Word: footing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Foot-ball matches between club tables at Memorial are becoming popular...
...Harvard-Columbia foot-ball match will be played at Hoboken, N. Y., Nov. 11th instead of at the Polo Grounds, N. Y., as was first proposed...
...Athletic Association be settled upon and a date for its occurrence fixed? The Athletic Association should not let itself be eclipsed in this matter by the Bicycle Club, nor should it permit the pleasure of the event to be worn away by long anticipation. Now, before the intercollegiate foot-ball games have commenced and interest is centred in them, would seem a very suitable time...
...text of the most important additions and amendments to the foot-ball rules adopted at the recent convention in New York is as follows: "The referee shall call the game when he considers it too dark to continue play. Four touch-downs shall take precedence over a goal kicked from the field. The decision of whether a side has made five or lost ten yards shall be left to the discretion of the referee. The referee shall disqualify a player whom he has twice warned for violation of the rule relating to tripping and foul tackling...
...spectators who witnessed the foot-ball match with the McGill College team last Monday were especially interested in their novel style of game. Their method of starting a scrimmage from a ball held down seemed on the whole rather a failure in our game. This is the regular method employed by elevens playing under the English rules and when both sides enter into these mauls the struggle is often quite exciting. But as our team is accustomed to play an open formation game they could quickly transfer the rushing across the field; a performance which made it rather embarrassing...