The Washington times., 1935-10-15

one Will Tell &
you which "
team is going Frank Buck" O'Nein
to make the score.
In certain zones and under
certain conditions, the lateral
pass is a real and potent threat.
Against certain teams it will be
effective. But there are teams
against which it never will work
except as a secondary weapon of
an alert opportuniSt.
Let's go over the possibilities
of the lateral pass and just see
what makes it run. In the first
place, the writer repeats that the
lateral pass is as old as the game
of football itself. There never
was a time when runner could
not pass tn ball in any direction
except toward his opponents
goal. But you'll never score any
touchdowns passing the ball
toward your own goal. Jim Pix
lee raised the old contention this
morning that it was better to go
one inch up the field than a
thousand yards in any other
direction.
Clinic Opens Tomorrow
The conversation grew out of
a point to be illustrated in the
first football clinic to be pre-
sented for the benefit of the
Washington public at Griffith
Stadium tomorrow night where
The washington Times conducts
its first football clinic. The first
play will be presented at 8:15
o'clock. and you are the guests
of The washington Times.
The clinic idea has met with
hearty response from one and all.
Practically every high school
coach in the metropolitan district
will have his entire squad at Grit
fifth Stadium tomorrow night for
the festivities. Boys from the
District of Columbia playground
system. several hundred strong,
under the escort and direction Of
Dick TennySon, assistant super
visor of Fairgrounds, will be on
hand. Good old Phineas T. Phan,
the man who pays the bills, also
will be there.
To add color to the evening
color had to be added-the
George Washington University
Band will be on hand. Likewise
the musicians of Catholic Univer-
sity will add to the gaiety of the
night.
Key Men in White
To assist the public in following
the points stressed in the clinic,
Jim Pixlee, coach of George
Washington University, has ar.
ranged to have the key men in
the various formations wear white
shirts. With this aid the public
will be able to follow the guards
on their assignments through the
double wing back reverSeS and
fake whirls. The key backs that
you will want to watch also will
have white shirts.
Some fans have written and
Uelephoned to the sports depart
ment of The Times asking if this
clinic is to be a football game. It
is not to be anything of the sort.
What we are going to do is first
demonstrate some of the defenSes,
starting with the pre-paSs era, and
work through to the present day
with it's varying zone defenses and
the set style of play.
Show NOtre Dame Plays
We will work out some of the
plays of the Notre Dame system,
including the short side reverse
which Yale employed to defeat
Pennsylvania.
We will work out some of Glenn
Warmers famous plays and trace
the double wing back formation
to it's first beginnings. The re-
verse and double reverse, the
pincher play and some Of War
Iler's pets will be exposed to the
public eye. The plays will be run
at top speed and then at slow
speed so that there will be moth
ing you will not see.
Some of the trick rules of the
game will be taken apart and you
will know why officials blow their
whistles and why a ball is per.
mitted to rest where it is downed
sometimes and carried back on
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