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182 A PRIMER OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL
tant match to be played, the system would
without doubt be best adapted to that
end. But the theory proceeds from wrong
premises altogether. Every one knows
that an eleven plays at least two impor¬
tant matches before the end of the season,
when the demands on the physical man
are just as great as in the final game.
The two systems may be fairly well il¬
lustrated by Diagram 18, for whose sug¬
gestion the writer is indebted to Mr. W-
C. Forbes, an ardent supporter of the new
school.
Line A E will represent the new school,
which aims at the highest physical condi¬
tion at point E. Line A B C D E repre¬
sents the old school, which aims at good
physical condition at the end of the sec¬
ond or third week of training, and to take
the team to E in the same condition.
Take two elevens. No. 1 will use the old
system ; No. 2, the new system. Let the
two teams play a match. At the point