The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-20
(Reg. U. s. Pat. Off. BY JACK GUENTHER

Limited Press Staff CorrespOndent)
 New York, May 20-(UP)-The best dressed and possibly the best yersed of the college coaches peered through his pince-nez into the fu- ture today and there detected Sub- tie but definite link between the strategy of the battlefield and that of the gridiron. The war, predicted Lou Little, will substantially alter the tactics and the psychology of football.
 Primarily, the balance of power will shift to the offense.
 An old warrior himself-he served as a captain in World War 1.-the sage of Morningside Heights ex- plains his contention simply. In the past six months, he emphasizes, peo- ple have become offense minded. h. diyidual exploits and daring have been stressed everywhere. Boys particularly-are thinking in terms of commandos, pursuit pilots and parachutists.
 To "Open Up''
 These thoughts will be translated into action on the football fields of the nation this fall. Professor Little believes that the pace of the game will be stepped up and that many of the safe, conservative measures favord in the past will be temporar- ily scrapped. Instead of playing them close to the vest, the boys will be more inclined to get out and gamble.
 "It is 8 mere matter of human psychology" the professor explained fo me in his office at Columbia University, where for years he him. self has used psychology and a handful of players to battle on equal terms with the name teams of the east. "Just consider the alr- plane. You can't look at the sky, 8 movie, a book or a paper without seeing an airplane.
 "Naturally the boys have become highly conscious of airlanes. HOW will 1t affect them. Why, 1t will ia- snire them to throw more and more forward passes. I'd guess that they will throw maybe 25 per cent more masses. They wouldn't be quite hu- man if they didn't, for the sky mas taken on a new meaning to them as it has to us. It is certain to ln- fluence them" >
 Next. consider the progress of the war, Little intimated. Day after day we hear military men, political lead- CTS and just plain folks propound the valIie of a lightning offense, Q second front and a sustained attack at enemy homelands. Defensive maneuvers have proven themselves to be dubious at best. The key word of the war has become attack.
 And Little believes that the key word of football will be attack. He isn't saying that coaches will just give the boys ball and tell them to toss it wildly. But he does think that the stress on rock-ribbed tackles and stone-wall guards will be relaxed gradually. Not that the center buck or the off-tackle smash will be abandoned: they will be used less frequently.
 The accent will be switched to daring, to deception and to individ- lral brain work. Football will re- main a tough game but it will be- come g smarter game. The mate rial will be selected with a view to increased potentialities of attack and the boys themselves will pro- vide more action by taking more chances. A tic will no longer be a moral victory. It will be 8 defeat
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