Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-22
GOOD YEAR FOR FOOT BALL
Season Which Closes This Week Will
Go Down as Successful One.
BIG HAPPENINGS EVERY WEEK
Some Surprise or New style, OF UR-
expected victory is scored on
Practically Each Day that
EIevens Met.
nv FRANK @. MENKE.


most surprising. the most spectacular and
the most successful financially OF any
season in the long history OF the rah rah
sport
The season was filled with surprises OF
a startling nature. Not one week went
by that some big eleven did not so down
TO defeat or was tied by one Of the so
called weaker elevens. Not one week
fitted hence without the grand old dope
being upset in fashion that made Il
dizzy.
The new style game that was uni
versally adopted this year was the cause
for the surprises. and It also was the
cause for the spectacular playing that
featured nearly every game In which
evenly matched teams figured.
The open style game changed foot bali
from a game that was rather uninterest-
ing and marked by only a few spectacular
open plays to a game replete with open
and spectacular plays.
Practically every college team In the
country will finish the season with big
ger profits than ever before. The three
big oolleges-Yale. Princeton and Har-
vard-WilI have bulky net profit, due
TO the fact that the Observation-Disclosures
game drew 1000 persons, the Yale
Princeton game about 1900 and the
Yale-Harvard gave over 10000. Tho spec
tators paid 81 each 20 see those games. 20
it may be seen that the total proceeds
from these three games alone were over
SsOa6oo
Professionals Are Better.
One thing that the season has proved
and that Is that the professional coaching
system IL better than that OF graduate
coaching.
Harvard pays Percy Haughton some
thing like 1900 for his three months
work, and ever since Haughton has beer
coaching Harvard the Crimson eleven ha'
been considerably among those present
Yale hired a coach this year. and YALE
this year has shown better form thar
any OF the Yale teams for the last foul
or five years, when the amateur coach
ing system was in force.
Princeton has graduate coaches. and
Princeton's showing this year shriek
AGAINST the graduate coaching system
Michigan has professional coach. i
has had a professional coach for man,
years IN the person OF Hustle 'em Up
Yost. and In all those years Michigan
has figured largely in foot ball affairs.
washington and Jefferson hired Boil
Foiweii TO do the coaching two years ago,
and ever since Warrington and Jefferson
has been one Of the big noises In the foo
ball world. The University Of Pittsburgh
has a professional coach. and Pittsburgh
THIS year had one OF the very best teami
ia the east.
Carlisle Most Feared.
Carlisle has had a professional coacf
for many years and for many years Car
Hale has been one OF the most feared
teams In the country.
Most of the foot bail elevens In the cas-
have considerable difficulty In executing
a forward pass. In the big games In tn
east IN which the forward pass was trie'
more than a score OF times II was sue
ceseful In only a few instances. judged
from the spectators viewpoint, the for
ward pass ought 10 be successful at ieas
five times out OF ten.
Princeton tried a half dozen forwart
passes in the game against Harvard. Onl,
once did Il take" That resulted In
twenty-yard gain for the Tigers In tw'
Of the other four cases Harvard got tn
baI. while IN tho three other instances
the bali was grounded and was to b
taken back 20 the, laying point.
IL seams from thu spectators viewpoint
that the men who handle the throwing
end OF the forward pass wait too lonl
before making the heave. They get tn
hail. pull back their arms, tipping tn
Imposition 20 what IL coming. and theI
usually wait and take aim. The business
OF taking aim may be all right but 4
hasn't proven 10 be all right.
While the thrower IL taking sim 4
gives the opposing players chance Z
shoot toward tho man who IL TO receive
the bali and kill off his chances TO catci
the ball.
No Need 60 Take Aim.
Il seems 70 us that II the signal Il
given correctly there is no need for tn
passer OF the ball 20 take aim befor
throwing. The end who In 20 take tn
throw knows just weber he is 10 take I
and from what angle. And the throwe
knows It. too. In view of this II seem
that the thrower could throw 20 the spo
where tho end Is to set the ball and TAX
a chance on the end making q runnini
catch. In much the same way as they d
In base ball
OF course, the catching or root Dali
harder than that OF base ball, but
isn't very much harder. In the secon
place, those who take exception 10 on
idea may say that throwing the ball with
out the man being set 20 catch II woul
Increase the chance OF the ball tein
grounded or falling into the hands Of IN
opposition.
However. in rebuttai. we'd like TO sa
that throwing a ball at a certain Hpc
where the end Is supposed 10 be and nc
al where he really Is at the very secon
the throw Is made. would not appreciabl
Increase the failure to the play. Tn
Average now IL only one successful foI
ward pass in six The average probahl
would be three In six II the quarterback
got into the habit OF throwing the ba
to the receiving end the way catcher
throw 20 bases when base runners Al
steaiing-throwsng not at the man who
70 take the ball. but throwing TO the sp'
where he is scheduled TO be al the m'
ment the bah arrives at the target