Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...interesting to note the account given by the Yale News of Corbin's "little trick:" "Corbin is unguarded by the Harvard center and takes advantage of it to kick the ball forward a few inches and then carry it about twenty yards." If this is a true statement of the trick can the rules have been observed...
...rusher, tried the V trick, by which five yards were gained. On the third down the ball was kicked over, but Yale's rushers got through and secured it again, fifteen yards further down the field. After two downs, Harvard got the ball and rushes by Weld carried it forward ten yards. Goldthwaite tried to rush, but dropped the ball. It was passed to Clark, who rushed through and made a touchdown, but the referee decided that the ball was not in play. Yale now began a kicking game, and at once gained twenty-five yards. The umpire gave Yale...
...last the former made a magnificent rush, dodged through the whole Yale team and secured a touchdown. Saxe kicked a beautiful goal from it. The ball when in play again, was carried far off at one side. On being brought out, Gill and Woodruff carried it well forward but Graves finally ran outside. Gill tried another rush but was well tackled by Appleton. On four downs the ball went to Harvard, but Yale soon got it again. Graves and Corbin made good rushes, and Wurtemburg getting the ball ran around the end and secured a touchdown. Bull kicked the goal...
...kicked and Yale returned to Princeton's twenty-five yard line. Graves sailed through a hole right in the middle of Yale's rush line, but Yale finally lost the ball on Princeton's ten-yard line. A horrible fumble cost Princeton seven yards more. Cowan could not push forward enough and Ames missed his kick right behind his own goal. The air was blue with Yale men dropping on the ball, and thus Yale scored her second touchdown. Princeton gained a few yards on her V trick, and at this point Carter was ruled off for foul tackling. Brooks...
...Holden on the run. Holden was severely hurt in tackling him, and Saxe took the position of half-back. Princeton was by this time at our twenty-five yard line. Price was stopped in his tracks. Porter and Boyden drove Princeton back. Bancroft carried the ball a few yards forward. Porter, Boyden and Saxe forged ahead. On four downs, Princeton kicked over the rush line. The half-backs carried the ball to Princeton's twenty-yard line. On the fourth down Boyden took the ball back twenty yards. Porter went ahead fifteen yards. Trafford and Boyden took the ball...