American football . on thepart of the tackle, who, to perform itto perfection, should edge out most cau-tiously, and with an evident intentionof going to the outside of his man. He 44 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. should also watch the centre play, and,most important of all, jump directlyforward into his man when the ball issnapped. This will enable the half totake almost a direct line for the half,and with his flying start have more thana fair chance of spoiling the kick. Thetackle must not be idle after his plunge,but should follow in sharply, becausethere will always be an opposing halfprotecting the
American football . on thepart of the tackle, who, to perform itto perfection, should edge out most cau-tiously, and with an evident intentionof going to the outside of his man. He 44 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. should also watch the centre play, and,most important of all, jump directlyforward into his man when the ball issnapped. This will enable the half totake almost a direct line for the half,and with his flying start have more thana fair chance of spoiling the kick. Thetackle must not be idle after his plunge,but should follow in sharply, becausethere will always be an opposing halfprotecting the kicker; and if the linehalf be checked by this man, as is notunlikely, the following tackle has an ex-cellent opportunity by getting in tackle and half should alternate intheir arrangement, neither one alwaysgoing through first, and thus add tothe anxiety^ and discomfort of the op-ponents. When the opponents are about to runinstead of kick, the same combination ofline half and tackle can be put in opera-. EVERETT J. THE TACKLE. 45 tion, except that it will not do for thesetwo to follow each other through withsuch freedom, as there is too much dan-ger of both being shunted off by a cleverturn coupled with well-timed interfer-ence. The cardinal point to be remem-bered is, to be far enough apart so thata single dodge and one interference can-not possibly throw off both men. The tackles duties towards the endhave been partially described in dwell-ing upon the work of the latter, butthere is plenty of detail to be of the first things to impress uponthe tackle is, that he must watch theball, not only upon the pass from thequarter, but also after it settles in therunners arms, for the most successfuldouble or combination passes are thosewhich draw the tackle in towards thecentre and give the second recipient ofthe ball only the end to pass. It has 46 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. been too common a mistake of coachesto caution a tackle who has been de-ceived
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