Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-08
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VERSATILE ATTACK
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Prospects for a nigh-claSs running
game Of football seem to be unusually
bright this year. More coaches than
usual are preparing to make better use
of deception, and in some cases OF
false attack. Glenn Warmers Carlisle
Indians proved against Dartmouth last
fall that, once q strong and versatile
running game gained momentum it
was likely to develop into a flrst-class
demoralizer One thing Is certain, and
that is that Warner can throw a great
er cloud Of interferers in front of the
man with the ball than almost any
other man teaching the game.
Unlike many other coaches, he be-
lieves implicitly in the use OF the d.
rect pass from center. II, = says the
Carlisle coach, my men can make
that system work. why not others
Yale has. tried it in the past with
some disastrous results, and In recent
years Harvard, too, has practically
abandoned it save from kick formation,
Warner seems to be able to, get, from
his men cleaner handling of the ball.
with the result that using the direct
pass, he gets his quarterback into the
interference without his having to
bother about the ball. The system GER
tainIy has produced results. -
Conviction 10 Growing. s....s ...~-
In the last three years there has
been growing the conviction that the
sweeping and sometimes even the d.
rect dash from kick formation is the
strongest play in the running attack.
1t always embodies deception for one
thing and in addition boasts Of other
very strong features. The play will
be more extensive used this year, i
think, than in many long day. Coach.
es who have not extremely powerful
backs in the 185-pound class, are be-.
ginning to abandon attempts to plug
through the center trio the heavily
cornerstone of the defense
and are building their systems on
dashes outside the guard to outside
end. ,%z-'. :..:s. ..,...... 49,. l..
Under the present rules, that do
not permit of pushing and pulling the
back, striking inside of guard or di-
rectly through centN- Jundergoe5 a
terrific hammering from double line
of defense. A big, husky man, such
as was Hudson of Trinity, or Brickley
of Harvard, can bull their way through
and perhaps stand the gaff for an en-
tire game, but such backs are rare.
Direct center plugging of the old-fash.
Toned head-down type was in evidence
in the person of STREET. Of Princeton
last year. STREET burst through the
line like a thunderbolt, but did not
see where he was going, and went
forward on his face for very short
gains. The very momentum that car
ried him through toppled him over.
Also it used him up. A meeting be-
tween a "bulling" back and back in
the secondary defense practically on
the line of scrimmage is no childs
play, and save on rare OCCASIONS should
be avoided, according to the opinion
of most modern coaches. II the line
can be opened by deception and a.
back can be slid" through into the
zone of secondary defense, well and
good, but this requires both team play
and individual interference of the
highest character.
Seems Sensible Football.
So the temptation is to do most of
the attacking at one side or the other
Of the tackle and ends. This, it would
seem, is sensible football. There is
apt to be higher average of gain,
with OCCASIONAL long gains, at these
points, combination vastly to be de-,
sired. Furthermore, the present day
back, once he passes the line Of
;crimmage, head up, and with good in
interference aiding him, has
many a golden. chance.
The shifts. too, probably will be fur
her developed this year. not alone to
brow the bulk of the interference
light or left with the least possible |
but also as screen for the ]