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SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
Just a Little Surprise for the Judge
Hank O'Day Comes to the Bat
With a New Plan, Hard to
Understand
B.\ 0. B. Keeler.
H ERE come* Hank O’Day. aome
umpire, who on^e managed *hn
Cincinnati Reds, with a brand-
new idea for a rule to prevent the
intentional passing of a heavy bat
ter at a critical juncture.
Candidly, we don’t get Hank
Take a slant at the report, exactly
a«= published in the daily prints, and
ser what you think about it.
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‘♦VjAKING the pitching box narrow-
er would accomplish tho de
sired object,” is Mr. (/Day's reported
opinion.
As previously stated, we don't get
him.
In the firs* place, there hasn’t he^n |
any "pitcher's box” for quite a w hile, i
Tnere used to be. and a guy could
wander around as far as its limits
would let him. Rut ihesc days It’s a
slab, and all the slabman has to do in |
pitching is to start with bis bind foot
in contact with said slab and not take
more than one step from it in the
process of delivery.
If Mr. O’Day meant “make the slab*
narrower, ' we still would fall to see
what effect that would be toward re
straining a pitcher from lobbing over
four w ide Ones.
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n o DA Y isn't the first one to
D I tackle the problem of making a
Pilcher put it over—and it seems to
us that nobodv will succeed In that
undertaking without tho aid of hyp
notism Certainly some manager*
owning wild hurlers with lots of stuff
would be very grateful to Mr. O'Day
if he would devise a plan to keep the
hall over the plate. Also. If Mr.
o’Day. by a juggling of the slag
measurements, can compel a pitcher
to keep his product just over the cor
ners of the pan, Mr. O'Day would bel
ter give up umpiring and working on
the rules committee, and start man
aging another hall club.
He would have some valuable
pitching service—what?
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S O far as our research extends, only
one rule ever has been proposed
that seemed at all likely to prevent
the intentional passing of a heavy
hitter in n pinch. We forget who
suggested it. hut It had an air of
plausibility enlirel lacking from Mr.
O'Day’s hunch, so far ns understood.
The idea was that the batter re
ceiving four wide pitches had the op
tion either of taking his base or of
remaining at bat and allowing ‘he
next batsman in order to take the
base for him
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Cl’TTOKK for example, that Har.
^ r\ Welchouce was up. with
Tommy Dong on second or third and
a right-hand pitcher on tl » slab. Sup
pose tho r. h. pitcher had been pun
ished severely by Harry, hut had be>n
getting” Wally Smith and Blsland
without difficulty.
Then it might not he out of order
to suppose that with two out. the
pi:cher would rather see Harry on
first than waving his big stick at the
plate.
All right. Four balls. Rut Harry
declines the offer, at a- signal from
Vis boss. Wally Smith trots on down
to first. Harrv remains at bat. Four
more balls” Maybe. Then Rlslanl
walks and the bases are full—and
AVelchonce still at hat.
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VOV see the idea
* Rut even that wouldn’t be alto
gether a fair rule.
Becoming candid again we don’t
se<> how anv rule is to be made that i
will do justice between pitcher and j
baiter in this respect In our opinion. ;
The strategic move of passing a hea *'>
hitter ; s sufficiently penalised by the
additional runner on the baste Hand
\ ou may easily recall Instance after
nstance when the supposed weak
sister” has come along a d cleaned |
up.
Anyway, when it comes right down
to the point, how Is any umpire going
to know r for sure (If the pitcher ap
parently tries to get the ball over)
whether the base on balD '* inten
tional”
We await 'r. O’Day’s further elix-
< idatiop of this "problem vexed.”
WILL MEET IN LONG WALK
STROUGHTON. WI8 Dee SO
Sever Quale, of Stoughton, has accepted
tliO challenge of August Kaddatx. of
«*hleag". former champion walker of
Germany, to a 26-mile hike on a six-
foot hardwood or sawdust track In somv
large cit> Raddat* will have the ad
vantage In age Quale recently nosed
him out in a ten-mile walk In this clt>
Chick Evans Leaves Atlanta
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Expert Praises Our Golfers
By Chick Evans.
