American football . n the present stageof development of the game one can bequite sure that the opponents will notplay the ball from touch unless they 36 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. have some definite and usually decep-tive line of action. Without such it isby far the better policy to walk out thefifteen paces and have it down. Thequarter-back also has work to do uponside-line plays, in assisting at the edgeas much as possible. But to return tothe end. When his own side have pos-session of the ball, his play, like that ofany other man, must be governed by thecharacter of the intended move, and theknowl
American football . n the present stageof development of the game one can bequite sure that the opponents will notplay the ball from touch unless they 36 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. have some definite and usually decep-tive line of action. Without such it isby far the better policy to walk out thefifteen paces and have it down. Thequarter-back also has work to do uponside-line plays, in assisting at the edgeas much as possible. But to return tothe end. When his own side have pos-session of the ball, his play, like that ofany other man, must be governed by thecharacter of the intended move, and theknowledge of what this move will be isconveyed to him by the signal. Thenearer the play is to his end, the greateris the assistance he can render. Thereis little need of coaching him to do hiswork when the run is along his line, nor,in fact, when it is upon his side of thecentre. The knowledge of the prox-imity of the runner stirs him up suffi-ciently, if he have any football blood inhim. The point towards which coaching. E. A. END RUSHER. 37 should be directed and where it is need-ed is in starting instantly to renderassistance when the play is upon theother side of the line. There is nolimit to the amount of work an endmay perform in this direction. A goodend can toss his man back so that hecannot interfere with the play, and thencross over so quickly as to performeffective interference even upon endruns. In bucking the centre he cancome from behind with valuable weightand pressure. Dropping the ends backhas come to be a favorite move in thesedays of wedge work. A coach shouldremember, though, that it will not do tostart an end into doing too much unlesshe is able to stand the work, for an endhad better do the work well upon hisown side than be only half way usefulupon both ends. A tired-out end makesthe opponents doubly strong. ( THE TACKLE Those teams upon which the workof end and tackle has been best devel-oped have, for the last few years, beenmarkedly superior
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