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THE DEFENCE
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forward line must break through sharply
and cleanly, not occasionally, but every
time. The object of breaking through
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is to tackle the runner. Every tackle is
every man in the line's tackle. "No
matter where the runner goes, through
what hole, he is my man, and I must get
him," should be the motto and spirit of
every man on the defence.
When the opposing side is going to
kick from any point between the two
thirty-five-yard lines, it is a very good
rule to have the ends drop back and out