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WARIED FORMATIONS ARE NECESSARY IN FOOTBALL TODAY I
j-' DMCE) the ten yard rule and the
J forward pass have come Into
? j th game or football forma -
Tc"- tlons have developed until
ItH .'pey are esstentlal to offensive
. jtrength. When five yards was the
3. jeaJred gain the formations were
-' -5M'P:ned lo !ncrcase the strength of
.!oe 'attack at certain points, but the
Ij ;jiMnt or attack was readily dlsccrnl-
LSr? ,n mosl c;iscs- The- formations
qjgMed In the "now" game have the same
-j"2bject In view, but it Is necessary to
-:5i tn defense guessing, and to do
lijjSSl""-' thu forjnatlon must bo so deslgn-
fln'ii?? M not t0 disclose the point of nt-
V"-JRCk. saya Lyle Pottljohn. tho former
-MMJnncaota football star. I
"fcE'prma tlons are moro necessary in
J,JBe game of today than they formerly
eere. It Is doubtful if any eleven stars
--ijfl the country could make consistent
MsfaJna without the use or formations
. CrflMPH'ndayB, whereas In the old gamy
4rfjfl'ny of tne Rains were made from
jriat la known as "regular formation"
gg'MOd the straight tandem buck was very
i jnJcccsBful. Abolishing the pull and
'Ov.'flyyBh methods of attack has resulted
'38 maWns deception of opponents morel
ndjuir1Jortant than outweighing them '
Dutguesolng the defense brings the,
Di8 success as outplaying them for-
pBcrly did. and the only offensive plays '
LU,Fhlch cannot be diagnosed by the de-
Tlsnse are those which come from dc-
JSfBPtlve formations,
'aifcThe Minnesota shift became famous
41 country over for tho reason that
jW- was so quickly executed and well
';-gflnned that the opponents did not
. -3F ve an opportunity to flguro out what
3, tjswils coming. Starting from one for-
L,-l3jtatlon. It was possible to shift Into
'irHTilny ne f 8everal others and get the
7Cfc y before the defense got sot-
Jl'jfcSfed. It in Just such formations as thnt '
Jftie which have made "new" football i
JJljSUCcess, for without quick shifts the '
''r"7 Bamo would bo Impossible. So
llSr " 8lrcnBth, speed and weight arc:
JBpncerned the defensive team general-
iSNw- Can cnecl nny kln(J ot an advance
'Tmfndor the present rules, but when ror-
JrWatlons begin to work the defenslvo
JiJjkrenEth la split up and only a small
f-iart of the defense ta available.
f Formations have come to stay, and
b team with the better formations
II win the majority of gamesj It is
I so much the necessity of having
rnorpua formations ns it Is tho nd
ntage ot having a few which are
'ffeally deceptive. It might be well In
Tyjtbe same connection to stale that a
LjhjP'eceptlve formation Id not nccossarlly
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a showy or fancy one. but rnthcr one
which will leave the defensive play
ers In doubt as to tho point nt which
the attack Is to bo aimed. It Is al
ways an advnntagc to bo able to use
any kind ot attack rrom any rormnJon,
for then the formation Knelt docs not
Indicate the style of play to be UKcd
It Is as bad to use only certain plays
Ipir Thomas Lipton Says Every
M one ShouHd Take Up Yachting
m THOMAS MPTON. who la now
In this country on a visit that may
may, not mean another. Visit w.ilh a
cht or two built for the purpose or
pturlng the America's cup. believes
.'Sthat there la uomethlng more than
..il6ere pleasure to be derived from me
j3S?rt ot yachting He thinks It has a
;ifjrect Influence In bundlne up the per
,(ffififfnnel ot a nation'? ouvy According
jifa Sir Thomas, the , yachting gamej
(Ifeeds in ita follower a love for me
Knta that In turn has a sure effect on
(Ine oplrlt ruling the battleships The
jJCountry that playa at yachting will
)i3'orli at war more effectively than one
.'.Ihat does not, and that is ono reason
,ra why hla advice to young Americans is.
". -JLvTaMt up yachting." If yachting were
,j3caxried OD more eatenslvely In this
3 country Sir Thomas' vlewa on the sub
jgject lead to the conclusion that "the
I United States would have an even
stronger navy tnan she bos at the
present time."
