DECLINED GAME
Championship Not in Dispute-—Baylor
Declined at One Time.
Contrary to announcements from
Waco no post-season football game
between Baylor and the A. & M. team
will be played.
Baylor has tried for several days
to get A. & M. to play a post-season
game, but her requests (have been
turned down. Monday the Baylor
manager asked Mr. Moore by telegram
to agree to a post-season game to set-
Centers this season have more to do
with the success of their respective
teams than any other player on the
eleven, declare some critics, and this
| does not seem too broad a statement
to make. Not only must the center
be a good man on defense, but on of
fense he must carry in his head com
plicated signals and formations, and,
in addition to the difficulty of playing
a line position, must watch his own
backs carefully to avoid making a
poor . pass. With speed, one of the
prime requisites of the game his pas
ses must be quick and snappy, but
withal accurate.
Under the rule permitting the [di
rect pass from the center to the run
ner, the center, instead of passing to
the quarter back directly behind him,
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tie disputed championship. The Bay
lor manager received the reply that he ’ m ust be able to shoot the ball back
had a chance to play A. & M. and re- |f 0 hj.g teammates at unexpected angles
fused it, and that there is no dispute ' shooting it to a different man nearly
regarding the championship. | every play. In addition to the diffi-
Baylor declined to contract with | oulty of placing his passes accurate-
Manager Moore last spring when he to standing men. he meets a fur-
was making up his schedule. The , tber difficulty in passing the hall to
Baylor manager kept the contract two | a man who already has started his
or three weeks and returned it, j run. In one out of every three plavs
saying that Baylor did not want a I the man who receives the hall from
game with the Farmers. The open ; the snapper-back is already on the
date was arranged with another col- | run, making it extremely difficult for
lege. : the center to make accurate passes.
The team has gone out of training j Fvery pass must be accurate, for
and the players are getting down to , with the open game now played a
hardi school work. The suits have fumble seldom fails to result in the
been put away till next fall, and it Moss of the ball for the fumbling side,
is not the intention of the football | With the development of kickers, the
management to make any other foot- less of the ball means the loss of from
forty to fifty yards and a chance to
score. The center, therefore, must
be careful to make every pass accu
rate so there is no danger of the ball
geing to the opposing side on a fum
ble. In this particular the center
takes the. place, in a measure, of the
quarter backs cf the old game. Old
time quarter backs were coached to
hand the ball to the runner, or, rather,
to slam it into his arms. The throw
ing of the ball was abandoned sev
eral years ago because it was found
the time gained by the throw was
more than offset by the danger of
.umbling on the play.
Obviously the center can not pu:
the ball into the runner’s arms as the
old quarter back used to do, hut he
must make his passes hard and; true,
so as to minimize the possibilities of
mistakes in handling the ball by the
CENTER GREAT FACTOR.
New Rules Make Him Most Import
ant Member of the Team.
One man more than any other on
tt e fott-ball team has been brought
into the limelight by the new code of
rules, the center looming up as the
most prominent offensive and defen
sive player on the eleven.
Quickness of boidy and brain must
be combined with weight and cour
age for the ideal center this year,
and teams which have been weak in
the pivotal position have found to
their cost that without a strong man
at this position the defense is great
ly weakened, while offensive plays
lose much of their effect. Every team
in the country which has done good j runner. The center, then, has to pass
work this season will be found to have
a veteran center andi a man whose
quickness in thinking and accuracy
in playing his position have proved
important in the result of games.
In former years coaches used to
search high and low for mountains
of beef and strength to play the cen
ter position, but since 1906, when the
first changes were made in the grid
iron game, tutors have been search
ing for fast, rangy men. The dif
ference between the centers of now
and years ago may be seen by glanc
ing over the pages of any old foot
ball guide of ten years back andi com
paring the pictures of the center with
the hall not only accurately, but fast
and strong.
With a different pass called for by
every signal, the difficulty of accurate
passes becomes greater. On nearly
■every play a different man must take
the ball and on nearly every forma
tion the man eligible to receive the
ball takes a different station. It is
seldom, therefore, that the center
passes the ball to exactly the same
spot twice in the same game. Most
of his passes are radically different
from their predecessors, and anyone
who has tried passing the ball to a
different spot every attempt soon
realizes the difficulty of obtaining ac-
to aid the success of trick plays, he
can not indicate, by his movements
the direction and style of play and
permit the defense to meet it before
ii, fail 1> was started.
In order to know what pass is re
quired the center must be as well,
if not better, versed In the signals
and formations as any other man on
the team. Lie mustYgrasp the signals
instantly, withoui so much as a sign
of the object.and direction of the play.
He must also be able to steady his
back field and to pro vent any mis
takes or costly fumbles through mis-
intei pretation of the signal.
On defense of his position is equal
ly as important. Most coaches this
season are playing a “loose” center.
That is, on defense, the center is play
ed back of the line of scrimmage, in
a place usually filled by the defensive
full hack, when the five-yard and mass
play rules were in force. In going
back to this position the center is in
ao way relieved of responsibility for
his own position, and must fill, it if
a play is directed against it. pis duty
back of the line is to “size up” the
plays of the offense and assist his
teammates to meet them. Much had
been said regarding the player occu
pying the position, and nothing need
be repeated here. The center, there
fore, must combine with his offen
sive qualifications the ability to “size
up” plays on the defense and meet
them properly.—Dallas News.
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