Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-20
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enforcement Of the shift resuia-
ton and penalty. intended 70 cramp
the style OF football taught by you
well known friend, the Bald Eagle
of South Bend. apparently the.
nave called the wrong signals.
Rockne's shifts worked Ike q
machine In games this year agains'
Southern Methodist and the Navy
From other quarters where tne
Unfit is used come similar reports.
Here and there are scattered tio-
.nes of a number Of backfield-in-
notion penalties.
The legislation. as far as Roc<ne
was concerned. brought only the
results expected. We watched the
yotre Damers especially last year
FOR shift-fauits and found not one
7ockne has taught his boys 70 stop
after shifting before proceeding TO-
ward the objective. The team en-
oloys the shift within the letter
81 the Law.
swiftness in Attack
The secret Of the shifts success
les in its deception. Just 70 be
technical. let's describe Il. The
:eam IS lined UP in regular forma-
ion. the backs taking ordinary
positions behind the line. After
signals are called. the backs sud
denly change positions. They are
supposed 10 stop. after taking these
new positions. for "at least a sec
,nd" before moving On into the
play.
In that second Of pause. the de-
tense team must align itself 20
meet the attack. II may be a
smash off-tackle. Rockne's most
powerful play. or. IL may be a
pass which appears 10 be a line
play. Again. the fullback may take
the leather right through the
heart OF the line.
The advantage OF the shift lies
IN the suddenness with which II Is
executed. Under the old formations
the opposing line and backfield
had time to study what Il was all
about. The shift leaves the enemy
guessing until actual motion Is
started.
Did You Know That
Modern medical science tri-
umphed again when Ohio State
PLAYED Northwestern. even though
Captain Hank Bruder Of North
western was out with smallpox
a few years ago. al the report
OF smallpox. the game would have
been called off and all hands
would have taken 70 the storm
cellars. the report transpired
before the game that Bruder was
down with SMALLPOX. Ohio State
PLAYERS. rather than taking the
attitude that they were expos
inz themselves to the CONTAGIOUS
malady by PLAYING against North
western. congratulated them
selves that Bruder was out of
the zane SMALLPOX saved them
q lot Of trouble after the
game. the Northwestern squad
and coaches. 10 in all. we're
vaccinated.
Imagine yourself a tackle trying
TO meet this shift. When the back
field men shift. YOU must shift
too. II YOU 60 too far out. the plav
Is carried between you and guard
If YOU do not shift at all. or do NJ.
shift far enough ont to block the
play. 10 will be directed outside your
position. Rockne backfields are
taught 10 watch tackle positions
closely and gauge weaknesses in
that second Of pause before the
attack.
To carry out the shift effectively.
great speed is required. That Is
why the South Bend backfields are
swift rather than ponderous. II Is
not an attack which aims 10 crush
but 70 elude.
Under the rules this wear. thai
hackfield must pause a full second
before attacking. Officials have
been told 20 carry their stop-watch-
es and see that they do stop a sec
ond.
To meet the rules. Rorkne has
trained his teams to stop a second.
What could be simpler
The fall OF Princeton and Yale
on the same Saturday almost
makes one wonder II one OF these
two teams ever is going to win >
practice game.
CLARENCE DEMAR. VETERAN
MAFATHONER. BECAME A FA-
THER RECENTLY. JUST THF
OTHER DAY HE WON A 2s-MrLF
MARATHON. HOW COULD HE
MrSS7
> Emmett Rocco beat Tom ;
Heeney the other night. Quite T.
setback fer that promising {.
young pugilist.
Pa Striblinz turned down a bon.
for his son. Young Will. with Jack
Sharkey in New York. You don't
say so!
This Il the time or year when
eleven men. declared to have
broken necks on Friday. get well
during the night and play four
snappy quarters Of football the
next day.
Vanderbilt defeated Minnesota SO
70 z. Minnesota held Stamford 10
. scoreless tie. We just asked o.
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