There Is something ot tho Viking
about Sir Thomas Lipton. Ho is n big
man. to begin with, and then there Is
B certain carriage of bis head and a
peculiar set to hla shoulders that al
ways clings to men who possess more
than p. crossing acquaintance with the
JKL
MI baren't yet come to any decision
Id regard to another race for the cup."
he said In answer to a question, "but I
Rxn going to talk to soma members or
the New York Yacht club, and there
may be something to say about the
me In ft few weeks, I know that the
WNew York Yacht club will do what is
5Jfrih.t in the matter. They have always
been most kind and courteous In their
treatment or my proposals, und I think
they ..would llke-lo see another racu-nr-rangetl.
It would give yachting in this
country n considerable Impetus. I
think. It would stlrnuluto the game
und turn the attention or your sports
men onre more to the sea As for my
seir. I will say that there Is no place
where 1 would rather race than in
I America.
"To my mind." continued Sir Thomas,
"yacht racing Is the cltiahest ana beat
Sport In the world. It is n good thing,
too, ror a nation lo foster It breeds In
young men a love ror the sea that pre
pares them for the navy in time of
war. Look at Germany, for Instance.
In that country the yachting game is
nationally encouraged. The kaiser nets
the example by taking a personal In
terest in the sport, and as a conse
quence there are a lot or young chaps
or the right sort taking to the sea as
naturally as ducks to water They go
In for the sport ot It and stay in tor
the pure lovo of 1L From the decks
of their yachts they go finally, many or
them, to tho quarterdecks of the kai
ser's warships. Germany's strength aa
a sea power Is. I believe, accounted tor
to a considerable degree by the tact
that yachting Is made so populor there.
"As sports go. yacht racing Is not
particularly expensive. You can get a
small boat tor comparatively little, and
the returns In pure enjoyment and
healthy recreation will more thnn ro-
- pay you for your expense, if I were a
young man In New York city I'd have
a little boat out on tho bay for my
leisure moments."
from certain formations as It Is to uao
any other play easily diagnosed.
Formation play calls for grealcr
nglllty on the part ot tho linemen, and
It also requires that each man in the
line know nil or tho signals perfectly
A veteran tackle or end should be al
most. If not quite, as capable ot chang
ing places with the quarterback as any
or the bnck field men. It Is machine
like precision on the part of the whole
team that makes successful forma
tions. Every man must know where
he belongs before and after the shift,
tthai ho is to do while shitting and
after getting Into the new position,
who Is to carry tho ball and whore the
piny Is to strike, and. lastly, ho must
know how to act so ns not to give the
derense a tip on what Is coming.
The same names are used to desig
nate tho different positions as havo
always boon employed, but the names
mean little or nothing to the spectator
nowndays excepting at the klck-ofT
Unless ono knows a man by sight It 13
next to Impossible to keep track of
yfvspiRE mmw DECLARES pitchers win flag
TILL BRENNAN. National league
umpire, who oftlclated in the Sox
Cubs series In Chicago, having nothing
to do. recently aired some of his views
on tho national game
Airing vlewa is an ordinary thing ror
people In the limelight to do. but Um
pire Brennan's opinions emerge from
tho range of the cominooplace and bo
come Interesting. He talked of baseball
players, world's series, brother umpires
und magnates and hud a good word to
say ror all.
"You can talk all you want to about
world's "series."" he declared, "but ror
real baseball those llrst two contesla
between the Cubs and 11. e Sox were
as pretty us any you would wnnt to
see. Nine full Innings and wenty
fclght men faced Walsh tho first day.
I haven't seen much American league
pitching, out put me . wn as saying
Ed Walsh's twirling against the Cuba
was wonderful.
"But even nt that won't sny he is
the greatest or them all. I'or instance.
I have never even seen Ford or Jonn
son work, and they say those two are
the real Ktuif. Bender I have seen, and
also Coombs, having worked last year
in the world's scries. 1 also saw Joe
Wood last spring In a couple of games
before the season opened. I think, on
the whole, that the pitching of the two
leagues stacks up about even In the
Nationals there are Mathcwson and
Marquard of New York and Nap Ruck
er or Brooklyn, not to mention Laven
der of the Cubs, Hendrlx or Pittsburgh
and a few others.
