ILLUSTRATIONS
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| Fig. 1. Punt Formation Pass | [19] | |
| Fig. 2. Undesirable Pass | [20] | |
| Fig. 3. Springfield-Carlisle Indian Pass | [21] | |
| Fig. 4. Spread Formation Pass | [21] | |
| Fig. 5. Open Defense | [24] |
THE FORWARD PASS IN FOOTBALL
CHAPTER I.
THE COMING OF THE FORWARD PASS.
Introduction.
The history of football has been a story of limiting the power of the offense. The defense has never been restricted, never curtailed, never hampered, always free to line up as it chose, to go when it pleased (barring offside), where it pleased and do practically as it pleased. Always the offense has been too strong, too powerful, and there has been the necessity of legal restrictions directed toward equalizing the attack and defense. This was true in general up to the “revolution” when ten yards and the forward pass came and the “new” game was created.
With the forward pass a great, new, unknown offensive weapon was provided. The history of the game since the granting of this new method of attack has again been chiefly a story of limiting the power and effectiveness of this new offense. To be sure minor changes in the rules have had other motives and objectives, but taking it by and large the statement is true to fact.