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part If
THE TEAM
What the individuals are the Team
will very largely be, since the whole must
partake of the character of the parts.
Hence great care should be exercised in
the selection of the individuals. Those
only should be chosen who have obtained
the highest skill and efficiency in playing
the different positions. For, as Arthur
Comnock has said, " the amount of an
indiiidual's contribution to the team play
is the difference between him and his op¬
ponent in playing his position, or what he
can do besides attending to his man."
The men having been selected, the prob¬
lem now is to get them to play as one