"Pitching Is always the thing that
wins in a short series. This has been
WjL JLemminfl About to Throw the Javelin
said before, but It Is so truo fiat It
j will bear repeating You may nlso udd
I this no team ever has won a pen
nant without at lenst one 6lar. air tight
pitcher. .Look over the list In both
leagues. There were Coombs and Ben
der with the Athletics. Mullln of De
troit. Brown of Chicago. Wood of Bos
ton, Adams or Pittsburgh. Mathcwson
of New York and Ed Walsh or iho
Sox In every pennant race of the
last several years one or more pltch-:-
have hnd to bear the brunt or the
vi .ry.
i in.sslfylng the assets of a winning
bitii olub Sn their order of merit. I
should plnce an air tight pilchnr llrst.
Second comes the catcher. A high class
man behind thw bat Is absolutely noces
snry to a winning leain. and for sub
stantiation let me point out Thomas.
Strong' Line Mosi Important j
This Season In Football
HHERE seems to ho a raco In foot
ball oetwoen the running attack
and the open game, notably the for
ward pass. Under George Brooke.
Swarthmoro de-cloped a running at
tack that was tho undoing ot Penn
sylvania, while with the forward pass
n sequence or them, as a matter or
fact Williams worried Harvard and
Lafayette annoyed Yalo. There Is
some significance In tho rnct that
when the llrst string backs were re
turned to the game at Cambridge the
derenso against the forward pass im
proved rapidly and Williams could not
get ncross the goal line.
Lehigh's victory over tho Navy was
A new world's record
for throwing the javelin
was established in Stock
holm, Sweden, recently by
the famous Swedish ath
lete, Eric Lemming. He
hurled it 62.57 meters,
beating the previous rec
ord of 61 meters, held
by the Finn, J. S&aristo.
Lemming won the javelin
throw a.t the Olympic
games in Stockholm last
summer.
Flynn Yale's
Latest Hero
"TEFTY" FLYNN of Yale Is the lat
oat hero to rlao In the world of
sport, and tho prophets are already
predicting that ho will attain tho famo
of a Coy before ho la dono with foot
ball. A huge, awkward looking lad.
Flynn seemed very raw In every dn
l tall of htn play agalnpt West Point ro
cently, but no man over Impressed tho
observers on hla first appearance aa
trongly aa thla giant baclc
Meyers. Kllng, Sullivan and Carrlgan
and. Incidentally, Stnnage. All these
men were or Invaluable assistance In
bringing the Hags to their various
clubs
"N'fXt comes a heavy hitting outfield,
n-ii guysa L need go no rurther than
Hie lioMlon club or 1912 to show you
! Just what I mean Tho outfield haa got
to be one ot the most Important cogs
In n modern baseball mnchlnc. and If
It Isn't there strong then goodby to
ponnunt hopes.
Offensively, ot course, hitting Is the
most Important tcature. but of scarce
ly secondary Importance Is fast base
running. Mot raw's Glnnts realize the
truth ot this, nnd It In generally grant
ed that their ability and daring on tho
bases have been their greatest asset
throughout the past season."
of the utmost Interest from tho Tact
that from all accounts the strong Nnvy
center trio was outpluyod by the men
rrorn Bethlehem. Kendy's team ap
parently did not suffer rrom the same
stage fright that troubled them at
Princeton, and the Navy undoubtedly
was at Its worst. All or which detracts
not a whit rrom tho credit that Is due
the Bethlohem eleven, which appar
ently is a good one. The problem all
over tho country seems to be the line,
which means that the opinion of most
football mon before the season opened,
that tho lino was really the most im- j
portant tactor this year was well .
founded. I
blm on the ofTenso. whllo his defensive
play may be that of some other posi
tion than was tho offensive. So far
ae tho backs and ends are concerned
they might Just as well all be desig
nated as backs, for the successful
teams ot the last few years have In
ajmost every Instance used tho ends
and backs Interchangeably. Tackles.
guards and centers are tlcu dowu, u H
U were, by the rule regarding tne as H
of any of the "Uvo ceotermen" to ad- H
, vance tho ball. This, however, onlj H
affects them as regards .their placet H
j with reference to the line ot scrim- H
-mage and docs not materially tnter- H
fore with their carrying the oalL H
it might be said In all truth thai H
I "formation play Is new football." No'. H
but what formations were used in ol H
I football, but rather that tholr use lz H
he new game Is absolutely necessary. H
Formations formerly were the exeep-
tion rather than the rule. In speak- H
Ing of formations one naturally thlnki H
only of the offensive formations, but H
ihr- defensive ones arc equally Import- jH
,ant even though not sq Intricate and IH
, spectacular. Defensive formations ar H
' moro In tho line or individual Judg- H
Iment than or team play. The deron- jH
( slve players must work together and IH
must know without looking or being H
loin what their fellows are doing, bnl H
the Individuals themselves and gooC
Judgment nro the best part ot daten- H
slvo formation play.
