Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-20
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the style of football taught by your
well known friend. the Bald Eagle
Of South Bend. apparently the,
nave called the wrong signals.
Rockne's shifts worked Ike 2
machine In games this year against
Southern Methodist and the Navy
From other quarters where the
Unfit Is used come similar reports.
Here and there are scattered I'd
.ngs Of a number Of backiield-in-
motion penalties.
The legislation. as far as Roc<ne
was concerned, brought only the
results expected. We watched the
Notre Damers especially last year
Tor shift-faults and found not n
Rockne has taught his boys TO stop
after shifting before proceeding TO-
ward the objective. The team m
ploys the shift within the letter
81 the law.
swiftness in Attack
The secret of the shifts success
les in its deception. Just TO De
technical, let's describe It. The
team Is lined up in regular forma-
lion. the backs taking ordinary
positions behind the line. After
signals are called. the hacks sud
denly change positions. They are
supposed TO stop, after taking these
new positions. for "at least a sec
ond" before moving on into the
play.
In that second OF pause. the de-
tense team must align itself 70
meet the attack II may be a
smash off-tackle. Rockne's most
powerful play. or. 1t may be a
pass which appears to 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 1t Is
executed. Under the old formations
the opposing line and backfield
had time 10 study what II 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 vas ont with smallpox.
a few years ago. at 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
ing themselves TO the contagious
maladv by PLAYING against North
western. congratulated them
selves that Bruder was out Of
the game. SMALLPOX saved them
q lot Of trouble. after the
game. the Northwestern SQUAD
and coaches. 10 In all. were
vaccinated.
Imagine yourself a tackle trying
10 meet this shift. When the back
field men shift. you must shift
too. II you 20 too far out. the plar
is carried between you and guard
IF o do not shift at all. or do no.
shift far enough out TO block the
play. IL will be directed outside your
position. Rockne backfields are
taught 70 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. It Is
not an attack which aims to crush
but 10 elude.
Under the rules this wear. thai
backfield must pause a full second
before attacking. Officials have
been told to carry their stop-watch-
es and see that they do stop a sec
ond.
To meet the rules. RocknA has
trained his teams 10 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 DFMAR VETERAN
MARATHONER. BECAME A FA-
THEIR RECENTLY. JUST TIFF
OTHER DAY HE WON A 2s-MrLF
MARATHON. HOW COULD HE
MISS
Emmett Rocco beat Tom /.
Heeney the other night Quite !.
setoack for that promising
Pa Striblinz turned down a bout
for his son.. Young VIII. with .Tack
Sharkey in New York. You don't
say so!
n Is the time Of wear when
eleven men. declared IN have
broken necks on Friday, get well
during the night and play four
snappy quarters Of football the
next day.
Vanderbilt defeated Minnesota az
70 2. Minnesota held Stamford "a
q scoreless tie. We lust asked o.
Goofty what he deduced from these
two scores He replied thai az
cording to the above. he must he
q Brother Elk.
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