Word: forward
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...account of the hard game last Saturday the University eleven was worked very lightly in the secret practice yesterday afternoon, but the first team substitutes and the second team had a 20-minute scrimmage in which the substitutes made three touchdowns on the second. The forward pass and the onside kick hardly ever failed to give the ball to the first eleven, and these plays were used several times with great success. The weather was cool and bracing and there was considerable snap in the playing...
Phillips Andover Academy was defeated 6 to 0 by the Freshman football team at Andover on Saturday. The Freshmen scored in the first half after getting the ball on Andover's 40-yard line through and exchange of punts. On a forward pass d'Este brought the ball to Andover's 10-yard line, and in two line plunges the Freshmen reached the 1-yard line. Andover held well, but Hoffstot on a straight buck carried the ball over the line for a touchdown. West kicked the goal after a kickout...
...discussing rule 14, exception 1, the commission decided: "When a forward pass touches the ground in the field of play, without touching the player at either side, the ball is dead and goes to the opponents on the spot where the pass is made, except in case the ball crosses the goal line without touching a player of either side, when it is a touchback. In both instances, the penalty may be not be refused...
...cases of unlawful forward pass where the ball goes to the opponents on the spot where the pass was attempted, the ball is dead...
University interest during the past week has centered chiefly in the daily practice of the university football team. Coach Rockwell worked the squad very hard, paying especial attention to the forward passes and the defense. No particular changes have been made in the line-up. T. A. D. Jones, at quarterback, is out of the game for a few days, suffering from a leg injury. The rest of the team are in the pink of condition. Scrimmages against the college and freshman elevens have been held daily and a large corps of graduate coaches have been supervising the various departments...