I T WII.I, l«' hard for ino to get hack to Chicago for work after living in
the warm hearted hospitality of Atlanta. My (fames of golf over the
Atlanta courses will mark a most enjoyable occasion, anil hip, dirty,
noisy Chicago will seem almost unliearahle because my luihd will In' full
of the happy events In your clean, delightful little city. I can not ever
adequately express how much 1 owe to the ((onerous hearts of Mr. anil Mrs.
George Adair.
Interest in golf has grown very rapidly in the last few years in the
Southern States, and nowhere in the South do I lliink that golf enthusiasm
is greater than In Atlanta. The natural result of so much enthusiasm Inis
been the development of some very good Southern players, yet It Is always
a matter of surprise that these players do not go farther tn the National
Amateur, whose very efllcient vice president, Mr. Milton Dargan, lives here,
or In the Western, which has a deep interest in Southern players, one
would think that the Southern player had certain natural advantages In
the opportunity to play the year around. Of course the game is young in
the South, but the time is rapidly approaching when Southern golfers should
reach a higher championship standard.
At the present moment the very liest Southern players are many shots
behind the best players of the West and North. Of course the Southern
player must travel far to the big tourneys, and consequently comparatively j
few go. The Southern showing in the liilli National was better than usual, i
and Nelson Whitney, your champion, qualified well up, but no Southern j
player yet has gone far in either Western or National. Many times I have
heard the reason asked
In the upbuilding of champions, there are. 1 think, tho following essen
tials: First, enthusiasm and the type of enthiftlnsm that is the essence of
patience. Golf looks so easy, and is in reality 1 so hard, that it is the most
discouraging game at times in the world for the player. Then comes exam
ple and instruction, and Instruction should he either verbal or by example,
for .voting players imitate readily. I think the best sort of instruction is
playing with a better player. The next essential is a good golf course re
quiring championship pln.v. You can learn the shots on any course, provided
its condition allows the hall to fall and run the same every time. One
must be able to judge tho roll of a ball, and know just what ground behavior
can be expected of it. One can learn to hit the bull in the air, but unless
the ground is right, he loses power to judge results. A good course aids
good play and penal!•/.os had. I learned my golf on a flat 9-bole stretch of
ground, and then 1 improved it by playing a great, deal at Chicago golf—a
championship course.
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A T THE present moment Atlanta has good instructors, among whom is
Stewart Maiden, one of the best in the country—oceans of enthusiasm
and a course to-lie at l'.ast I.akc that will doubly merit the title of the
champion course of the South; indeed, it would lie called a good link in any
part of America. And there are already some very good players here.
Sqjue of you play very good wooden shots, some very good irons, ami some
piitt extremely well: In fact, the more successful Atlanta golfer plays gen
erally well, but I would suggest more practice of individual shots, a steady
methodical attempt to round out one’s game.
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A MONG the host players at East I.akc is the champion of the club. Mr.
George W. Adair. He is truly a good, accurate, thoughtful player. His
chief trouble is with his wooden clubs, and is because the ascent and descent
of his club describe two different lines, and he does not throw the club head
through the hall crisply enough. Mr. Tiehenor plays well, and Ills shots all
i have a suggestion of a hook. Perry Adair shows much promise, and Mr. W.
1 H. Rowan is another good player with a future. 1 noticed several younger
i men who take a deep Interest in the game, and it is very important that
| they la* encouraged to play. It is good for them physically and morally,
j and it insures future champions.
Wouldnt’ it be fine to have the lag National or Wesierh cups in Atlanta?
Good luck! •
Heydler Leaves to
Confer With Tener
Over 1914 Schedule
NEW YORK. De* 30 Secretary
John Heydler. of the National League,
went to Harrisburg to-day to confer
with Governor Tener. recently elected
president of the National League, in
regard to the 1014 playing schedule
which la soon to n** made up. Mr.
