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Title: The book of school and college sports
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Barbour, Ralph Henry, 1870-1944
Subjects: Athletics College sports
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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rce line plunger. If he isalso a good hurdler he should be a valuable man for theplace. As a general thing his weight may exceed thatof the half; if he is to be used principally for plungesat the center of the line he may, in fact, weigh as muchas a tackle just so long as he is quick and active. On Offense.—From the kicking back of ten yearsago the full has developed into a sort of human batter-ing-ram, a man to be depended upon at a crisis, one whocan take the ball on a third down and smash himselfthrough or under or over the line for the required dis-tance. He must be a hard, desperate fighter, one whosecourage is at once cool and reckless, and a man quick tojudge the exigencies of a situation and quick to act uponhis judgment. He will often find himself rushing head-long into a line in which the expected hole is not to beseen. He will need his wits then. One thing he mustnot do, and that is stop. Theres a yard to be gained andhes there to gain it. There must be no slacking up, no
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POSITIONS—HOW TO PLAY THEM 79hesitation; he must decide what to do between the re-ceiving of the ball and the striking of the line and thendo it just as hard as he knows how, summoning everyounce of weight and strength to his aid. If he decides tobuck he should get low with head down and use his legsfor all thats in them. If he chooses to hurdle he willsecure the ball with one hand only, since he will requirethe use of the other arm in leaping and in balancing hisbody. Hurdling the line is an art in itself and can beacquired only by practise. It is not as dangerous as itlooks from the side-lines, and, when performed by a goodexponent of the art, is an almost certain ground gainer.The full-back will sometimes find an opening in the linewhich while not clean enough to allow him to go throughon his feet is yet big enough to take him head first. Inthat case he should dive, launching himself forwardmuch as a base-runner does when about to slide for thebag. The full-back who can take part

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