El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-18

opponents who come tearing af-
ter him.
He can. with a little bit Of mimicry
make monkeys out Of a defense that
Is not especially wary and canny
But remember. before he can thus
40 those things he must have dem
onstrated that he can do each Of the
specialties we'll For IL the opponents
know he cannot kick, for instance
then they disregard that possibility for
aim, and when he drops back they
know he must either run or throw a
pass when he receives the ball
Mahan, A Peerless Player.
Mahan. 20 viii be remembered.
had everything IN all departments OF
me game That Is what made him a
peerless player When 7 was on the
Harvard team last year the threat I
carried in the backfield was more or
less modified BY the fact ] could not
KICK So that when I went back 20
receive the ball, no matter what mo-
tons might have made TO give a
semblance Of getting off a pint, the
couldn't kick one. And so they were
concerned only with a wide run or
throwing pass-eliminatinE their
chances Of guessing wrong BY one
half
The Harvard coaches would
have liked very much for me TO
KICK and they spent consider
able time drilling me on puntinE
and druu-ldcElmH. couldn't
help picking mp a few Of the
EnacA-1 connected vita those two
modes Of offeuge, but Of course I .
never mastered either. In several
OF the minor preliminary games
they had me get Off a pUnt or
two Just TO show the blk team
U . ~ IL
afraid that none % our opponents
ever took the possibility OF my
becoming a coed kicker with any
seriousueEE.
But think OF what an advantage Il
vas TO a defending player 20 know
that kicking was out OF the question
when I got the ball Il gave him
great deal less 20 worry about
Percy aauEhtou once took adVau-
taEe OF the threat and coupled Il with
psychology very successfully against
Yale. Il was ia the fan Of 1914. when
Captain Chafley Brickley, OF Har-
ward, had been out OF the game most
OF the season with an operation for
The Yale-Harvard game
OF that year was 10 be his last, and
he hadn't played in the previous six
weeks. But he was there on the
bench bundled up in bandages and
other supports and aching 20 get into
the game
Harvard had scored a couple Of
touchdowns and had Yale well IN
hand when &c got the BAH on Yale's
Vineyard line on fourth down tt
seemed a forlorn hope TO Try 70 drive
he bah over for five yards on the
last down and Il looked as ~ Ned
Hahan would 90 back and Try a drop
Kick. Then out on the field rushed
3rickley and announced himself 10
he referee. He dropped back some /
u or 13 yards, prepared the turf for
making a dropkick and play was re- /
Iumed Everyons in the stands muir /
INJURED that Brickley was about 20
make his Vaiedictory in football with I
/ field goal against Yale, and Il /
ooked Ike the most natural thing In ]
he world The Yale players too, I
hought the same thing, Of course I
or they figured that Brickley would /
lever have been rushed IN the game 4
or any other purpose
wen, Il was just a ease Of
Hnurhfun ou1-thluEluE everyone
else For when the bah EHI
nunuDed back. luEteud Of going 10
the waiting hands OF Charley
HrfcT-Iev. 81 went to Ned Mlhan
who simply drove through the
uuureunred yale line for i've
.rrdr ana another touchdown ~
the BrlckIey threat with a little
nrychoIorF tossed iut ELaughton
got six points when a seemed
that three would have 70 Be his
Iimft. u was ere Of the ue1teat
nururincl ever worked On any
team