Word: drop-kick
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...goal line of the second team. Brickley made the touchdown. In the rush down the field, Hardwick made a 25-yard run. The second team, though given the ball on team A's 25-yard line, could gain only a few yards by rushing and failed when a drop-kick was attempted...
...score and plainly showed the need of either a sure drop-kicker or a heavier offence. Yale had two good chances, lost the first through inability to force Harvard's line followed by a poor pass when Howe was about to kick, and lost the second because Howe's drop-kick failed to go over the goal posts. It has been suggested that the new rules were largely responsible for these failures, but perhaps they should reflect more to the credit of the defence of the teams. Many times under the old rules teams could not score from the five...
...once, and even then Howe was immediately forced to punt. The Crimson players started a march down the field that seemed to presage a victory. Starting on their 45-yard line, Reynolds and Wendell made furious rushes to Yale's 25-yard line where Potter tried his last drop-kick. During the entire period it seemed as if the Harvard attack was growing stronger as the Yale team weakened. The substitution of fresh men on the Blue team made no difference, and once Smith got away for a run that brought the stands to their feet. Potter received the ball...
Howe tried a drop-kick, but the ball goes slightly to the right of the stands, no goal being made...
Princeton kicked off to Brickley on the 15-yard line and he ran it in almost to mid-field. Punts were exchanged until Harvard recovered a fumbled kick on Princeton's 40-yard line. Brickley missed the drop-kick and it was Princeton's ball on its 25-yard line. Harvard recovered an onside kick on Princeton's 40-yard and a 25-yard run by Brickley put the ball on the 15-yard line. Brickley made a drop-kick from an easy angle. Before the game ended Brickley netted two more drop-kicks from difficult angles. The summary follows...