Word: forward
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...unknown, and in which there is no body checking. Players are not allowed to touch opponents with their hands, except in tackling the man with the ball. The ball is advanced by being carried by a runner, by being dribbled, as in the association game, and by being punted. Forward passing is not allowed, but long passes side-ways are frequent. As the ball is immediately in play as soon as it has been downed the game is very fast. This necessity for speed requires strong middle weight men rather than the heavy men of the American game, and makes...
...penalized for holding and, after the second team had made first down once, held for downs on the 45-yard line. Nesmith gained 10 yards on an end run, and Carr made a short gain through the line. The first eleven was then penalized for offside play and a forward pass. Nesmith tried a goal from the field, but the kick was low and Morris secured the ball on the 5-yard line. Shohl and Davie netted a first down and Lockwood gained 25 yards on a fake kick. The first eleven gained possession of the ball--by a fumble...
...College that the judgments of one's contemporaries are formed, and they are the ultimate tribunal in life. A man's reputation is continually forming among men, even those who may never have seen or spoken to him. Now is the time to look forward to the approaching events of after life and to prepare the ultimate favorable judgment among the men who know you. To sum up, life at College should be intense, interesting and honorable...
...pass, picked up the ball and made 15 yards around left end. In the next play Lincoln went around right end 15 yards for a touchdown, Cunniff kicking the goal. Brill kicked off to Quigley, and after short gains the second team was penalized 5 yards for a forward pass: Lockwood punted outside and time was called...
Such is then the first message of religion to an eager, forward-looking, undiscouraged, modern life--the message of expansion, liberty, spaciousness, hope. The normal healthy life hears the summons to go forward and welcomes the guide who opens the door. What is it to live but to pass from room to room of the great house of experience and to find each successive room more ample and satisfying...