Heydler expects to leave Harrisburg to
day and meet Barney Dreyfus* at Pitts
burg These two have the task of ar
ranging the National league schedule,
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Baker Poor Press
Agent: Jeff Gaffney
Stopped Him in 5th
The report published last Sunday in
Atlanta that Frank Baker won over
Jeff Gaffney at Snvanah In 16 rounds
was an error. Gaffney really stopped
Baker in five rounds, and. according to
reports, Baker was outclassed all the
way.
It was Baker who brought the re
port here that he defeated Gaffney, but
the latter aiVived In Atlanta this morn
ing with newspaper clippings proving
that he stopped Baker. Tactics followed
by Baker will not gain him anything
| in the long run. Gaffney has fought
some of the best boys in the game and
I is anxious to get on with some 122-
j pounder here
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
KERSES. KERSES, KERSES.
Christmas has pave,
X€iv Year soomcill;
Hut the '('inker story
Is with us still.
The Federal League is now an estab
lished fact. Charley Murphy has begun
to issue long statements proving that it
doesn’t exist.
* * *
"What’s this baseball game coming!
to?" inquired Fred Clarke, anxiously.
Without accurate statistics we should
say about $4,000,000 net per annum.
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"I am opposed to the intentional pass- .
Ing of a hatter," says Mr. Johnson, "but
wha* are you going to do about it?" |
That’s just the- way a lot of us feel 1
about the White Hopes.
* • *
We don’t know' how the Tinker deal
will eventually pan out, but we will bet
that Tinker gets the worst of it
• * *
"Baseball." observes a leading base
ball manufacturer, "is one of the fun
damental causes for the athletic su
premacy of America." It was also the,
cause of the same thing in ancient
Greece.
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ONLY HERZOG.
Htfiillu'x lltrrc a mini with heart no
stout
Fir has not frit his nerve ooze out
Ami his strong mind go battg,
Whose spirits liarr not turned to lead.
Whose inmost feelings have not tiled
When hr received the sentence dread :
"You manage. Cincinnati.”
Whenever a ball player tries to tell
you be Is not superstitious and does not
believe in sifcns. show him an S with
two lines drawn through it, thusty, s.
and watch results.
• * •
When one of these scandal monger
pessimists tackles you with a tale to
the effect of money is tight simply re
mind him that Joe Tinker has been of
fered $36,000 or thereabouts by the Fed
eral league, some of which is said to
be real money.
• * •
There will be. much joy water con
sumed on Now Year’s evening, but every
dav the National Commission meets it’s
New Year Eve for the members of said
august body.
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HANS STILL A KID.
Said Tinker (Joe) to W agner
f H onus)
“FFoic do gon get a tan thou
sand bonusf”
Said Wagner (FIonus) to Tinker
(Joe)
“Im fust a youngster, I don't
know.''
Willard Stops Rodel
In Nine Rounds
NEW HAVEN, CONN., Dec. 30 —
Jess Willard. th? Kansas City
heavyweight. who knocked out
George Rodel, a fellow • hope," in the
ninth round last night, turned two
longin, anxious, hopeful eyes to-day
toward the Gunboat mith-Arthur Pel-
ky row in California on New Year's
Day
Willard said he would try to get a
match with the winner of the Smith-
Pelky affair, and there is no doubt
that a victory over the winner of the
Western fight would put Jess in the
very forefront of the "white hopes."
end would earn for him the title of
white heavyweight champion.
It was considerable of a task for
Mr Rodel to eat anything to-day ex
cept spoon victuals ns a result of the
right-hand uppercuts which spoiled
his evening last night.
This was the first twenty-round
fight hold in the Nutmeg State since
Young Corbett knocked out Terry
McGovern more than a decade ago,
and lias aroused the hope that at
last a permanent home has been
found for long distance fights In the
East. There was no interference of
any kind from the officials.
BOXING Famous Plays—By Heisman
News of the Ring Game
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Hersig Insists He Is Still Presi
dent, While Schwartz Re
fuses To Be “Fired.”
