New-York tribune., 1922-12-10

games was IS large IN footDall thlS
The best scrap Of the autumn 70 fals
vnder the writer's observation was be-
tween the Army and the Navy. II had
everything 20 make IL sueh--it was
close, the action wat sustained, the is
sir was IN doubt and IL was between
rulo hrst class eleyens who were play
ing bold and first class football.
In this joust the forward pass was
part OF a regular scheme Of things, not
a play % be used only when behind and
resorted 70 as last measure when race
20 face with defeat. IL was as muen
part Of plays as the running game or
she Kicking game. These TWO were tns ',
best forward passing teams l saw all
year.
The biggest novelty Of the season
was the lockstcp shift, the freak pa
ra6e maneuver introduced by Centre
College at Cambridge and designed 20
disconeert the other side while going
through n novel maneuver for line
Hhift. There was a good deal OF
hoakum about Il and as a device 70 be
taken Up elsewhere IL didn't find much
favor, but il wasn't without some real
merit just the same.
Boston Uses Shifts Well
Boston College made capital use Of
shift variations in the line. Heaphy,
the B. &. pivot man and a topnotcher
Al Il. passed habitually from the END
Of the line, the other forwards having
lust shifted TO his right or left. He
stood ND 70 pass the ball, and just
turned around and handed II 70 the
runner. The whole forward line could
present a battle front TO the side to
SC attacked, though the play sometimes
~sent around the other way-the other
~ide's attention being diverted ana ex-
peeting an attack IN force on the
msssed side.
act AZ wall behind which the runner
detoured. and sometimes acted to take
che rivals attention from the real DC
sIvn. Another formation OF Boston
CoIieve Wss one in which two backs
<ace5 the side lines and got IN motion
s,or, that position. These plays we're
awav from the conventional, and even
= not staruingly new and SOUND, or
,,rso,nd football, worked out sll right
Sor y. g. aeainst Holy Cross, the most
important game Of the year for both OF
'"ys Wsst Points double baekfield shift
.,.s nev business around here. Three
hacks. grouped en- echelon or as Iigne
,osie trisngle-it was difficult from
,bs stands 70 sec just how they we're
,,rouped with reference 70 one snotner
mapped one way then "hepped
hack the other way.
There was on the part OF various
teams a good deal Of bluffing. oy inc
hack about 20 run with the oall-as
~ he we're going 70 toss u 70 svnle
body else-then holding on 70 ~ ni.l-
self This trick was big ieYorlte'
Sndring by the frequency Of its use
.So9sb never saw 10 work for any
thing greatly productive. Still II woulo
rooi a iineran for a moment some
Zines. and that was all the opportunity
the runner was looking Tor.
Cornell Forward Pass Peculiar
One Cornell conception OF the for
ward pass was rather out OF the or,
binary. The passing Was done BEHIND
ne line. The backs we're In motion,
as we'll as tho rest, and the ball was
flipped forward a few feet from one
haek 20 another. Pennsylvania mao
tho play pretty we'll sized up and
stopped. The Penn forwards often goi
through before tho interference formed
and we're able 10 see the movements
OF the ball.
II seemed 10 me that close foima-
lions behind the line were USED more
frequently than the year before sno
that there was less OF running from
kiek formation. which did not add 10
me game as spectacle. There was no
inerease OF spread formations, and
nothing sensational was accomplished
from what we're used. However, the
purpose Of keeping the other siae
guessing probably was achieved. ltl
lust as we'll TO have something on hand
10 make the other fellows wonder. even
II games aren't always made from them
The old criss-eross work did lot ol
damage 70 defensive wellbeing, and the
Souble pass used by Yale and triple
pass used By Princeton were well exc
cuted and betimes very profitable
Princeton beat Harvard with its triple
pass, and that was good deal, though
the play may not have beaten anybody
else.
For the making Of several touch
downs az critical junctures II was no
ticed that the man with the ball, stano
ing far enough back to get some head
way. dashed at the locked lines, ross
with the heave Of them and sort o.
pitched over the goal mark HI
tNllQn ENt NNtAr 90 AN NiAAHt'N
that seemed 70 be The idea Ths
touchdown was made and no bones
were broken, and any time football
player can strike that combination he
doesn't complain
W. and J. Crafty al Delay
Washington and Jefferson used th'
delay idea 20 good purpose IN thu
lafayette game. The runner woulS
dash away as " for an end. stop, fein'
pass the ball 10 pal, and then, u
his nefarious purpose Of Turing al
opposing player to the wrong man va
suecessful. ne rOmped on for q goo'
gain. A formation used by Penn 81
IN opposing kickoff struck me as be
ne novel. Three men aligned them
selyeE on about the hfteen-yard mark
close together, 10 interfere for the mar
catching the ball. They didn't hav'
20 converge on the run-they we're al
ready there. Presumably IL was th'
runners business when he caught th'
BAH 70 Get In hack Of them and 60 a
fgr as he liked--or could.
II there was any such thing as I
running play in a try-for-point
5idnf near OF IL. ! did see one for
9Wrd pass Tor this point, but the other'
we're all BY the drop kick or place
ktet method with more Of the forniel