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148 A PRIMER OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL
First, consider the matter of general¬
ship without reference to the opposing
team. There are two ways of advancing
the ball: one, by kicking; the other, by
rushing. The rushing game is divided
into straight football and strategic.
There are practically three schools of
football: the simple straight football,
the strategic, and the kicking. The right
use of these different methods of advanc¬
ing the ball, the proper proportion of each
kind of plays, are the great problems of
good generalship.
Simple straight football should form
the basis of the offensive game. It is
more easily executed, and is less exhaust¬
ing upon body and mind. A trick re¬
quires the doing of so many things by
each individual at a given time that there
is produced a great mental strain. Men
begin to worry and wonder whether the
trick will succeed. And if a fine trick
fails, they despair of the success of any-