Word: drop-kick
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...more effective than yesterday. Team A, however marched steadily from the middle of the field, where it had been given the ball, to the seconds' goal. No other score was made until Coach Ryan changed the line-ups by substitutions, when Nichols, a third string back, recovered a drop-kick that went awry on Team B's five-yard line and rushed it 40 yards through the entire first team. In two more plays he scored a touchdown
...goal line. The ball was given to Team B on their 20-yards line. A fumbled pass was recovered by a Team A forward and netted another touchdown. Substitutions were made freely, but neither team was able to get within scoring distance until Lee made a successful drop-kick from the 25-yard line, bringing Team A's total to 15 points...
Three times crossing the scrub goal line, and allowing but one score, a drop-kick late in the scrimmage, Coach Fisher's eleven yesterday made up for the repulse they received at the hands of the black-jerseyed eleven the day before. Captain Hotween and Owen were out of the scrimmage yesterday and their places were taken by Hamilton and Rouillard. This shift was only designed to give the regulars a rest, and does not indicate any change in the backfield to oppose Valparaise, which will consist of Buell, Horween, Owen and Humphrey, as Johnson's hand has not shown...
...tussle was resumed when the scrubs took the ball on their 20-yard line, but were unable to advance. The University advanced to within scoring distance, where a drop-kick by Buell failed, and the scrubs punted out of danger. They were not safe long, however, for Humphrey broke loose for a flashing 30-10 yards run, and was not downed till within 10 yards of the goal line. Roullard plunged over for a touchdown on the next play...
...Valparaise squad left Indiana yesterday, after a final work-out before a large and enthusiastic attendance from the student body. Ecklund, whose 47-yard drop-kick against Carroll College, has made him the most featured man on the team, booted several goals from scrimmage for the benefit of the crowd at the last practice. The final line-up as it went through practice: Ends, Ecklund and Carter; tackles, Conley and Gobeen; guards, Sawyer and Kriebel; center, Kercheval; quarterback, Searing; halfbacks, Bradley and Gilbert; fullback, Dandalet