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12 A PRIMER OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL
to injure the fence or ropes with his head.
The slide requires great skill, and should
not be attempted by beginners.
Take a ball dropped in the rush line
or at the player's feet. To get this ball,
the player should throw his feet straight
out behind him, falling upon the ball
with his chest, breaking the fall with the
elbows and ball. Squatting or settling
upon such a ball might result in a sprain¬
ed knee or ankle. There is another mov¬
ing ball which the player, strictly speak¬
ing, should not fall upon at all. To
obtain a ball moving directly towards a
player from the front, he should meet it
at right angles, throwing the body right
across the path of the ball and gathering
it up in his arm, then rolling over upon it.
A ball moving towards a player from
his right should be obtained much in the
same way. The player should throw his
body across the path of the ball, care be¬
ing taken to faU upon his left side, as in