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tion to* one point and attack another.
While, of course, the other side are not told
the point of attack in their line, yet the
play goes where it starts. If it starts for
tackle, it goes there; if it starts for the
end, it spends all its force in that direc¬
tion, and nowhere else.
To illustrate the principle, take a few
ordinary plays.
Full Back through Right Guard and
Centre (Diagram 6).—No. 1 shows the for¬
mation before the play starts; No. 2, where
the play hits the line; No. 3, through the
line, everybody into the play. The centre
and right guard will have to block longer
than the other players, but should get into
the push as quickly as possible. The play
starts for right guard and centre, and goes
there; there is no feint made in any other
direction. The right half may be sent
through right guard and tackle, in the same
way the quarter-back, left half, and full¬
back behind him, and the left half through