Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-19

necessary attri-
srrvuNsoN butte to the quar-
terb back X. The
greatest individual quarterback does not
compare with a great general for team
value.
Occasionally a quarterback will spring
into the llmelght for his work in open
field He Is hailed as a star, but In a
few weeks he is on the sidelines and the
student body cannot understand IL. They
howl for this man to be sent into the
game and greet his entry with cheers.
The player goes into the fray, makes
several fine individual plays, but for some
reason the rest of the team seems to
backsde and the opponents sweep every
thing before them.
The spectators cannot understand why
the team has gone to pieces, but the an
swer is generalship I can recall dis
tinctly several games during my career
at Penn where / was praised by news
papers for brilliant work when knew
that / had not done my team as much
good as in another game where had alb
solutely no chance to stand forth for in
dividual work. but had followed instruc-
tons and used better judgment.
MAKE OR BREAK" MAN.
quarterback can make or break a
team. He can stir up enthusiasm and by
setting a good example in making the
and in the games. can induce the players
to enjoy the game for itself. The new
game, with all of its thrills, has less
action TO 1t than the old, because the
players do not like the game enough.
The spectators can see more running
and men In action in the open game, but
there are not half the number of plays
run off during a game as in the past
don't think this Is so much the fault of
the game as 1t is of the quarterbacks.
Grounded forward passes and other new
plays kill some time, but there is no
reason why quarterback should not run
on from three to four plays a minute,
particularly when he is within striking
distance of his opponents goal. --.,-
Some coaches give the men too many
signals and others switch signals too
often. This causes some of the men to
mtss the signs at-crftical stages, and also
mas the. tendency to make the players
give the game away or for the linemen
70 be offslde, as they get their starting
Signals mixed. Too many signals or the
changing OF signals lost for Pennsylvania
sgainst Cornell last fall
Cornell got off in the lead, but at the
start of the second half Penn came onto
the field with new quarterback. with
whom happened to have a talk between
me halves told him that the plays
we're not getting away fast enough and
t'iot SnOulu give tne SlBndlS DeIOTe
me men got into their positions.
DELAY WAS FATAL.
The delay between plays gave the Cor
nell team chance TO steady itself and
also took much of the dash out of PENIS
sltack. ! have seen many other games
pst Tor the same reason, and II will al
ways be the same until the first prin-
elple OF team play is developed before
po many plays and signals are given.
a team cannot succeed until IL has per-
'ect control of its signals. This Is more
necessary TO the quarterback and other
BACKS than to the rest of the squad, but
,ne coaches should see they that have
~snals and plays that suit the memories
ana ability Of the players A few good
ssnsioie plays, well perfected. are by far
osuer tnan all the sensational trick
rays OF the hit-or-miss character. The
k,estest aggregation l ever saw or played
WIN was Penn of 1904. which used fewer
p1sys than teams OF its time or since
"as we did use were perfected to such
~ sAtent That the game was not hard
~ .ne players and we used but II men
" ,ne three big games each season.
i've team few excellent plays, we'll
pcriecled,; and a quarterback with gem
hsnip and 1t will be more successful
wan tne team with a wonderful assort-
ment Oh plays and a quarterback who cam
Nnl-
lhree other necessary things in a quar-
.e.oaek are D qulckness In delivery of
enais' ~ ability 10 think three or four
s.ys ahead before giving any signals
sno ~ setting the plays of fast even
slsa vsse ~ while a player misses the
hese things are by far more necessary
quarterback than brilliant individual
sy nrny IN delivery of the signals the
reeIteroack should call them while his
~ ~ are disentangling from the play be-
r.,. 1--WE them again as the players are
IN. n,hhs INTO position and then get the
nv, on on the starting signal. BY this
,'-snoa ,,sSa play is under way and the men
oerstand clearly what Is expected OF
i'm nv, before the opposing defense gets
wy 70 set itself to meet the attack.
49,. oohing three or four plays ahead a
cssl'erpack ~ should not think only OF how
,h<, a certain play will gain, but
slion f tnat play will put him in a po-
It,nn 70 use still more effective attack
lIevs. For this reason i am great be-
sr or series plays. which / think
q. De more effective under the new
M me defense IL scattered more than
ome Old game
,,'"s,g letting on three or four plays to a
nu'e. particularly II O. team uses series
,r'}s Is certain 10 put the Opposing team
IN 'ne AR II the quarterback follows out
li pohcy regardless OF whether or not
ies 'sam Is gaining. ! have seen Penn
,h-ns ,hns run on four plays 10 the minute.
,a,r., ,ss OF which failed to gain. with the
on'.t, kick, that was pulled on so
re1kly that The opposing back was
,ss ,snt entirely b surprise. the ball roll
-. or 80 yards
AZ ., quarterback Is well schooled on
r...s points a team cannot fail II It's |
~ r,slal - good. An eleven Is just as |
NJ a. its quarterback's eeneralship and |
Al. ystter' The best team ever con-
.bba,se'ed .b,. can Be ruined b. poor general |
l,'.rl while Door team can trouble a |
F@''f one with clever handling,
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