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104 A PRIMER OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL
the ball. Turning to the rear is easily
and quickly done by using the balls of
the feet as a pivot and swinging the
body around on them. The quarter
should put one hand down in line with
the direction of the ball, to stop it as it is
snapped back, and the other on the side to
pick it up with. The principle is just the
same as stopping a grounder in baseball.
Stop it with one hand, and then pick it
up with the other. The ball should be
picked up cleanly and without fumbling
or juggling. To prevent fumbling the
quarter should know where his back is
to be at a given instant, and so be able
to see the ball when it comes back. To
pick it up clean he must see it. It ought
to require no more changing to throw
than a baseball. The ball is picked up
with the fingers over one end of it; the
other end is bound to point up the arm,
and thus it is all ready for throwing. Upon
receiving the ball, the quarter should pull