The Washington times., 1935-10-16

4O4 AAd bAO1Los
The Washing. ~ 7
ton Times in-Frank Buck" O'Neill
vites the public to this demonstra-
ton Of what makes the wheels 60
round in football. Many a time
and oft you have sat in the stands
and cheered the halfback as he
burst through the line, side-step-
ped a tackler and sped to a touch
down. It's great to be the half.
back who does those things. But
have you ever stopped to consider
that if it had not been for the
fine work of the guards and that
other back field man who is seen
picking himself up off the turf,
that touchdown run never would
have been made?
Band to Liven Affair
Little color need be added to
this football display, but music
is always a part of the stadium
gathering. Tonight we have the
hearty cooperation Of George
Washington University's band and
the musicians of Catholic Univer-
sity. The boys will be out in their
regalia to enliven the scene with
their smashing, stirring college
marches.
This is not a football game, and
is not intended to be anything
that looks like a game. But we
are going to take the formations
apart for you, show you what
makes the game of football move
forward. If you love the game
and its thrills now, You will love
it the better for having been there
and been shown just how and why
it works the way it does.
You've left the stadium on Sat.
urday afternoons raving about re.
verses, double reverseS and spin
ner bucks, but do you know how
they work? Do you know how
they originated?
And then there's the forward
pass. Are you one Of the individ-
uals who believes that the forward
pass was originated by the late
Knute Rockne? Do you know how
the pass was thrown in the first
stages of it's development as a
weapon of attack? And do you
know that the pass was used in
place of a punt by Colgate Univer.
sity and other schools? Do you
know and can you trace the
changes the forward pass made
necessary in the defensive strategy
Of football?
G. w. Coaches to Lend Aid
Whether you know these nice
inside points of football or not,
you will know them when you
leave Griffith Stadium tonight.
For Jim PiXlee and Bill Reinhart,
coaches of the George Washing
ton eleven, will be in charge, will
take the game apart and show
you what makes the ball move for.
ward.
There is the Notre Dame sys-
tenn and some of the slashing
plays possible from it. Do you
know that when the South Bend
NomadS were at their peak they
gained their chief momentum from
a play that was on the border
line? Did you know that the
Notre Dame shift put pressure"
on officials, and that certain arbi.
tiers were hooted for imposing pen
alties for the shift of the Nomads?
Well, without trying to stir up a
hornets nest, The Washington
Times is going to show the shift
with the men in motion and the
set formation as it is today.
The evolution of the double wing
and single wing back formations
from the old Stagg days at
Springfield through to the pres
ent day will be presented and
plays will be run to show just
how they worked.
We will have a play cycle from
punt formation as Harvard used
it, with the hidden ball stuff made
famous by Eddie Mahan, and
those other heroes of the Grim
son when the Haughton system
was at its peak.
Calls to Coordination
Although football is essentially
a game that calls for the closest
and incest coordination between
backs and lines, there must be
this coordination to move the ball
toward the goal line. There must
be the braced front against the
enemy, the charge of the shock
troops.
In the line there are quick
opening plays, assignments that
call for high and low combina'
ton plays by linemen, the tight
line charge, sometimes called the
unit charge, or the sweep charge.
And there we find the tricky de-
velopmentS, like letting a line
man through purposely and cut.
ting him down after his position
is cleared, thus creating an open
avenue for the ball.
This is called the Sucker
play" The lineman, particularly
a green hand or a fellow whose
fiphtinp Snirit is aroused to the