Word: passer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...appears like a battle of passes. Harvard has a fine passer in Barry Wood but he hasn't approached last season's form. For some reason or other, we can visualize Captain Ticknor's eleven beating Michigan this afternoon in the Stadium, despite the cold fact that Michigan is a 2 to 1 favorite
After the center Mr. Yost developed a good kicker. Few Michigan teams have lacked a punter of the first rank. Then, when the forward pass became established, he sought to have a capable passer each season. And a place kicker...
With a good center, passer, punter and place-kicker, the rest of it did not worry Mr. Yost much. His object was to school his team in defense, teach them football (at least as much football as he possibly could) and impress upon them the value of following the ball...
...impression on the casual observer. With the formation in mind, it is not so difficult to forecast where the play is going and to keep an eye out for the way the clearing and running is done. On passes, it is much better to watch the receivers than the passer; you know what the latter will do and you can be sure that a pass thrown to the left or the right won't look very difficult at the start, but the layout of possible receivers and defenders is a very interesting and instructive sight. The manner of completion, interception...
...what methods are best for finding out just what you want to know. Always remember that more plays go to the right than to the left, primarily because all pass plays executed by a right hander have to be thrown on the run to the starboard side unless the passer stands absolutely still, which doesn't happen very often. And also remember that as often as not the most obvious things are not the ones most worth seeing...