The Washington times., 1935-10-14

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Kirk Miller and in the
offing can be seen the dim
figures of possible national
champions takin G form
Illinois, Notre Dame, Yale
and a lot of others.
But what really wish to get
around to, is not so much the
reading of the future, as to dis
cuss a football event which is
right under our noses this week.
and which a lot of you are 60
ing to be very sorry If you
miss. The best part of this
event is that it is free to every
football lover.
Day after tomorrow night at
8:15 o'clock, football history is to
be made right here in Wash
ington.
Something For Nothing
Through the courtesy and CO.
operation of the George Wash.
ington University football team
and the Washington Baseball
Club, at Griffith Stadium We'd
nesday night football school
will be staged for the entertain
ment and enlightment Of the
public.
The Washington Times Is
sponsoring this event and the
gates viii! swing wide open to
every individual who can get
into the park. We wish you to
be our guests.
The Times long since has
recognized Washington as a
major football center. It feels
that it has helped bring this
significant situation about by
lending itself to emphasizing
through it's news columns, the
activities of football hereabouts
over span Of years. Its Buck
O'Neills, Harry CostelloS, Gar
rett Waters, George Simpsons
and other football experts, as
well as the various coaches
who have written for it from
time, Dutch Bergman, Jim Pix
lee. Maurice Dubofsky and Rip
Miller, have brought the best
available in football literature
to a hungry, underfed football
family.
Better Understanding
And, day after tomorrow
night The Times is bringing to
this healthy, growing, football
going public a feature at Grit.
fifth Stadium, especially de-
signed to help Washington bet
ter enjoy its football games.
None of us knows so much
about football that we can't i'm
prove our knowledge of and ia
miliarity with the game.
How many Of us sit snugly up
in the stands week after week
watching % husky athletes pile
up in line play time after time,
without realizing exactly what
is going on, what the forma-
tions are, who took out tackle,
guard or end and how the hole
was made in the defense to per-
NIT a gain to be made?
How many of us actually un-
derStand the mechanical work
ingS of the single and double
wing-back formations, the spin.
ners, the 6-2-2 and the my
riad other maneuvers which go
on dozens of times a year be-
fore our eyes and which we
take as a matter of course?
What, Who, When
Who originated these plays?
When?
OF whose system, Warmers or
Rockne's, do they spring?
When Is it proper to rely on
them to advance the ball
early in the game, late in a
quarter or at the very end Of
play with the ball close 70 a
touchdown and only seconds of
playing time remaining?
All of these interesting phases
of football and scores of others
which any football fan should
know in order to get 100 cents
out of every dollar he spends
to see game, are to be made
as simple as a game of tit-tat-
toe to you fans who will come
to Griffith Stadium Wednesday
night as guests of The Wash.
ington Times.
Over two dozen football plays
will be gone through "in slow
motion" so that what every
man does will be an open book
to the observers of this fascinat-
ing school for the football fan.
The George Washington play
erS will enact the roles, the Of.
fenSive players wearing uni.
forms quite in contrast with
those on the defense, and so
that 1t will be impossible to
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