would do if we couldn't stop them, isn't it?"

"They would, indeed," answered Mills grimly. "About ten yards through
our line!"

"Well, now we place our left half in our line between our guard and
tackle, and put our full-back behind him, making a tandem of our own.
Quarter stands almost back of guard, and the other half over here. When
the ball is put in play our tandem starts at a jump and hits the
opposing tandem just at the moment their quarter passes the ball to
their runner. In other words, we get through on to them before they can
get under way. Our quarter and right half follow up, and, unless I'm
away off on my calculations, that tackle-tandem is going to stop on its
own side of the line."

Sydney paused and awaited Mills's opinion. The latter was silent a
moment. Then--

"Of course," he said, "you've thought of what's going to happen to that
left half?"

"Yes," answered Sydney, "I have. He's going to get most horribly banged
up. But he's going to stop the play."

"Yes, I think he is--if he lives," said Mills with a grim smile. "The
only objection that occurs to me this moment is this: Have we the right
to place any player in a position like this where the punishment is
certain to be terrific, if not absolutely dangerous?"

"I've thought of that, too," answered Sydney readily. "And I don't