LOU LITTLE
tells the spectator
how to get more
out of football - -

 

 

N this interesting book, the reader watches a typical college football
I game with Lou Little, who explains as the game progresses the
significance of the various plays, rulings, stratagems, etc. Mr. Little
gives a shrewd analysis of defensive and offensive tactics, discusses
the factors that make for good football, and includes a brief outline of
his own methods of building a team. The reader will enjoy any future
football game the more for having read Mr. Little’s explanations of
technique and the fine points of the game, which the average spectator
normally misses.

How to Watch Football |

The Spectator’ s Guide

By Lou LITTLE
Head Coach, Columbia University

 

With the collaboration of ROBERT HARRON

315 pages, 514 «8, fully illustrated, $2.50

A WHITTLESEY HOUSE PUBLICATION

I’ addition to the action of the game, the fea- —the care taken to safeguard the player
tures of the play which are determining factors physically.

in the progress of the game, Lou Little discusses The plays described are perfectly illustrated by a

—the practice of scouting and the influence series of distinctively sketched diagrams showing

scouting has had on modern football; the action of each player. In addition to these

. —the work of the officials; unique diagrams the book includes many still and

| —the evolution of football rules; action photographs emphasizing points discussed

—the training of the player; in the text.

———Read this list of chapter headings————

What others say about this book
I. Before the Whistle Blows

“Tt will be read with absorbing interest and take II. Looking at the Football Offense
; : soutis ‘ ) III. We Examine the Defense
its place in the reader’s library as a ‘handbook’ on Tv Credic Where Credicae Due
American football.” —WatTer R. OxeEson, Chairman V. Judging the Generalship
Football Rules Committee. VI. The Power of the Foot in Football

VII. The Play That Revolutionized Football
VIII. The Fundamental Virtues

“This is the most interesting and valuable book on IX. Not the Muscle But the Mind
i X. Scouting and the Spectator :
football that I have ever read. It tells you what you Mi, The Oficiale= Footballs Mobile Judiciary
| want to know, what you need to know, if you hope to aoe See of the Rules
‘ : $ ; III. Building a System
get the fullest enjoyment of what is rapidly becoming XIV. ‘The Couch on the Campus
the American National Pastime—rugby or more XV. Professional Football—Its Place in the Game
' accurately, American football.’”—Bi._u Corum, sports XVI. The Care of the Player

 

 

columnist, New York Evening Journal.

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