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134 A PRIMER OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL
he can do with his eleven. It is a great
mistake, a needless waste of time. A
scientific game is not necessarily a trick
game. The other side cannot be tricked
into defeat. It must be whipped into de¬
feat. Formation may be something, but
execution is everything. The fewer the
strictly trick plays the better. Four or
five are a sufficient number in a repertoire
of plays.
(c) lucking. —The credit for the kick¬
ing game is really due to Marshall Newell.
Teams kicked long before his time, to be
sure, but it was left to him to demonstrate
the true value of kicking as a part of the
offensive game. It was the wonderful
record of the Cornell team two seasons
ago that showed to the football world the
advantage and possibilities of this style of
advance.
Kicking is the easiest method of gain¬
ing ground, although it gives the ball to
the opponents. The only men that it