American football . e opponent throughjust too late to reach the quarter, al-though it seems a very close call. It isnot safe to let green guards attemptanything so close. They must be 64 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. taught to block securely until the ballis on its way to the runner or blocking of a guard is much lessexacting in its requirements than thatof the tackle. Not that he must notblock with equal certainty, but the actrequires no such covering of two menas often happens in the case of a guard forms closely towards thecentre, and then follows his man out ifhe moves out, but
American football . e opponent throughjust too late to reach the quarter, al-though it seems a very close call. It isnot safe to let green guards attemptanything so close. They must be 64 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. taught to block securely until the ballis on its way to the runner or blocking of a guard is much lessexacting in its requirements than thatof the tackle. Not that he must notblock with equal certainty, but the actrequires no such covering of two menas often happens in the case of a guard forms closely towards thecentre, and then follows his man out ifhe moves out, but only as far as he cango, and still be absolutely certain thatthe opponent cannot pass between himand the snap-back. To be drawn orcoaxed out far enough to admit of anopponents going through the centreshows woful ignorance in any guard. When a kick is to be made theblocking must be prolonged a little, andon a drop-kick (as mentioned earlier) itshould last until the ball goes from thefoot. When blocking for a run, of. V. M. THE GUARD, 65 course much depends upon where theopening is to be made, and a guardmust be governed accordingly. Themethod itself is, again, different in theguard from that exhibited in the guard may not move about so freelyand must face his man more squarelythan a tackle, for the guard must pro-tect the quarter first, while the tackleconsiders the half only. If a guard al-lows his opponent to get a fair lungewith outstretched arm over or past hisshoulder, he may reach the quartersarm even though his body is checked,while such a reach at the point in theline occupied by the tackle would be ofno value whatever. Previous to thesnap-backs playing the ball it is theduty of the guards to see that their in-dividual opponents do not succeed ineither kicking the ball out from thesnap-backs hand or otherwise interfer-5 66 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. ing with his play. This is quite an im-portant feature, and a centre should al-ways feel that he has upo
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