00:23 How to play football. Football needs special equipment. A college covered with ivy, a coliseum or stadium filled to overflowing with a hundred thousand rabid, wildly cheering fans,
00:35 great armies of vendors, managers, mascots, photographers, sports writers, doctors, elaborate brass bands, assorted coaches, old grads, scores of Annie Oakleys,
00:46 and two teams resplendent in brilliant uniforms create a riot of color and atmosphere unequaled by any other game on earth.
00:53 Now the object of the game is to pass the ball over the goal line at the opposing team by hook or crook.
01:00 Eleven men are on either team, two ends, and that's how the game is played.
01:06 Now the teams line up for the kickoff. The referee blows his whistle, and the game is on.
01:11 It's a long, high end-over-end kick over the end zone into the arms of Swivel Hip Smith, that great all-American star triple-frets cat-back.
01:18 Look at him go. They can't touch him. He can really carry the man, that boy. Look at that open field runner. Look at that straight arm.
01:23 He's away, and he's over for a touchdown.
01:26 Well, it isn't often you see this happen, 105 yards to a touchdown on the opening kickoff.
01:32 Now here's the try for the extra point, and the kick is good, and the score is 7-0.
01:39 Here comes Swivel Hip Smith out of the game. Listen to that cheer.
01:44 The coach is saving Smith. He's not taking any chances with his star player.
01:49 Back to the game. Taxidermy Tech kicks off to Anthropology A&M.
01:53 But the ball is fumbled, yes, and now it's Taxidermy Tech's ball.
01:56 They go into a huddle. The quarterback, or field general, looks over the defense and decides which number to call.
02:02 They come quickly out of the huddle. The line shifts into position. The quarterback barks his signals.
02:10 The backfield shifts. The ball is snapped. The quarterback fakes it to halfback, gives it to fullback,
02:15 and the front foul drives through center for a gain of 8 yards.
02:20 And that quarterback's a smart boy.
02:24 Oh! All right, all right, signals! 18, 29, 37, 63, 54, 99.
02:31 The team's working like a well-oiled machine.
02:36 It's a double wing back to the right from an unbalanced line. A man in motion.
02:39 The halfback's got it off tackle, and he's smeared for a 9-yard loss. What a dumb quarterback.
02:45 To the spectator, football may appear rather rough at times, but in reality, it's a character-building game.
02:52 All right, taxidermy's ball. Third down and 11 to go. DeGrotte has the ball. He gives it to Gershman.
02:57 No, Sibley's got it. There it goes to right. No, no, it's a fake. A hidden ball.
