Word: downes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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At 4.08 the ball was faced by Hood and D. Patterson, and immediately forced towards Harvard's goal. It seemed several times as if the Montreals would score a goal, but good playing by Williams and Blake prevented this. Soon Dudley got the ball, made a long run down the...
...first change was made in regard to touch-downs. Rule 4 now reads, "when the ball is carried across the goal line, it shall be a touch-down at the place where it was carried across. In opponent's goal, this entitles to a try at goal; in player's own goal to a kick out." By the old rules the ball had to be actually touched down by a player before he could claim the ball as his. This always occasioned the roughest of play. Sometimes a player would seize the ball and then lay on his back, holding...
Rule 11 makes it unnecessary for a man to cry "down" when he has the ball; the referee can say "down" whenever he thinks the tussle has gone far enough.
Rule 31 makes it impossible for the man who receives the ball when snapped back from a "down" or thrown back from a "fair" to carry the ball forward under any circumstances.
By a perusal of the above changes, it will be found that the referee is given almost unlimited power; he can declare the ball "down" whenever he sees fit, disqualify a player for off-side or unnecessarily rough play, and declare a game forfeited if either side should seek to...