Word: ball
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...case of a touchback the ball will be put in play from the 20-yard line instead of the 25-yard line...
...provision will be made to the effect that a bounding ball cannot score a legitimate goal from the field...
...kick-off the ball, instead of being put in play in the centre of the field, will be put in play from the 40-yard line of the team kicking off. Taking into consideration the shortening of the field and this change in the rules, the kick-off distance is lengthened by five yards...
...committee's aim is to more nearly equalize the attacking and defensive powers. During the past season it developed that if a team could not gain its ten yards in two downs it preferred to trust to the individual ability of a punter, rather than to risk losing the ball entirely. The change which gives a team four downs to make ten yards is expected to strengthen the offense...
After a touchback play will start on the 20-yard line instead of on the 25-yard line as heretofore. The committee believes that there will be no opportunity to revive the old mass style of play because of the rule which prevents the man with the ball from receiving any aid in the form of pushing or pulling...