Outing . mon storehouse ofknowledge. The West is learning de-fense from the East and the East islearning that the West can teach it some-thing in attack. The result will be more even games,with fewer freak plays and a greatersimplicity in both strategy and will put a greater premium onbrains and initiative. Mere variationswill not succeed solely because they aredifferent. The successful coach will bethe one who teaches sound football, withjust enough variation to give him theedge over an opposing eleven of practi-cally equal ability. In other words, hemust keep a constant footing


Outing . mon storehouse ofknowledge. The West is learning de-fense from the East and the East islearning that the West can teach it some-thing in attack. The result will be more even games,with fewer freak plays and a greatersimplicity in both strategy and will put a greater premium onbrains and initiative. Mere variationswill not succeed solely because they aredifferent. The successful coach will bethe one who teaches sound football, withjust enough variation to give him theedge over an opposing eleven of practi-cally equal ability. In other words, hemust keep a constant footing on the ac-cepted principles with an added blowin reserve for the time of need. To quote Mr. Reed again, He willhave to figure on just how he would goabout fooling himself were he coachingthe opposing eleven, and will see his pathto innovation through departing fromthe accepted idea just enough to retainall that is fundamentally sound, whilemaking sure that the variation will notdisorganize his own THE DEATH BONE By E. J. BANFIELD*A Fact Cemented with Fiction


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