Word: clippinger
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A cheerful ignorance of foul regulations and poor conditioning makes House athletes the victims of their own bruising tactics. Without any clear idea of what constitutes an illegal play, teams resort to clipping rather than clean blocking, and stop a runner by useless, dangerous gang-tackles. Some system for adequate...
In a telegram to E.C. Krieger, national secretary of the Football Rules Committee, Bingham said that "this year officials have been careless in calling clipping" and therefore "violations are occurring too frequently."
The H.A.A. director emphasized the fact that he held nothing against the Virginia team, stating that clipping is hard to discern by both the player and the official. He added, however, that "clipping is the most dangerous thing in football" and told Krieger to send a bulletin to all officials...
Bingham said, "Before the war, the penalty was 25 yards and officials were reluctant to call it because of its severity. Subsequently the penalty was reduced to 15 yards and for a time clipping was called more frequently."
The Football Rules Committee defines clipping as "blocking by running or diving into the back, or throwing or dropping the body across the back or the legs of a player not carrying the ball."