The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-25
ELABORATION or
FORWARD PASS
Regulation Toss Rapidly Being
Relogai0d 10 Ordinary OfienSe.
MANY LONG RUNS SCORED
Early Games Show Pass Has Been In
strumental In the Making Of Many
Touehdowns-EHieieney In This Line
Belongs to West VIRGINIA.


Touehdowns-EFieiency In This Line
Belongs to West Virginia.
Happenings in intercollegiate foot
ball this season have already driven
home the fact that the forward pass is
firmly intrcuchcd ms n major ana de.
cidedIy dangerous factor in ofleusc. by
next season we will undoubtedly find
the pass by general acclaim incorpo-
rated in what is recognized as ortho-
dox football There isn't an eleven In
the country that is not making use of
the forward pass. and some teams, like
Washington and Jefferson. have
brought It TO 50 high a stage of devcl-
opment as to have attained solely
thereby considerable fame as its expo-
nents.
The regulation forward pass. from
back to end. has come to be classcd
among the ordinary, and we now find
coaches evolving variations Of the
aerial attack that tend to add to its
efficiency and deceptive qualities
Tufts defeated Harvard by the use of
what it calls the combination forward
and lateral pass. Washington and JEFF
ferson has developed the baseball
pass" straight over the line aud
thrown with the speed of a baseball
Fordham u. ~ university team is
now developing Il variation Of the
Tufts pass-a delayed pass that starts
for one end and lands at the other
Colgate has been using Il great pass
out of remarkable spread formation.
The more important elcyens are now
using the pass mainly as a secondary
attack inside the twenty yard zone.
Yale. Princeton and Harvard all have
scored this season with forward passes
over the goal line. The use Of the pass
IS, Of course, hazardous. but the posi-.
bic result and the fact that retention
OF the bali is fairly certain makes that
form Of attack at times highly dcsir-
able The threat Of the pass also adds
to the value of the kick formation
Seasons Big Runs.
Intercepted forward passes have
played quite a role in the making of
big runs OF which the campaign has
been somewhat prolific. Among the
long runs for touchdpwns there have
been many Of fifty yards or better.
-Four runs for touchdowus have been
made from Intercepted forward passes
four from the kickoff, three from scrim-
mage, one after catching a punt and
one after recovery OF Il tumble.
The biggest run Of the season was
made by Moss Of Rensselaer, Poly. New
York. who scored the lone touchdown
that beat Hamilton with a run Of about
hundred yards. Hamilton was ouh
one foot from the Rensselaer, goal line
when it fumbled and allowed Moss To
pick up the pigskin ana run the length
Of the gridiron.
The record dash for touchdown
from an intercepted forward pass zoe,
to the credit Of Whiting of Marietta.
who ran cighty-four yards to the dis
eomhture Of Washington ana jefferson
On Oct. IA. Smith of Clarkson Tech
ran eighty yards against Rensselaer,
Poly, ana Brazell Of Michigan ran six
.y-seyen yards against Mount Union.
A Table of Achievement.
Bergen Of Bethany loped fifty-two
yards against Washington ana Jetfcr-
son. Here's a table of some of the
seasons big runs for teuchdowns:
From kickoff. nnety-hye Yards.
Beck, Penn state against Buckncll
Ninetytve yards. Robb. Penn State.
against West Virginia
Ninety yards, Brooks Brown, against
Trinity
Eighty yards, Anderson. Colgate.
against Rhode Island State.
From scrimmage, seventy yards.
Weichel. Navy. against Pittsburgh Qeft
tacklel
siXty-seven yards, lie Gore, Yale.
against Lehigh 0eft end.
fifty-two yards. lie Gore. Yale
against Carnegie Tech Geft end.
From catching a punt. eighty yards.
Sermon. Springfield, against Amherst.
From tumble, 100 yards. Moss.
Rensselaer, Poly, against Hamilton.
From an intercepted forward pass.
eishty-four yards, Whiting. Marietta.
against Washington and jefferson.
Eighty yards, Smith, Clarkson Tech
against Rensselaer, Poly.
Sixty.seven yards. Brazell, Michigan.
against Mount Union.
titty-two yards, Bergen, Bethany.
against Washington ana jefferson.
In regard TO the forward pass II
might be mentioned that the record
Tor efficiency in the east this season
thus far belongs to West Virginia.
which completed twelve passes. some
Tor thirty yards, against the Navy re
Gently, but was nosed out. The BOBBY
p'ize Is conceded to Lehieh. which i'm
the throes Of a slump could only tie
Lebanon Valley after working only
four out Of twenty-five forward passes
Honors Famous Athlete.