Word: drop-kick
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...Crimson loses, however, it won't be simply out of respect for the single wing's age or its long and glorious history; Princeton's attack is as potent today as it was in the age of the drop-kick...
Introduced by Harvard Captain Arthur J. Cumnock to increase team membership and to acquaint the players with the rudiments of the game, the first spring football program was by modern standards of a relaxed tenor, featuring a drop-kick "tournament" lasting from May 1 to May 28. The whole idea went over pretty well despite Crimson apathy, and one year later, in 1890, the spring football program was expanded to include not only a more intensified training for the players, but also a wrap-up game of two 20-minute halves...
...number of the Princeton players the accepted masters in the art of the drop-kick, could boot field goals from any angle or from the 47 yard line. One of the backs would lie full-length on the ground, while the kicker would take on step up and place the ball squarely between the crossbars...
...admittedly "a bit out of condition," were able to hold their own during the first half, and in the first few minutes of the second they broke into the lead, 4 to 0, when one of their forwards, Murley, formerly a New Zealand star player, booted a beautiful running drop-kick over the Crimson's goal posts from the 25 yard line...
...oval field whose measurements are 180 yards by 120. There are two sets of goalposts at each end of the field. If the ball is kicked between the tall center posts, six points are scored : between the adjoining posts one point. There is no crossbar. American ex-footballers say the game produces the finest and most accurate kicking they've ever seen: frequently players running full speed can drop-kick the ball between goalposts from 60 yards and more...