Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: HECTOR COWAN. Princeton.] AMERICAN FOOTBALL BY WALTER CAMP WITH THIRTY-ONE PORTRAITS NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE 1891 Copyright, 1891, by HARPER & BROTHERS. _All rights reserved._ PREFACE. The progress of the sport of football in this country, and a corresponding growth of inquiry as to the methods adopted by experienced teams, have prompted the publication of this book. Should any of the suggestions herein contained conduce to the further popularity of the game, the object of the writer will be attained. CONTENTS. PAGE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN RUGBY 1 END RUSHER 23 THE TACKLE 39 THE GUARD 53 THE CENTRE, OR SNAP-BACK 67 THE QUARTER-BACK 79 THE HALF-BACK AND BACK 91 SIGNALS 115 TRAINING 131 A CHAPTER FOR SPECTATORS 165 LIST OF PORTRAITS. [P. stands for Princeton, Y. for Yale, and H. for Harvard.] HECTOR COWAN, P _Frontispiece._ HARRY W. BEECHER, Y _Facing p._ 4 HENRY C. LAMAR, P " 8 D. S. DEAN, H " 12 E. L. RICHARDS, JR., Y " 16 W. A. BROOKS, H " 20 R. S. CHANNING, P " 28 L. K. HULL, Y " 32 E. A. POE, P " 36 EVERETT J. LAKE, H " 44 WYLLYS TERRY, Y " 48 B. W. TRAFFORD, H " 56 T. L. MCCLUNG, Y " 60 V. M. HARDING, H " 64 JESSE RIGGS, P " 72 W. H. CORBIN, Y " 76 ALEXANDER MOFFATT, P " 84 RALPH WARREN, P " 88 JOHN CORBETT, H " 96 W. BULL, Y " 100 KNOWLTON L. AMES, P " 104 W. C. RHODES, Y " 112 P. D. TRAFFORD, H " 120 R. HODGE, P " 124 H. H. KNAPP, Y " 128 A. J. CUMNOCK, H " 136 JEREMIAH S. BLACK, P " 140 C. O. GILL, Y " 150 E. C. PEACE, P " 156 W. HEFFELFINGER, Y " 160 R. M. APPLETON, H " 168 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN RUGBY AMERICAN FOOTBALL.