Word: forward
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...side behind him." Confusion probably arose from Section 4, which reads: "A player of the side which put the ball in play being off-side is put on-side when a kicked ball (except a ball put in play in a scrimmage by kicking it forward instead of snapping it back) touches the ground in the field of play...
...long signal practice. The first team had a scrimmage with the second, the first team's line being made up mostly of substitutes. This was done to give the backs practice in breaking up a strong defensive line, need of which was shown in the West Point game. Many forward passes were tried, and several netted substantial gains. The ball was always given to the first team, even when the second held for downs. The line-up of the first team follows: H. Jones, l.e.; Biddle, l.t.; Brown, l.g.; Cooney, c.; Goebel, r.g.; Bigelow, Foster, r.t.; Piggot, r.e.; Dines...
...Yale team worked the forward pass more advantageously than their opponents, and the defense was very nearly perfect. Coy and T. Jones did the best work for Yale, while the West Point ends, Johnson, Stearns, and Erwin, excelled for the Army...
...ball back twenty yards and then returned the kick to the middle of the field, where Loftus recovered it and carried it over the line. Lewis kicked the goal. With the exception of the touchdown, the game was devoid of sensational features, and the onside kicks and forward passes proved unsuccessful without an exception...
...Burr recovered the ball and ran to the 30-yard line for a total gain of 70 yards. A penalty for holding then put the ball back 15 yards and Newhall made an onside kick which the Navy secured. Harvard got the ball again, and Burr caught Newhall's forward pass, running it to the 15-yard line. Here Harvard was held for downs on line plays. Douglass punted on the first down. Newhall tried a forward pass from Annapolis' 45-yard line, but Lange got the ball. Douglass then made a pretty 25-yard end run and kicked...