Word: catch
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...quickness of the team in following the ball on all occasions, were the main causes of Harvard's low score. The University eleven secured its only touchdown shortly before the close of the first half after Brown had been penalized 15 yards for interference with Newhall's fair catch on the 50-yard line. A few minutes after the second half started Brown carried the ball over Harvard's goal line, thus being the second team which has scored on Harvard this fall. Five minutes before the close of the game, with the score tied, 5 to 5, Starr made...
Many penalties were inflicted by the officials, including those for offside play, holding, illegal use of hands, hurdling, roughness, and interference with a fair catch. Brown suffered slightly more in the actual distance thus lost than did the University eleven...
...carried the ball from Harvard's 50-yard line to Brown's 44-yard line. From this point the University team carried the ball to Brown's 12-yard line, where Lockwood lost it on a fumble. Brown failed to gain and punted, Newhall signalling for a fair catch on the 51-yard line. As Hazard interfered with the catch Harvard was given the ball on the 36-yard line. Macdonald made 21 yards on a forward pass, which enabled Wendell to score Harvard's only touchdown. Burr narrowly missed the goal...
...Brown's 50-yard line, and Burr again punted to Schwartz, who ran out of bounds on the 17-yard line, but the ball was taken back to the 2-yard line on account of Schwartz's hurdling in the play. Schwartz punted, and Starr made a fair catch on the 26-yard line directly in front of the goal posts, from which place Burr kicked an easy goal. A few seconds before the end of the game Macdonald of Brown tried a third goal from placement from Harvard's 27-yard line, but the ball went wide...
...line of scrimmage, and must go first to a man who is behind the line of scrimmage. Under the same rule it was voted that in case of a punt out, the catcher of the kick need not raise his hand as a signal for a fair catch...