Spalding's how to play foot ball; . ave already said the captaincan see that he must measure his interference by the speed of hisinterferers, and match them with the speed of his runner withthe ball in order to satisfactorily solve the equation for his ownteam. It is the captain of brains who wins by doing just thesethings, while the captain without them takes the hard a-nd fastrule that has been laid down by some one, perhaps of his ownteam, who has written an article from the knowledge of only oneor two teams, and thinks that all can be brought up to exactlythe same point in the same way. Re
Spalding's how to play foot ball; . ave already said the captaincan see that he must measure his interference by the speed of hisinterferers, and match them with the speed of his runner withthe ball in order to satisfactorily solve the equation for his ownteam. It is the captain of brains who wins by doing just thesethings, while the captain without them takes the hard a-nd fastrule that has been laid down by some one, perhaps of his ownteam, who has written an article from the knowledge of only oneor two teams, and thinks that all can be brought up to exactlythe same point in the same way. Regarding going through the line close to the center by backs,(and^by backs I mean the half-backs as well) there are two waysof helping a man through the line. One is to batter a hole beforehim and let him slip through, and the other is to put him upagainst the line and then push him so hard that the line has toyield and let him through. There are line plays which combinea variety of these tactics, but there are some principles to be. How to Play Foot Ball. 33 remembered in comiection with them which will give them some-thing more than a careless hit or miss move. In the first place,a big, heavy man should never be run into the line with one ortwo light interferers preceding him, whereas a light man can berun in behind two heavy men with abandon. The reason for thisis that there are times when the hole will be choked up in spiteof the attempt of the interferers, and a heavy man getting hishead down may strike one of the interferers in the back and in-capacitate him for further work. It is not so apt to hurt the run-ner as it is the man whom he strikes, although there have been,cases of injury to the runner. When the hole is choked up, andheavy men are interfering, they can usually keep the mass movingaway from the runner, even if they do not open the hole for him,and this play is much less hard and far less dangerous. Insending two light interferers ahead to spring an opening for
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