The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-08
(By Sol Metzger. Coach Washington

N6y Sol MetZger, Coach Washington & Jefferson Football team.)
 Long before this great war came along and caused all football coaches to worry about their jobs camouflage had been invented by these same coaches in the way of strategy. This column has previously told of the first example, the criss-cross play used by the Bliss brothers at Andover back in 1888, 8 deceptive play that beat Exc ter. It has given a good many other examples as well.
 There was the hidden ball trick that Glenn Warmers Indians worked on Harvard back in 1908, a play War ner himself has written full details of There was George Woodruffs quar- ter back kick, which sprang into be- ing in the memorable Pennsylvania victory over Princeton in 1894, but was so puZzling that if my memory of the tale is correct the officials even couldn't see 1t. And there was my own personal attempt at camouf1age against the Cornell eleven in 1903. Playing end on the Penn team there was stage in the battle, with Cor nell in possession of the ball, when the Ithacans were nopulsed as to how to attack. They had tried about every place but mine on the line, and with out success.
 With much camouflage and gusto yelled at their quarter back, who was taking a lot of time in deciding what not to do, Send play at me- D He did Cornell gained twelve yards on the play. Since then I have rarely | using camouflage on the gridiron. Others though, have been more suc- cessful. In fact college athletes dur | ing and after their undergraduate days have been strong on camouflage. Witness the story l just heard about Tol PendIeton, the former Princeton all-around athletic star. I got this story second hand so cannot vouch for its accuracy. as the bond salesman alibis, but so far as I know 1t Is cor rect. Pendleton was a mighty good football man in his day and his en- trance into aviation is pretty good proof that he has abundant nerve and character at his disposal.
 We'll, friend of mine who is train ing for aviation with Pendleton at Dayton wrote another friend of mine that Pendleton had made his first flight quite recently. He stayed up so long and eventually kept so close to the field that the instructors got 1t into their heads he couldn't land So they got out an ambulance and a repair auto and these proceeded tc follow Pendleton in his numerous twists above the field. As 1t turned out Pendlston was having trouble 1r landing Eventually, though. he shut down the engine and volplaned safely to earth.
 The ambulance crew and the re- pair crew rushed to him to rind out what the trouble had been. Why Pendleton answered. so the friend of a friend of mine wrote, "how in the dickens could 6 fellow make a land ing on that field with your two ma- chimes in the way all the time? I just had to keep jockeying around until I got an. opening to land upon.R Now if that isn't typical camouflage I don't know what Is.
 There is a noted referee in football the same being Tiny Maxwell, ot Chicago, Swarthmore, Medico Chi etc. Tiny played on about as many college teams as most of us have played games. In spite of this he emerged with 300 pounds, avoirdu- pois, and very happy. But, and also in spite of this, he got bluffed.
 In certain game "Tiny" was hay ing his troubles with the home crowd all because the home team was los ing. Right near the end of the game | IgsFTY; hof 6 murder by some rough-looking on lockers. ''Tiny' looked over the field saw an opening in the fence beyond with taxi waiting just outside the lopening, Tiny acted instantly.
 How much time remains to be played?" he asked the linesman.
 Three minutes" answered that 1n- dividual.
 You may think so," said '"finy, "but this game ends right after the next play" Whereupon Tiny went to the quarterback of the visiting team which was winning.
 Say Be-" he is supposed to have lsaid (but as Tiny shutters that isn'i just the way he said it), Say, Bo, dc me a favor7 Run this next play around your left end.'
 Sure, I will," replied the quarter He did.
 The end run started and leading i was Tiny Maxwell, three hundred pounds ct al. When the runner wal doWned far across the field from tht home-team's supporters who haa threatened Tiny's'' health, Tiny blew his whistle. shouted at the toI of his voice, Times up!'' and landed in the taxi in one more jump. , As a matter of fact '"Tiny' didn' tell me that story. It got it from hi friends down in West Virginia wht very likely added to it somewhat a ''Tiny's' expense and just for the ful of the thing. But they. the ''Thre' , Hundred Pound Club" asked me tC write it up as I have and with "Tiny' as the hero in fiction. Either way i comes under the heading of camou flage and Tiny can stand for it be cause he is a good official,
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