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46 A PRIMER OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL
should go through every time. He should
never run behind his own line, because of
the danger of leaving his side of the line
open to criss-cross or some trick play.
The end's primary duty is to turn the
runner in. The quicker this is done,
the less territory the other men will have
to cover, and hence the better protected
that territory will be. The end, there¬
fore, should go in as quickly and on as
sharp an angle as possible, so that he can
meet the interference before it gets well
formed and started. He should take the
direction A D (shown in Diagram 2),
A B C if he must, but never A E.
Diagram 2
C.
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If the opposing end plays up in the line
opposite him, the only direction possible
will be A B C.