Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...prize kicking contest which was postponed from last spring will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock on Soldiers Field. Three silver cups will be offered for punting, drop kicking and place kicking. The contest will be conducted by the coaches, and accuracy quickness, height, placing and distance will all be considered. The cups will be the property of the winners, and similar cups will be offered again...
...half Harvard was unable to force the ball over the line again. Once it was taken to the fifteen yard line and again to the five yard line, but fumbles by Putnam and Kendall prevented scoring. Finally near the end of the half Daly made a skilful drop-kick goal from the twenty-five yard line...
...open field. Ristine followed the ball accurately and made some good tackles, but was slow in getting down under kicks. Sawin and Campbell stayed out of the practice to rest. Gierasch was on the field but did not play. Hallowell did a little running and tried some drop-kick goals, most of which were successful...
...almost at will through the line, but fumbling and poor interference marred the end running. On account of the Columbia game today, only one fifteen minute period was played. The most encouraging work of the day, beside that of the first team's line, was in the punting and drop-kicking. In the preliminary practice Kernan and Stillman made an average of fifty yards on their punts, and Ellis, who a week ago made no better than twenty-five yards, made an average of forty yesterday. In the game he punted sixty yards twice. Sawin and Kendall did no actual...
...ball back fifteen yards. The first made two short gains, and then Sawin, with poor interference, got around right end for thirty-five yards and made a touchdown. The teams lined up on the second team's twenty-five yard line, and Sawin was given four trials at drop-kicks. He missed the first two on account of poor passes from the centre. After three exchanges of punts Sawin made his last attempt at a goal from the thirty-five yard line and made it easily...