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Behind the Line

CHAPTER XIII
19/22

Let me take this; I want Jones to see it.

He thinks he's a wonder at diagrams," laughed Mills, "and I want to tell him this was got up by a crippled freshman who has never kicked a ball!" And so that evening Mills and Neil and Sydney gathered about the big study-table and talked long about gridiron tactics and strategy and the art of inventing plays.

Mills praised Sydney's production and encouraged him to try again.
"But let me tell you first how we're situated," said the head coach, "so that you will see just what we're after.

Our material is good but light.
Robinson will come into the field on the twenty-third weighing about eight pounds more to a man in the line and ten pounds more behind it.
That's bad enough, but she's going to play tackle-back about the way we've taught the second eleven to play it.

Her tackles will weigh about one hundred and eighty-five pounds each.


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