The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-11-05
SPORTS
Sports Need Thrills
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opposing coaches heard about it. They expected it game
after game Everyme Broderick's nnemen made an un-
usual move he rival eleven were prearng for the worst
Coaches spent half their time between the halves
warning their boys to be ready for it,
But BrOdericks entire first year at Salem went
Dy ana there was no sign of it.
Finally rival coaches made up their minds that
BllFs Formation was just a myth. Next year there
was no talk in rival dressing rooms about the shift
Many of the opponents who had been instructed on
now to stop it had graduated the coaches
not bother to take it up with his players
That's all Broderck needed He waited until md-vear
when powerful Portland, Maine came to Beram
Fleio' leu by big, oruising back named Black.
Things looked tough for good Salem team that day
During the first half Salem their straight power
They traied going into the locker room Black was
running wild Then in the third period Salem got the ball.
Salem line was spread all the field
Here it isl screamed the Salem stands tits Forma-
The Portland team was dazed They had been given
them dizzy
several years afterward Broderck kent the forma
ton as his surprise weapon only way they stopped
It, was by digging into the was eventually
found that Salem center actually osde when he passed
tne pail PACK from that particular formation.
BrOdericks entire career as football coach was
putt around thrills and suspense He had hundred
and one cute little tricks his sleeve all time
Formation was only Of Them but it was the
one most closely identified with Bill Broderick and
Salem high
We speak of it because the New York Giants
pro team dug deep into the during prac-
nee week ago and came with thriller against
Fttsburg last Sunday that had everyone il a other
There some IS seconds left to pav in the first half
ptsong was leading They punted fourth Half
back Tunnel of the Giants sgnaed for fair catch on his
own "A yard line There was hasty conference
the new York bench and suddenly Ajaganian who does
nothing but pacekck the field The fans couldn't
gure this out The ball Sc yards away from the Pitts
burg goal.
AS Arthur Daley described it, Eyebrows were popping
all over the joint"
Then the great light dawned the confused ones An
old rule that had long been discarded by colleges was still
code
So Agajanian stood behind the rival line ten
yards Is. away .a. and attempted 5e-yard field goal
thrill and they loved it.
football thinkers" wrote Daley in the Times"
are much too orthodox these days 1t was a bit more
fun when the overly imaginative guys at the
DAILY about the days when Nal Stevens was
coach of New York University.
NAL spent hours probing the rule and quite
oHeh carved out neat pieces of unexpected strategy
from its pages" said Daley
There was for example, of those traditional Ford
ham-NYU games. The Rams favored They kicked off
and tore mad!y down the field to make the tackle
Howard Tunney of NYU, superb punter caught the
ball He ran it back only enough draw the entire Ford
ham team past midfeld Then punted ball back to
the empty end Of the grderon, putting Rams in such
deep hole that they spent the rest of the struggling
Stevens told Daley recently '
Nothing can rock team off balance more rudey than
the unexpected" he theorized
The Importance of the unexpected is not confined
to sports alone 1t of great to successful per
sons in all walks of life.
The politician depends on it in his campaign The
merchant pulls the unexpected to catch their cOmpe-
titOr off balance. 1t is the weapon
in examination.
Getting back to the reign of Bill BrOderick again
he pulled his surprises off the field with equal Craft
ness in his role of the master psychologist
His players knew what coming when they sat
down on the locker room bench between the halves
1t of BroderickS bits psychology to walk
AnAmerica half back lineman, with the thrilling an
nouncement from Bill that the star would be
with them few days to help out
Although their respect for Broderick was great the
thrill Of an AlAmerica at their side true
Those the days when practsed after dark
because they didn't want to stop
Thrills, Psychology suspense Call it what you will 1t
brought fans orming through the gates and kids that
extra added incentive to play the game.
1t was only week that sat at TV set and saw
forward pass-to tackle play revived by Holy
Cross against Boston University
You must remember it. Broderck and later Glen
O'Bren used it at Salem high with great results
many, many years
Just before the ball Is snapped the
steps back inch. That makes the tackle the
anchor the line and leaves him eligible to
catch the pass
Holy pulled it when they were inside BUS 20 yard
line and needed six yards for first They got it with
yards to spare.
You could the look Of surprise Blu lneman when
the tackle they had left uncovered grabbed the and
logged to the fve-yard line before somebody had
enough stop him first and inquire about the legality after
ward
It was lust another one of those plays that coaches dig