Word: ball
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...15th was the first to arouse any interest, as it was played under the Canadian code of rules. The principal differences between these rules and the rules then in force in the University was, to quote a daily paper of that date, that "under the Harvard rules the ball must be kicked over a rope extending across the entire field, while accordingly to the McGill plan, the ball must be kicked over a wooden bar 10 feet from the ground...
...frequently the case that the spectator at a football game pays close attention to the men who are directly concerned with the immediate handling of the ball and completely neglects to notice the other seventeen or eighteen men who are forming an important part of the assault or repulse, although they may be at some distance from the point of action. The formations of the University and Yale team permit a close insight into the action of every man in every play since the two elevens utilize much the same close formations on the offence and defence. The material differences...
...such even power that the team favored by the wind will doubtless be the more successful in the kicking game. Yale bases her ability to score on a plan of offence which aims to outflank the opponent by making a drive at either wing, only to pass the ball laterally over the heads of the opposing men who have been drawn in in an attempt to stop the play. The pass goes toward the sideline to either of Yale's two backfield men who have gotten outside of the opponent's extreme defensive man. Plunges expected to smash the opponent...
Wallace, the University centre is a much better defensive man than White, the man who fills in at the pivot position on the Yale team, but in all other phases of the game the two men are nearly of like ability. White, however, passes the ball end over end a method which requires unlimited practice in order to properly judge the angle at which the back will receive the ball, while Wallace uses the safer and more certain spiral pass...
Wilson and Logan are perfect exponents of two distinctly different types of quarterbacks. Logan, handles the ball securely, manages the team with excellent judgment passes well and is a sure tackler; but owing to his stature, he is not fit for the more rugged work of the game. Wilson, a good field general, who handles the team well and passes beautifully is capable, moreover, of plunging through the line on sudden shifts and playing a strong game on the secondary defence...