Word: forward
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...three consecutive downs (unless the ball shall have crossed the goal line), a team, having constantly had the ball in its possession, shall not have advanced the ball 10 yards, it shall go to the opponents on the spot of the fourth down. In measuring, the forward point of the ball, not its centre, in its position when declared dead, shall be taken as the determining point. Nor shall the referee rotate the ball before measuring its forward point...
During the terrible disaster at Mt. Pelee in 1902 Professor Jaggar was sent forward on the first government relief ship that left this country, and while there made an exhaustive research into the natural phenomena which caused the eruption...
...Junior team developed a strong logical case, and presented it in a straight-forward manner. The Sophomores' arguments, although they met the affirmative case, were not so well connected, and their evidence was less convincing...
Following is a summary of the most important new points considered and adopted on Friday and Saturday: In measuring, the forward point of the ball will be the determining point. The mark of the fair catch will be considered as on the spot where the ball is actually caught. There is some ambiguity to this rule since the man making the catch is allowed two steps. This is one of the points left to be corrected by the sub-committee on editing the rules. The committee provided that if a player is out of bounds when the ball...
...explanation of the forward pass it was voted that a forward pass that goes on the fly over the goal line is a touchback to the defending side, and a kick that goes over the goal line on the fly or after striking the ground before being touched by a player of either side shall go as a touchback to the defending side. Place or drop kicks over the crossbar, and kickoffs which are run in, are exceptions to this rule. Tripping was defined as obstructing a player with the foot or leg. It was decided that a foul tackle...