Word: catchings
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...second touchdown, trying the score, was made by Mills, after the ball had been carried to the 2-yard line from near the middle of the field. As the try for goal would have been very difficult, LeMoyne punted out to C. B. Marshall, who made a difficult catch. Marshall kicked the goal. Score-Harvard, 12; Carlisle, 11. Time was called with the ball on the University's 46-yard line, after the Indians had come very near scoring.The line...
...through the line carried the ball down the field and Owsley finally went over for a touchdown, from which Bowman kicked an easy goal. The score at the end of the first half was 6 to 5 in favor of Yale. In the second half Mitchell, on a safe catch, kicked a goal from the field. This was followed with heavy line work until Mitchell was forced over for another touchdown. Bowman again kicked an easy goal. The halves were twenty and fifteen minutes in length. The line-up of the Yale team follows: l.e., Rafferty; l.t., Bissell, Lawrence...
...after advancing five yards for off-side play Harvard was again forced to punt. At this point Harvard was penalized 20 yards for holding, and Le Moyne punted the ball 60 yards to West Point's 10-yard line. On the return punt Marshall tried for a fair catch, and was given 15 yards for interference. He missed a goal from placement, however, and West Point returned the ball to its own 47-yard line where time was called...
...officials in detecting and penalizing fouls, such as tripping and off-side play. The increased penalties were intended to eliminate roughness as much as possible,--and this result should be achieved through such provisions as those which prevent interference with a man who is punting or making a fair catch of a punt,--but as experience has shown, the new rules bring no relief to the runner, for he is forced to hit the line as fast as ever, but without the protection afforded by the fifth man allowed under the old rules. One notable feature of the new rules...
...should play a strong and aggressive game. Since the New York trip the work of the team has steadily improved both in individual playing and in team work. The faults of the stick work of the early part of the season have been largely eradicated and now the men catch and pass with both speed and accuracy...