N ashville, ten.v., Dec. 30.—
Tho bitter factional feeling
which has existed in the Nash
ville baseball war for the past two
weeks reached a climax yesterday in
an exchange of torrjd statements be
tween William Hirslg, majority
stockholder in the Nashville club, and
William ('. Schwartz, last season’s
manager of the local team. Hirsig
emphatically declares in his state
ment that under no circumstances
will Schwartz manage the Nashville
club next season since "he has been
convinced that the ‘boy manager’ was
not the best leader the Vols could
get for 1914.” Schwartz is charged by
llirsig of having approved of the
Welchonce-Callahan deal, repeatedly
denied by Schwartz previously, and
published a letter from Schwartz in
support of that contention.
Hirslg also attempts to saddle the
responsibility for the Perry-Berger
deal on Schwartz, offering to produce
numerous witnesses in order to sub
stantiate his accusations.
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TLJIRSIG insists that he is still presi-
* * uent of the Nashville club, char
acterizing the midnight meeting of a
majority of the Nashville club’s
stockholders, at which he was de
posed and Vice President Clyde
Shropshire elected to succeed him. as
a "rump” gathering, illegal and con
trary to fhe by-laws of the Nashville
club. Numerous legal decisions are
offered to support the assertion- that
this meeting was illegal.
Schwartz in his answer to Hirsig
explains the Callahan-Welchonce deal
by stating that the failure of the
Nashville club to have him returned,
after being drafted in 1912 by Wash
ington, was due to the imability of
the Nashville club to raise the nec
essary $1,500 draft price to secure his
return to the club from which he was
drafted and to no lack of effort on
his own part to have Welchonce re
turned. Schwartz published a tele
gram dated two days before Nashville
released its claim to Atlanta, in which
lie asks Hirsig to meet him in Cin
cinnati, in order that they might con
fer with Garry Herrmann, of the Na
tional Commission, relative to pre
venting Washington turning the
player over to Atlanta. Schwartz was
in Cleveland, Ohio, at this time, and
offers this message as proof that the
deal was made without his knowl
edge.
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S CHWARTZ also denies responsi
bility for the Perry-Berger trade,
claiming that he had requested Hir
sig not to make any deals while In
Atlanta.
Schwartz charges Hirslg with
being niggardly in supplying him with
players of ability around which to
build up a winning club, and charges
that when he approached Hirsig last
season he begged for new material to
bolster up his faltering machine, he
was denied any assistance by Hir
sig. who refused to heed Schwartz’s
warning that the club was "skating
on thin ice,” although later the Vols
took a slump from which they were
never able to recover.
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Welsh and Dundee
On Edge for Battle
NEW ORLEANS. L»A.. Dec. 30 —Fred
die Welsh, the English lightweight
champion, ami Johnny Dundee, the Goth
am star, are hustling to get into shape
for their coming encounter on New
Year’s Day. Welsh has a big advan
tage over his rival in that he has been
here for nearly two weeks ar.d is already
on edge Dundee has been here for rive
days, but claims he is ready for the
fray.
Welsh will ente- the ring a pronounced
favorite. He will have a few pounds
advantage in weight and his long ex
perience is expected to offset the speed
of his young rival The battle is ex
pected to bring out a monster crowd,
as the two rivals are well know n.
Wallach Calls Halt
In Cross Training
LOS ANGELES, CAL.. Dec. 30 -
Leach Cross, the New York tighter who
is scheduled to box Bud Anderson at
Vernon on New Year's Day. is doing so
nicely in his training that to-day Mana
ger Sam Wallach advised a let-up.
Cross is looking good, ami his claim
that he Is in the best condition he ever
attained for a Los Angeles tight Is borne
out by his general appearance and work
In training bouts.
"I am w orking out every day with Kid
Daltcn and Babe Piccato. the best train
ers I have had on the coast.” said Cross
to-day. Both are fast and swap
punches with me. I have not the least
doubt that I will best Anderson in our
second meeting Then 1 am going after
Joe Rivers again.”
Bud Anderson Is plugging away on
the same old strenuous schedule at his
training quarters.
Bob Fitzsimmons’ ambition to shine
again in the pugilistic limelight has re
ceived a decided setback at the hands
of the New York State Boxing Commis
sion. The commission has issued an
edict prohibiting the former world's
champion from engaging in any bouts
in New York because of his age.
