Word: ball
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Yale's little Albie Booth kicked a field goal, gained 268 yards. Dartmouth's Marsters bridged the field in four passes for one score, threw his big lean body twice through the line and once round end for another, but gained only 94 yards and dropped the ball that gave Yale one of its two freak touchdowns. Hot and hurt (ankle) he left the field early. Booth stayed in, a constant threat, but it was a spry-sprinting substitute called "Hoot" Ellis who made the 80-yard dash that won the game. Yale 16, Dartmouth...
Beside doing most of the punting and passing. Fullback Bergherm carried the ball 26 times in 51 plays for a total gain of 91 yards to beat Illinois for the first time in 17 years. Northwestern 7, Illinois...
...Once the ball is out, both packs break up and take part in the ordinary play. The back who has received the ball passes it to another player as soon as he is in danger of being tackled and this process keeps up usually until a player is downed, when the packs immediately form again. This style of running and passing, somewhat similar to basketball, is a large part of the game. However, passing must always be to a man who is is back of the passer. If there is no one available the man may drop the ball...
Play starts from a kickoff, much as in our game. Tackling is the same, but more often on frozen ground, and as noted previously, there is no padding to break the fall. After the ball is down, eight men of each side lock arms, in a close formation or "pack", and shove directly against the opposing pack. The ball is thrown between the two groups by the referee, and the front line of each pack tries to hook the ball with the feet and kick it backward through the pack to a back who waits for it. Success in this...
...bats it to one of his backs, but usually he must be content with getting it down at his feet and commencing a dribble. The defense against an opposing team rushing down the field with a foot dribble is usually to dive for and fall on the ball, and take the kicks intended for it. Touchdowns and goals are scored substantially as in the American game...