Word: forward-passing
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Sella and Wylie still have difficulty with the no forward-pass rule and the no blocking rule. Wylie instinctively wants to block a forward as he goes for the ball, and it's a real effort of will to stop...
Nevertheless, he likes what he calls "rugby's compensation" for the no forward-pass. This is the ground-gaining kick for the sidelines. And Wylie's comment on it is that it lets the individual player kick or pass the ball as he likes, without having to run with it to advance...
...downfield, "on top of it" all the way. Each of the other three officials has his standard starting spot: the umpire behind the defensive line, the head linesman sighting along the line of scrimmage for offside violations, the field judge back of the defensive secondary to watch for kicks, forward-pass plays and downfield interference...
...Harvard eleven showed a stubborn resistance which was so completely shattered last week, and thereby indicated that, in spite of several second and third string substitutions, it still had at its command the power to withstand attack when not rattled. As conspicuous as this new line defense was, a forward-pass defense, which has not been seen in the Stadium this year, rendered the Holy Cross passes incomplete 18 times, and five times prevented the Crusaders from scoring...
...when Rutan gets over injuries, there seems no reason why last year's tackles, McGray and Bigler, will be as sorely missed as was expected. Al in all, Coach Roper seems to have done mighty well with his late start: and when the rough edges of the Roper forward-pass attack are polished off, it is hard to see just where Princeton is going to be weaker than last year, Lourie is filling in more than acceptably at quarterback; German and Gilroy, last year's Freshman flashes, are living up to their reputations, and Thompson, all-around athlete, has been...