ten yards
from his original position. the ball
would go back with the loss of a down
to the place where it was put in play.
This was unfair in a sense and, per
haps. lacked in the point of justice.
but it was very considerable en-
passing. and particularly to the de-
yelopment of more complicated plays
in the forward pass line. Hence those
who wish the game to develop along
that basis must realize that something
of check has been put upon 1t.
The sending of the head coach to the
bench and preventing his walking up
and down the side lines is an excellent
move in the interests of the game and
of the spectators. No one believes, of
course. that this move will insure a
team using it's own judgment only on
the field of play and playing their own
game entirely. for the sending out OF
substitutes. as long as it is allowed.
will. of course. preclude that.
The teams in the old days used to
play through with the same eleven
men. but the general feeling now is
that substitution is good thing to
prevent men from becoming exhausted
and the permission to take man out
and then put him back again under
certain circumstances is considered a
benefit to the physical side of the con-
shall go on having plentiful substitu-
ions" and. in that case. advice will in
evitably be given the players on the
field. whether it comes from the
coaches or substitutes or as merely the
individual opinion of the man who goes
out. But if the coach cannot walk uI
and down the side line it will be nee
essary for him to arrange quite COM
plicated system in order to be able &c
run the game himself from start to fin
ish, and the chances are that he will
be willing to let the men use theii
judgment more than ever before.
The return of the field judge in i'm.
portant games is 4 good thing indeed
for one or two of the very best Off
Gals we have ever had have found II
impossible to watch all the things thai
were going on. and this is no intima
tion of rough work or anything of tina,
kind, but merely the detail exactly Il.
We surround the tennis courts nov
of umpires in base ball. There i.
another viewpoint. and that is whil,
il. costs/ more and is a drain upon tn,
eIchequer of teams, / believe the fore,
OF officials viii be benefited by the ad
-dition of this fourth member, that is,
think more men Will educate theInselve
for positions of this kind so that ou
body of competent officials will becom
greater in number.
The alteration in the rule regardin,
running into the fullback after he ha
made a kick is a REASONABLE one bu
just how it will work out in practice 1
q question: Certainly it seemed un
fair to penalize man who cam
breaking through the rush line in ;
most meritorious attempt to block TIL
kick, because when he jumped to blocl
the kick in coming down he may hav
slightly touched the man who mad
the kick Provided there was no in
territorial roughness about this. and
man simply put all his energy into en-
deavoring to jump and block the kicl
and then was unable to change hi
angle or stop his momentum befor
reaching the fullback. it seemed tina