Evening star., 1926-12-01


and how to extract the utmost possible
profit from each situation. He was
deliberate n calling his signals. hut
he made each play count.
Foot bah games. and hig ones. have
heen won and lost because quarter
noticed which way a guard or tackle
happened 10 he standing. The guards
on defense may play high and use
their hands. or they may he down and
try 10 knife through or grab legs. No
attack can afford 10 ignore the diff
ference. The tackle may play in close
or he wide and thus encourage the
outside tackle stab or discourage it g,
the case goes. The ends also may
play close on modera tely wide and
may smash in at the interference or
come in high. using their hands and
trying to crowd the play inside or
even to tackle the runner. The quar-
terhack must consider both styles of
defense. 1t is easier To get outside of
a sma shing end and safer to go inside
Of A waiting one, and it is the quar-
terhack who must adapt his play to
meet each situation.
Great Field General.
This is just what Daily did. He al
ways was cool, always collected, and
when he called A signal there was an
air of confidence about him that made
one feel the play was bound to go. He
was born order -eiver and great
field general
Richardson, the Brown Guarterba ok,
was the greatest punt receiver | ever
have played against. ! doubt if there
ever has been a better. He caught
PANTS. AS few Quarterhacks dare to.
an the dead run. and it was impossible
IN tackle him unless YOU hit him
lust rs ahe caught the hall. In my
sophomore year, Brown came to
Princeton, and Richardson certainly
gave the ends a busy afternoon. Every
line man on our team hated to hear
the quarterback give the signal for a
punt. We had particularly good
attack going that day. | believe one
Of the reasons why every one worked
40 hard was to keep possession of the
he and not have to kick
Richardson was ahout five feet four
and not very heavily built. When on
the defense he played in the safety
position and never brought anv one
else hack when he thought his op-
ronents were going to kick. He played
40 far back from the line of scrim-
mage that it looked as-if the longest
punt never would be able to reach
h'm AS soon AS the ball was kicked
richardson would start on the dead
run and. as result would he going
81 top speed when he caught the ball.
which he never missed. 1t was an
almost impossible io6 for the end
coming down the field to figure on
where he would he at any given
moment
Let Opponents DO Worrying.
As | said above the ONLY wav to
tackle Richardson was to tackle him
just as he caucht the hall hut it was
not an easy thing by any means to
fEure Just where and when he was
going to catch IL. The man who ever
has tried 10 catch pnnts knows what
2 Ifficu't job il is to catch the hall
- all. and the trouble is that most
punt CatChers pay too much attention
=" 'he mon coming down the field
Theee mon never bothered Richard
son He let them worry whore he was
going To he and came M the field at
ton speed
StarhuCk Of Cornell was the great
est punter ever have played against
He never outkicked his ends and
always seemed to have perfect con.
frol Of his hall One of the hardest
things an end has to do is to cover
KICKS. The fullhack can make the
ends ioh harder or easier ny the way
he kicks. If The first kick goes 60
yards and the next 30 the end has a
particularly mean afternoon. Star
buck always got about the same dis.
fance and his nunts We're so high in
the air that his ends could almost
walk down under them.
Hudson Of the Indians was the
most accurate drop p-kicker in my dav
He was certain To score inside the
29vard line. In those DAYS tn. goa
after touchdown WAS made hv pla ce
kick. with one man holding the ball
and the opponents restrained on their
goal line until the hall was touched
down. When the Indians made a
TOUCHDOWN Hudson always went out
by himself and made goal by a
drop kick. and he never missed
Morley Great Interferpr
II IS long time since Harold
Weeks was burning up the cridirou
a. Columbia and occupying head
Hnes IN every sporting page. hut
have more than one vivid mental pic
'ure - Rill Morley making possible
these sane gains. although his is
far from saving that Weeks was moi
A. Pegnarka hle runner. for he was Ru,
Morley vas one ~ the greatest inter
ferers the game has known and, my
how he could take an end.
Perry Hale Of Yale was the great
est line-plunser of my time. In my
sophomore year he PLAYED center, but
the next year he was moved back tC
fullback, and his play certainly justi
fed the move.
The other players with whom