The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-21
BRAINS NEEDED
TO WIN GAMES


NEW YORK. Noy p Football used to
he game In which brute strength
roigned supreme
Beef was the prime requisite few
ycnrs ago, and the little fellows were
passed up by the coaches because they
did not have nvoirdupois that WAS thought
necessary to the upbuilding of a winning
| team
but the od-tlme covemnu stuff has had
TO take "a back sent for the game NJ foot
| bah ns It Is played today By nil uf the
larger schools Of tho country hus become
a game where brains count rs much as
brute force
Football has really been elevated 10 n
scientific level. and for tnis reason tho
little fellows and the little schools have
come into their own nt last
Tho intricate plays that use used hy
the big university cloveus TODAY require
strength, foot -suroncss and speed. but
they require quick-thlukiug playcrs wlth
sure nICpurieH ns much as anything else
Tho introduction Of the forward pnss
was a big step In building up football ms
"a scientific game, and since II has been
universally adopted and approved the
coaching fraternity has found a wide hli-
tudc for the use " its brains
Size No Handicap.
In any season but one Ike tho present
autumn, with war interfering, the coaches
have no trouble finding plenty of ma
teriRl The new style game has extended
the field and players uf nll sizes and
weights can he used TO advantage now.
The slow footed. hccfy team of old
would be n Joke I'm this dny und ugc. for.
with the exception Of u fairly heavy line.
tho makeup Of a modern football eleven
leans toward the lighter and faster men
Players Ike Elmer Onphnnt, who is heavy
and stocfily bullt may Increase the
pounduEs OF "A football team, hut they
never get by unless, Ike Oule, they have
lots " speed and natural football ability.
Another new phrase Of modern football
IN the amount Of attention now being
given to second string men Coaches do
not pay 80 much attention to individual
that II football team without strong
army Of substitutes Is often failure
and for this reason the individual stars
NJ" getting less attention from a mn jurity
~ grid mentors
In the old daya the defensive strength
of n football team was more important
than its offcnse. To-day the offcnsc Of a
team is what counts most heavily II ls
not that the defensive side ~ football
is being neglected but with the open
game ~ vogue, ana the opportunities FOR
9coring much greater, ihcuflunse must be-
developed first
Machine Work Now.
Tho bright stars of fotbnIl I'm other
days were hckors, terrific line pIuugurs
or players Of great strength who pos
Rrssed speed and who could throw or
O. half dozen tUcklcrs after hreRldng
through the linz They were individual
stars and they depended moro upon their
own resources 10 cross the eu,uy's goat
than upon tho aid their tenn could give
them
To-day every PLAYER on football team
Is important. A modern eleven In built
like q machine, with every man cog
and every cog dependent upon every other
cog m tho perfect running on Of plays
This Is why every PLAYER. hr he a line
mnn, n bocRnch man, or PLAYER on
oothcr wing position, gets am equal
amount of attention from the coaches
The new idep NJ "footbnll fOr the |
rather thnu football Tor the Few. |
ls making itsrlt felt strongly this Nrur |
where lack NJ PLAYING #rial I'm many |
schools has mnde In iuipcratlve And |
some " the biggest men In football are |
now perdlrllng today that the gnmc has |
drlfiod into n new er. that there will |
he more football mud better al around |
material within two more years than ever .
before