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Word: drop (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...however, and no scrimmage or signal drill was attempted. Horween and Minot punted well in the rain, and Casey and Robinson seemed little bothered by the slippery ball in handling kicks. The ends and linemen ran down under punts. Before leaving the field Robinson booted a few drop-kicks over from the 25-yard line. Better weather is expected tomorrow, and the field should be in good playing condition by Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 77,000 To See Fight | 11/24/1916 | See Source »

...HAVEN, CONN., NOV. 22, 1916.-- Practice for the Yale football eleven today consisted in a light scrimmage between the first team and the scrubs. Neville scored two touchdowns for the University team. Following the scrimmage the linemen were given an elementary drill, and Braden, Legore and Neville practised drop-kicking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIGHT TILT FOR YALE ELEVEN | 11/23/1916 | See Source »

...band at the Yale Bowl will be an enormous asset and men should think of this now instead of when it is too late. It will cost about five hundred dollars to pay the entire expenses of taking the fifty musicians down to New Haven, Buy a red handkerchief, drop a quarter in a collection box, or contribute at the mass meeting; only remember the Band...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REMEMBER THE BAND | 11/22/1916 | See Source »

...Yale with Braden and Legore for better drop-kicking against Harvard than at Princeton if the protection is made more secure will be dangerous, but except for drop-kicking the team has shown nothing so far that warrants the opinion that, a touchdown can be made by rushing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL EXPERTS DIFFER | 11/21/1916 | See Source »

...difference between the two teams in the first half. Kicks were exchanged and short gains were made on rushes, but neither team was able to gain consistently or to score. Near the end of the period, with the ball on Princeton's 20-yard line, Braden, Yale's best drop-kicker, was sent in and made a futile effort at a field goal. Princeton received the ball and kicked out of danger...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TIGERS SHUT OUT BY YALE | 11/20/1916 | See Source »

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