Every man on tha defense should IH
I know all about offensive formations 01 IH
else he cannot cope with them. The H
linemen should shift accordingly as the
offense shifts and should trust the H
backs to take care of the open plays.
Each man has hUi own work cut out IH
for him and none can afford to try to
hnlp or coach another whom he can- IH
not see. Tho men backing up the line IH
may coach the forwards, but the for- H
wards may not coach each other. The
defense must of necessity be speclallz- H
ed whllo the offenso Is broad and gen- IH
oral. The defense 1b split Into two or IH
three separate tactions, according to IH
tho system used, and each faction takes H
care of a certain class of playa, while H
the offense at all times la free to uo l
any style of play, IH
It may be misleading to speak or do-
fenslyo formation play as such, for In
fact good defensive play Is nothing
more nor less than knowing the weak-
n esses of offensive formations. For IH
matlon play lo the whole thing in tht H
present game, however, and only those H
teams which have solved the problem ; H
ot quick shifting can succeed. To off- 'IH
set quick shifting on the part ot tne IH
offensive team tho defensive players ; IH
must have a knowledge ot the Inber- jJ
ent strength and .weaknesses of vari- H
ous formations. Use of this knowledge ! iH
and proper physical qualifications arc IH
ot course all Important, for no amount il
of knowledge of formations will mak
up for a lack of physical ability. H
New Squash Rules H
pHE rules committee ot the National
Squash association has made two
radical changes In the playing codo.
Hereafter no faulty service can be
played, nor can a man lose his service
on fault. Arrangements also navu been
made for tho season.
Regarding the changes, the privilege
that an opponent heretofore has had of
playing a faulty service If he chose to
haa been eliminated;- by ono ot tho
amendments. All serves that fall out
or the receiving court must be served
Over again, as In lawn tennis Hereto
fore, also. If the service hit the side
wall before the front wall a player lost
his service entirely and hnd to take the
defensive. Now he keeps his service,
no matter whore the ball strikes, un
less n double fault Is committed. Sev
eral other amendments passed concern
ambiguities In the code rather than Ml
actual changes In playing methods. il
It was further announced that both lH
the national championship and nation- ll
'a! handicap tournaments will be held 1
In New York some time In January. 'H
The Princeton club will get one and IH
tho Heights Casino club the other, detl- 'H
njto dates to be set at the second ex- IH
ecutlvo meeting. In 'preparation ror IH
handling the.- tournaments xboth the IH
Princeton and Heights Casino clubs !H
are enlarging their squash court area IH
and setting back their overhanging IH
balconies so as to meet the require- ll
ments of championship piny. H
The Metropolitan Interclub league 1
tournament will be launched again H
with four teams In the race Harvard J
club. Princeton club, Columbia club il
and Heights Casino club. 1
SENSITIVE BALL PLAYER HURTS HIMSELF
i
T31LL SWEENEY of the Boston Na
tionals, u man ot five years' expe
rience plnylng with a tall end team,
who gave Helnlo Zimmerman of tho
Chicago Cubs a hard chase for premier
batting honors In his league, said that
the player who Is ovorsonsltlve to crit
icism Is hurting himself and will not
do his best work If he Is constantly
worried ovor what may bo said about
h(m If he makes a mistake.
"I had a good lesson on this sub
ject." said Bill. "It was when I was
playing third base for Boston. Bill
Dahlen was playing shortstop, anil the
bggs who cor.grogate In the third base
bleachers In Boston nnd bet oi the
game got sore on Bill and could not
give him credit for anything. If he H
mlsied the hardest kind of a chance H
they would roast him unmorclfully H
and would never see him at all when IH
he pulled off a good play.
"They were to unfair that I finally ll
got sore nt them nnd bawled them out ll
a number of times for remarks they jH
made to Bill. This turned them 1
against mo, and for awhilo I Just H
couldn't do anything right In their H
eyes. If I made a fumble or a bad H
throw they were after me hot foot. il
"At first they had me going, but after ll
awhile I began to Ignore them, and ll
then I got along much better. The ex- ;B
perlence showed mo that a ball player jH
Is a fool to pay nny attention to what jH
Is said to him on the field, whether It ll
Is good or bad," lll
I ERIC LEMMING OF SWEDEN GREATEST OF ALL jAVELIN THROWERS
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