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...maze of various systems which have been employed there have developed three general types of play, or so-called formations, which have done much to make the game increasingly interesting. These are generally known as the kick formation, the wingback formation, and the Notre Dame formation...
...Wingback Can Be Varied
...wingback formations have many variations. The line may be balanced or unbalanced; the ends close or loose, and the wing may be inside or outside the offensive end. Probably the strongest running attacks in the history of football have come from these wingback formations either single or double. The double wingback consists of two of the backs being used as flankers instead of but one. The single wingback permits an extremely heavy concentration of the offensive team at the point of attack because the backs are all placed on one side of center. These wingback formations are very strong...
...football there is the Warner system, the Notre Dame system, the single wingback formation, the double wingback formation, and a host of other categories into which a man or men may fall. In tennis there is the Western grip on a racquet and there is the Eastern...
...Stanford. The Rockne system is based on deception and speed, the Warner system on deception and power. It requires a practically immovable line, to hold indefinitely while the backfield shuttles the ball back & forth in mystifying maneuvers. Essential feature of the Warner offense is the "double wing-back." A wingback is simply a halfback who takes position about a yard and a half behind the line of scrimmage and about the same distance outside his own end. When both halfbacks are in such position, it is a double wingback pattern. Some times one wingback helps his end to smash...