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head and shoulders, into the side through
which the hole is called for, and shove
your opponent in the opposite direction.
If you cannot shove your opponent out,
shove him in. Make your holes clean and
wide as possible—wide enough for a coach
and four.
T. Breaking Through.—As good block¬
ing is indispensable for the offence, so
breaking through is the prime requisite
of the dofence. The rushers on the do-
fence should go through hard and fast
every time, and tackle the runner behind
his own line. The position of the feet
and the form of the body are much the
same as those in blocking. The forward
should remember, however, that the con¬
ditions are now reversed. He should
keep at arm s distance from his opponent,
who is trying to block him, but that dis¬
tance should be in the opponent's terri¬
tory and not his own. He should play
right on the edge all the time, and take all