IN PREFACE N selecting the four branches of sport treated of in this book I have taken those in which coaching has been most generally demanded, and which, with the exception of tennis,-a game already thoroughly written up by others,-make up the main body of our college sports. It is not my intention to bore the reader with very much regarding the great value of athletic sports to the development of a sound manhood. Our generation has already arrived at very satisfactory conclusions upon that point. I want to write to the boy or man who not only loves his sports, but who when he goes into them goes in heart and soul and who means to win every time if he can, who wants a fair field but no favors, who is ready to do his level best, and when he sees a better man, can give up the ball or the bat or the oar to him and stand aside with a good grace and cheer himself hoarse for his school or college, winning or losing, with an enthusiasm that knows only fair play and the best man to win. 156951 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE A RUN AROUND THE END.. THE ONE-HUNDRED-YARD DASH — THE START. Frontispiece 21 DIAGRAM OF FOOT-BALL FIELD, WITH MEASUREMENTS DIAGRAMS SHOWING DIFFERENT PLAYS TACKLE OF A RUNNER.. 95 103 105-110 129 A TRY-AT-GOAL BY A PLACE-KICK THE OPEN SCRIMMAGE. 131 135 MAKING AN OPENING FOR A RUNNER, UNDER THE OLD RULES, BY USING THE ARMS. 137 |