Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-04
GREAT WEALTH
OF BACkFlEID
,!'. !. men this YEAR
lE'i,y': Schools Place Men On
Mythical Team; Star
Tackles Are Lacking.
By WALTER

Selecting all western conference
1ootpa4 eleven* to be composed Of
layer who have performed con
ssistetntly throughout the season,
sonenslvely and d~efensively. the task
s.of choosing the tackles and placing
tine wealth of back field material in
! positions. Where theyAwill be the most
are the hardest. gf
1T is the first time in many years
tnat the Big Ten has not produced
tacKles who stand out above all
others. In former seasons there has
~ generally at least two whose right
TO the important positions was un-
. questioned because their playing IN
every game was far above that of
s snoatttor warriors occupying the same
.,ai Must Have Driving Tackles.
"a driving pair of tackles is an abso-
tlute necessity to the success Of m
football team. Their value is being
emphasized more and more as the
q, teams are leaning to the open and
running styles Of attack. They are
NOW called upon to hurry the Passers.
help smash interference and at the
k same time protect}thes holes between
guards M tackles. On offensive they
are at times made eligible to receive
r forward passes" while their many
@sddties on various offensive plays make
them among the important cogs in
any successful football. machine. y
<tAs the running attack developed by
Michigan, Iowa n Wisconsin along
with Minnesota will develop the ab.
'&solute necessity of having guards who
can get out of the lead, the Interior
- once is emphasized. Fortunately there
are two men Of such calibre in the
conference who have done this to per:
y lection all fall, while others will >be
@made to do it In the future. The
ssotpn Or running attack has So many
possibilities that the. more men who
an get out to interfere for the run
- ;nes', %SSchances of making ground are
Improved greatly. IN
The absolute necessity OF having a
e center who can pass accurately and
timely is known to every close follow
er of football. Complex offensive tao
tics used by most coaches call for
short and long passes. some ot>which
must be slow n others fat. II fact
SUCCESS OF every play depends largely
upon how fast and sur the ball Is fed
Ito. the man who is called upon to
make"the ground gaining effort.
Quarterback in Name Only.
in these days Of direct passing. the
,ddarterback in the old sense is ex-
~?ftinct. 1t is simply the name Of a pc.
sition. He is a back the same as the
others who arc called left, right, or
'~,fnllbacks to designate the names of
positions used aver since football was
first played. Tlre so-called quarter
back of today rarely hand!estti the ball
Ito feed it to another: back. ,I"ne old
'7rule OF the bali having to pass
through three sets Of hands is OBJ
solete. SMART coaches now realize
%h4 r,,io1. No.. i, - la, II - ,~ c, o.1A~ ~
the line of scrimmage. the better his
chance Of making, ground and the
more drive he can get into his effort,
therefore the direct pass is used and
the so-caned quarterback used. In the
interference.
Some. coaches. use their quarter
backs to carry the ball just as often
as anyaof the other three backs and
many are called into service to receive
forward passes. AS a rowing offensive
player, he is in a good position to di-
rect his teams attack, which in mos,
cases he does. Many coaches, how
ever, want a MAJ Of football intela.
gence to act as their pilot. regardless
,oo what backfeld position he plays.
Back Field Must Be Versatile.
Back field >1ayers Of today must be
versatile. The day of the specialist
is about gone A back now must be
able to plunge. drive off h tackle.
or u the ends, not to mention toss o,
receive forward passes. In othei
s words he must be q. player of many
deceptive qualifications and such war
riors should be- chosen for the Big
Ten honorary levens.
Although the term triple threat
As not countenanced by the close w
follower Of the game. it, is the bes
way to explain the qualifications of {