Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-12-05
JOHN POE'S SYSTEM
IDEAL FOR COLLEGE
FOOTBALL PRACTICE

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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4.-Ac-
cording to his classmates, the play
ing fame of John Poe, the former
princeton football star, who recently
was killed during a charge in north
ern France of the Black Watch regi-
ment of which he was member.
was due largely TO his thorough
mastery of the rudiments of the
game, a detail which some coaches
and players are prone tC lay too lit
tie stress in their endeavors to think
up strategy
Poe was a deadly tackler, and surer
than taxes when it came to catching
a kicked or a passed ball. Former
college mates of Poe recall that they
often would find him in his room
throwing the ball into a pile of pill
lows and sofa cushions in order to
perfect his accuracy in passing. He
pracuced catching by throwing the
ball high against the side of a build
ing and taking it on the rebound.
Poe was a deep student of the
game and he had learned to apprc-
ciate the part that a fumbled ball or
missed tackle has played in the his
tory of football and he never ceased
his drill in these elementals at any
time during the season. This fact
so impressed itself on Poe that he
made up his mind as far as he was
concerned, that if his team must |
lose, it would be because his oppon- |
ents had the stronger team. Those
who watched Poe in his playing DAYS |
are unable to recall that he ever vas |
guilty of a muff or a missed tackle. |
TOlrirlp 10 MI
ligiously began and ended the daily |
practice period by tackling the dunn !
my from six to a dozen times.
Basketball Rules.
The following is condensation of !
the important changes made in the
basketball rules which are in force
this season:
l. Roughing player who is in !
the act of shooting, gives opponents |
two free throws goals also count II |
made).
?. 1t is a foul for a player to come
in bodily contact with either of two
players who are in a scrimmage, but
he may snatch the ball away
3. drumming with ball) A player
who receives the ball while standing
may, in throwing for goal, take one
step and then jump without fouling |
player who changes his position
without materially advancing the bali
is not considered to be running with
the ball A player pushed by an or
ponent is not considered advancing
the tall. When rum he may
stop as soon as poss md then
play the ball as thoug} lad been
standing still
Poughkeepsie. June 7.
The fact that the Standards Of the |
intercollegiate Regatta Association |
the PoUghkeepsie boat race. probably
will he in the nature of an advantage
to the Pacific Coast crew which
eventually will take the transconti-
mental trip to participate, according
to followers of college rowing. This
is ten days earlier than has been the
case in past years and, inasmuch as
coast universities close earlier than
the eastern institutions, local crews
will not have to remain in training
so long after their annual event here.
The fine showing made last year
by the Stanford crew in the Pough-
keepsie classic has been credited by
many as due to the fact that the
Californians had a weeks let UP
from the grind of training, while
crossing the continent, which gave
them an opportunity to rest up and
regain vitality while their rivals
continued the grind of trials and
workouts