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According to reports, Nevada Is plan
ning another heavyweight tight to a
finish. Rill Dailey, the San Francisco
theatrical man, is trying to arrange a
bout to be held during the first week
in July. He may match the winner of
next Thursday's bout between Smith
and Pelky with some suitable opponent.
* * *
Negotiations regarding the appearance
of Gunboat Smith in Paris to take on
Sam Langford are not expected to suc
ceed, as Smith is demanding- his travel
ing expenses and a purse of $25,000.
Gjirpentier may get Langford if the
latter accepts a weight limit of 178
pounds.
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A coast critic says': "Put old Bat Nel
son’s heart inside of Joe Rivers and he
would t»e the lightweight champion of
the world for the next five years."
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Weighing 146 pounds Packey McFar
land insists that he is a lightweight.
Why not admit it and let him tight Gun
boat Smith for the title”
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"Battling' Levinsky will box ten
rounds with Bob McAllister, the clever
middleweight of San Francisco, at Mad
ison Square Garden. New York, on Jan
uary 12. A match’ Is pending between
"Snapper” O’Neil and Jack Britton for
the same night.
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The receipts for the fight between
Jack Johnson and Jim Johnson
amounted to $5,179. Langford and Jean
nette drew $1 1,370 for their fight. Both
bouts were staged in Paris.
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Charlie White will make his next
scrap against Harry Donahue at Peo
ria. Ill., on January 5. White and Don
ahue will weigh 133 pounds at 6 o’clock.
Donahue is the boy who recently handed
Mickey Sheridan a neat lacing for ten
rounds.
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The Ad Wolgast-Iv O. Brown scrap
scheduled to take place in Milwaukee
Thursday night has been called pff. The
New York lightweight has taken sick
and will not be able to fill the engage
ment.
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George "Knock ’Em Dead" Brown,
the Greek middleweight from Chicago,
has landed a match with George Chip
in Pittsburg on New’ Year's Day. Brown.
' formerly handled by Nate Lewis, is now
being managed by Larney Lichtenstein.
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Joe Superior, the local bantam, would
like to get on in one of the preliminary
bouts to the Welsh-Whitney set-to on
January 6. Joe is particularly wild to
light "Kid’’ Brooks.
Local funs are turning their atten
tion to New Orleans, where Freddie
Welsh and Johnny Dundee will mingle
for ten rounds Thursday afternoon. The
fact that Welsh will leave immediately
after the bout for Atlanta to box Whit
ney has added much interest to the fray.
Welsh rules a 10-to-8 favorite.
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Jack Dillon, the Indianapolis middle
weight, has been matched to fight Jim-
rvjy Clabby In a 20-rouml bout in San
Fftincisco on January 10 for what is
styled the middleweight championship.
How about George Chip? Dillon will al
so swing the padded mitts with Gun-
Christie in Indianapolis on New Year’s
afternoon.
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Owen Moran, the English lightweight,
who was disqualified in his bout with
Joe Azvedo on the coast recently, is now
on his way East. lie may take part
in a few fights in New York before he
sails for home. Moran has been
matched to meet a British lad named
Kid Lew’is. for 20 rounds in Londqp
late in February.
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Kid Williams, of Baltimore who has
been signed to fight Eddie Campi on
the coast for 20 rounds on February 12.
will leave for California on January 12.
After the fight with Campi Williams will
demand a tight with Champion Johnny
Coulon for the bantamweight title
Auburn Willing
To Play Indians
Here Next Season
Auburn has accepted the offer to meet
Carlisle on an Atlanta gridiron qext fall,
asking that the game be staged two
weeks after Thanksgiving Day. It is
probable that the contest will be held at
either Grand Field or Poncy Park.
GOLF PLAY POSTPONED.
PINEHl'RST. X C.. Deo 30— Play in
the holMa> golf tournament was post
poned yesterday on account of rain.
Cicotte Returns His
Contract Unsigned
CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—Eddie Cicotte.
who ranked next to Walter Johnson as j
a pitcher in the American League last ,
season, is said to be the first hold
out of the 1M14 crop. Cicotte Is re- j
ported from his Detroit home to have |
said that although the figure named in
the contract was not satisfactory he
w T ould have refused to sign at present
under any circumstances because he I
had not been given permission by tho
plajers' fraternity.
