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sure the kicks getting away, he should get
down the field with the other forwards, to
help prevent return of the ball.
His general direction in going down the
field will be regulated by the plan of his
own side for covering the field.
On the defence there is an immense
amount of hard work for the guard. It
seems to be all push and shove, as the
two guards, the one struggling to break
through and the other to block, general¬
ly come squarely up against each other.
The position of the guard on the de¬
fensive, both as to form of body and dis¬
tance from the men on either side of him,
is about the same as that on the offence,
with the possible difference that the guard
may move out a few inches. The guard
should go through all the time. He
should never run behind his own line un¬
less, having failed to get through, that
direction is the shortest distance to the
runner.
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