Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-03
Head Up, Body D0lvn, Charge
Lou, YoungStr0n1.:S Advice
Former AA american at Dartmouth Tells Guards to Get
Across Scrimmagc Line Defense and Meet
Opposing Backs in Rival Territory
by "sWEDE" YOUNGsTROM

the guard Of the old
Il days, Il fun always has the impress.
sion that hc was big. fat. slow
moving man, placed in the position for
the sole purpose Of stopping the oppo.
sition In any way at all. OF course.
not every guard was of the kind de-.
scribed above. but usually 1t was the
case.
The guard Of today must he speedy,
aggressive and Of average weight. Nat.
urally. II good big man with speed is
much bct,"r than the man Of average
weight. 4 college guard should weigh
between 11I and 200 pounds and n
high school forward should come be-
tween 80 and 40 pounds. During
my three years at college | did not
weigh over $50 pounds.
Charge hard and fast. get up speed
and always follow the ball is about he
best that can be told to player nspr-
Ing tu be guard on any team. whether
II be in college. school or among the
Independents. \ good guard should
never take his eyes OF the pigskin. The
guard lacking fight is useless: Hc
must also b. able to TAX" punishment.
nv THE ofcnsc a guard must DC
capable enough to tear NOES ~
nc opposing h"cs so mni n's h ca.".
hSfd mdrs Gah Gei m,oro" .;tarn m"tm
ON the defense he must be able TO
meet the rush Of the opposing Hne.
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TNHE primary lesson in guard play
,h,, sho,,d olwavs remain upper.
os. .'d. o., ,hn ou n,;,d "f n nioycr l.. never
,.,o, hivh charge low nnL vet across the
i;mcS nf s,.r,m,nare Meet the oppo.inr
backs in their own territory. II tho
charge is low the guard Is in a position
20 mako a good tackle. II he doesn' t
hn i. ,;r,muljv usolcss.
Nv A. - u" u" ',''':.s nnd .obo,,s h,ro die.
MoS' ""',tEtS "nn ,i",. r'ho ,rnr,,
'ard"d 'hr nLsn "no. s""o rmrcrc,, !, hack
pay ims .'Tn i,.. ,hro. ~ crIr xnrd.
-"a''"T ~ '"' A.. .c
IN" Int'"s ni ms P'uHrT III ~" ",
''n'" are N'ani.on, ,hn I, H., "' n";cLlv @ Iie
tax" nlS r,Sni%n w d'. w. .h ~. 1r",nrnt lie
sho'l!l h!"n's u .'". "oi,in" sivn,is IN
aH'r,'r"a'h inv r" irbe strnprlcr retartls
e"t .nlo ars'',, ,ho oAcnss Whrn tb,
~" rroers,s o, ,,,' Wv th, ,,uo rd,s rosi.
pay ~ cna.a r ,",""s" s"uinL,s ; nnJ mike a
uo' y" ',,s' l.s L""s - no rinv is out
h"," tor ,he n'" j.. .houid urn nis On =.
so" OF me guates ,I ,ho ,,iov is nm tho In
pohent III am y 'nr rh' rtha onnosinr man
sldc he shou1' 'a'n '"e '''''" "
OUT. .,.....
The 6es. way 70 az. . .m'' .hn na o"nosirs mr.. "a,
player to the 'harge. inS 'ns,an. s,'n. ,he ,h',
ball Is put into pih! !r .! .mr WIN "ith III III
guard should shoGt '"rM"" , "rr~;ru ,ha
his power. hl1t'hs low a.a ~ 'S ""nS -" ~ ,hc
opposing Huard "ut ot '"e way W WV
back coming thr"nsh.
When the ball is Icing carried
through the opposite side Of the line
the guard las n" time to loaf. There Is
ondary defense, The only way to per.
tcct this part OF the work ~ to drill con-
stan,ly in crimmaGe. \ team tnat can
knock down tn" secondary de'ehS' Is II
mshty@hard one 10 dcfent.
Virtually every coach Of ability is
teaching his guards to swing out OF
tho line on end runs to help form the
;mterfcrenrc. 4 guard who can inter.
for greatly increases the offensive
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