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No. 2—The Old Flying Wedge
By J. W. Heisman.
I N THE fall of 1892. after the “Y” from a standing start had been In ns»
for over half a dozen rears Harvard came forward with something
distinctly new—the “Flying Wedge."
This play was invented by a Cambridge man by name of Del and. and
was eopied far and wide until legislated out of existence by the rnle re-
juiring that on the kick off the ball would have to be kicked an actual dis
tance of at least ten yards.
Deland had never played football himself, but had been watching It for
j-ears on Soliders’ Field, and had often wondered why teams did not get
more variety into their attack.
The first time it was ever exhibited “on any stage” was tn the game
between Harvard and Yale that year at Springfield. It fell to the lot of
the Crimson to kick off, and the Blue lined up ten yards away from the ball
and prepared to attack the expected “V” in the usual way.
What was their amazement to see the Harvard team line up In a crazy,
new-fangled way to which there seemed to be no sense whatever. Instead of
the center getting over the hall the Crimson qviarterback was guarding it.
About 20 feet ro his left and somewhat back of him was stationed the right
half, and to the rear of this latter and also back further was stationed the
other half. And then there was an Indian file of five, and another of three,
widely separated from each other. But the queerest thing about it all was
the fact that the eight men in these two files did not come up to the middle
of the field and toe the scratch there, but seemed content to take statiou
some 20 yards hack of midfield, as though they Intended to have nothing
whatever to do with the ceremonies incident to the opening of hostilities.
The Yale players stared blankly, and the Yale coaches looked their college
color: no one of them could form a guess as to what might be coming off
or what should be done: the stands were awed with dumb, suppressed
excitement. The officials themselves stared and procrastinated, and asked
tile Harvard and Yale eaptains twice each if they were ready. It appeared
impossible that the Harvard team could be ready, but each time Captain
Dudley Dean, of Harvard, calmly insisted that be was quite ready for the
dogs of war to lie unleashed, and so at length the whistle sounded Its
shrill blast.
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A I ONCE the two lines of Harvard men started forward, seemingly aim
ing to come together at the point M. On they came, faster and faster,
gathering momentum with each stride, but the quarter aud the halves stood
stock still, while the ball had not yet moved a hair’s breadth. And until it
did move the Y’ale players could not charge forward; they could do nothing
but wait in anxious doubt and indecision.
But just before the right-hand column reached the point “P,” Dean, at
quarter, picked up the ball and passed it rnpidlv to the right half. The
latter at once shied it over to the left half, then turned and also made for
the point M. Meanwhile Dean, after passing the ball to the right half,
sprang forward and tumbled under Yale’s right guard.
After the bail had been sernped over pean's toe. in fake conformity to the
kick-off requirement, it took but an instant for the two defiles of Harvard
players to effect a junction with the right half back at their apex, and with
<ill steam up the wav they hit the Yale rijrht tackle was something to remind
everybody of what a playful thunderbolt is like. With all that: aroused
momentum it was out of the question for the defensive team to stop things
in their track, and a good 25 yards gain had been chalked off in favor of the
Crimson cohorts before Halfback I.^e was finally brought to the sod.
I N THIS particular instance the play owed some of its effectiveness to
the tact that to Yale it was a new stunt, and they could form no guef-'
as to what was coming. But the next year everybody was playing it. ami
all teams knew what to expect. Nevertheless, when well performed tho
th ng had such a terrific momentum whooped up by the time it came into
collision with the defensive players that there was no stopping it shod
of a substantial gain.
if • vo ' 1 tllink il must have taken nerve to fire into one of the ol
y s that operated from a standing start what would vou sat to the nerve
it took to wade into the flying wedge?
f ® ct ls if was a '’ery dangerous play for everybody concerned, am
that was the reason why the rule makers decided to eliminate it bv insisting
on an actual kick tor the opening of ;i game.
Much was expected of Deland in the way of new plats aft r this i:
" Ut ; *° f * r T 1 have ever heard, ite never invented anything
great importance in the game after that.