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66 A PRIMER OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The guard should go through always on
the outside of his man, unless there is an
excellent chance of going inside to reach
quarter-back before he can get away with
the ball. The objection to going inside
is, of course, obvious. The guard would
be pocketed or sandwiched in so tight be¬
tween opposing guards and centre that
he would neither get the runner inside,
nor be able to back up tackle in case he
went outside.
A guard is primarily responsible for
the ground between him and tackle, and,
secondarily, for that between him and
centre. In going through, this fact should
be kept in mind. The fact that a guard
must stand lower than tackle, and has less
and different kind of territory to cover,
will prevent him ordinarily from using as
many methods of breaking through as a
tackle, as described in Chapter I., Section
7 He must take some method of getting
through that will enable him to use the