Word: ball
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first forward pass, perfectly executed, was one of about eight yards over centre to Watson, who carried the ball 15 yards further to St. Mark's 2-yard line. Here the latter held firmly for two downs, until McKinlock was finally rushed through right guard for the necessary distance. The second pass, which also resulted in a score, was from Mahan to Felton; Mahan was almost blocked from throwing by two opponents, and Felton made a spectacular catch, scoring before he was tackled...
Practice yesterday was light consisting chiefly in signal drill during which considerable time was spent on the forward pass. Teams A and B were later put through a long but easy scrimmage in which the ball was given first to one team and then to the other...
Groton received the kick-off but lost the ball to Gilman on a bad fumble. The Freshmen soon advanced the ball well down the field when a clever forward pass, Mahan to Rollins, brought the second touchdown. Gilman failed to kick the goal...
Following a drill in dummy tackling and scrimmaging yesterday afternoon the first team lined up against the second. The only play which came near scoring was a forward pass from Gardner to Coolidge but the ball was brought back because the pass was illegal. Brickley later tried a drop-kick but was unsuccessful...
...Fast playing on the part of the latter, especially by Captain Barron, and Nichols at goal, held the visitors from scoring in the first half. In the second half the play was much improved, the Lynn team scoring twice on a penalty and field goal, while Needham carried the ball down and scored a field goal for the University team. Although the game brought out the weakness of the forward line, the showing against the expert Lynn team is hardly discouraging...