WINNING FOOTBALL PLAYS.

Edited byDavid M. Camerer '37. New York: A. S.Barnes, 1954. 192 pp. $3.00.

The modern era of football with all its plethora of plays, formations and intricate atack systems coupled with the miracle of television has served to whet the appetite of the average football fan for a more detailed knowledge of the game. In Winning FootballPlays Dave Camerer, a Dartmouth tackle under Coach Red Blaik, has produced a volume which should go a long way towards helping understand the intricacies of the present-day style of football.

Twenty-one of the nation's top collegiate coaches have outlined their favorite plays (and systems) under Dave Camerer's editorial guidance. Army's Red Blaik, Pappy Waldorf of California, Columbia's Lou Little, Bobby Dodd of Georgia Tech, Maryland's Jim Tatum, Terry Brennan of Notre Dame, Bud Wilkinson of Oklahoma and others run through the repertoire of college team offenses, as the standard T, winged T, split T, flying T, single wing, and even the flexible T. A total of '63 plays - three per coach - are described and illustrated in a manner both clear and concise. More important, the advantages and disadvantages of each play are analyzed, and the required personnel - "horses" - needed to execute these plays are rather specifically delineated. Pappy Waldorf of California, for example, suggests the following players as a requisite for smooth operation of the standard T: "Quarterback - a master ball handler, faker and passer. If your FB (fullback) has speed, you can throw him to outside ... otherwise he's dedicated for inside blasting. Halfbacks need great speed on wide plays ... must also be excellent receivers." With this sort of a backfield any team could be a winner!

Beyond a few minor technical mistakes and the rather naive suggestion that these represent "top drawer" secret plays, the book is probably one of the best of its kind. It should find a receptive audience among the nation's football fans.