Evening star., 1926-10-16

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| The strategy of foot hall is similar
| to that of base ball. Here the actions
of the pitcher and batter depend upon
number Of things. What Is the
count on the batter? How many men
are on the bases and on what bases?
How many are out? What Is the
score? What is the inning? Who
comes to bat next? Pitcher and bat
! ter must govern themselves accord
| ing to the answers to these questions.
SO with the quarterback. He has
| to consider a great many things in
calling plays. He has to think OF
what down it Is, the number of yards
he has to make. the position of the
ball regarding the sidelines and goal
line, the score. how much time of
play remains in. the half. the position
of the defense players, climatic con-
ditions az they relate to wind. sky,
sun and the condition of the field, dry
or slippery.
In most Of these situations he has
several plays that he can use, but
there is always one play that Will
best fit the situation, all things con-
sidered. His choice may be deter
mined by the position of a single back
| who may be playing a bit too wide.
too deep or too c.ose.. Or his choice
may be determined by a lineman who
has moved out too far or in too far.
There are general conditions call
| ing for general plays, and l will set
down a few Of these, so that you will
| know what to look for under the speci-
fled conditions.
| Must Kick i'm Danger Zone.
| Let US start with the kick off. Your
side receives the ball. The runner Is
| downed inside his teams 15-yard line
You put the ball in play on the 15-
yard line and you find yourself in the
| yards Of territory directly in front OF
| your goal line is referred to.
Having the ball on your own IT,
| yard line the first play should be a
| kick. Occasionally. If the punter Is
| also q reliable runner, he will fake
| punt and carry the ball, but
coaches generally frown upon this
play. While the defensive backs are
spread ard with the ends coming in.
all linemen are schooled to watch for
a possible run and the play fails more
| often than 1t succeeds.
l have seen the runner thrown for
| loss Of 10 yards. forcing him to kick
| from hack of his own goal line on the
next play: something that is always
| extremely dangerous, for the kicker
will hurry his kick more than at any
| other time. Even IL he gets the ball
| away safely he rarely kicks it be-
yond his own .30-yard line and imme-
diately puts the opposing team In
| scoring way.
| The next zone is from the 20 to the
40 yard line. This is where you start
your running attack, and. unless there
| il an unusually strong wind that will
give you wide margin of advantage
| YOU do not kick until third down. You
| attempt to advance the ball by rush.
| ing on first and second downs. II sue
| cessful. Of course, you continue rush
ing.
| Then comes the territory between
the two 40-yard lines. Here is where
| you get in your variety OF plays. on
can start forward passing in this zone
You mix your plays to create q laVor-
able situation for the pass. You un-
settle the defense. Rarely kick be-
fore fourth down in this zone.
Next Zone for Kicks.
When you get into the next zone
from tho opponents 40-yard line to
their 2O-yard line-you are In the ter
ritory best suited for trick plays. When
a. team has the ball in this section
look out for the unusual in attack
Also. this Is the zone from which most
of the place kicks and drop kicks are
made.
II a quarterback Is unable to gain
his needed yardage in four downs
saw that he has two or one to make
on fourth down-he will call Tor a