Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...game was that in which the ends ran with the ball from their regular positions. In the second half, R. M. Page ran 40 yards through a broken field after recovering the ball on a poor pass for a kick. Fort McKinley then made 20 yards on a forward pass from a very open formation...
...Forward to the fray...
...whom French, in two line bucks, gained 15 yards. A fumble gave the Juniors the ball in mid-field, but, after some good line plunging, they were forced to kick. The 1912 team blocked the kick and recovered the ball on the Juniors' 45-yard line. A forward pass was tried again unsuccessfully and Heath and Foster again gained well on their skin-tackle and line-bucking plays. When at last they were held for downs on 1912's 40-yard line, they stole the ball on the next play and ran the length of the field for a touchdown...
...Sophomores kicked off to the Juniors, who advanced the ball to their 35-yard line where they were held for downs. Upon receiving the ball, 1912, supporting the runner well, broke through the Junior line repeatedly, but on a third down, their forward pass failed, and the Juniors took the ball on their own 30-yard line. The Juniors were able now to plow through the Sophomores' line as easily as the latter team had done it a moment before, and a series of skin-tackle plays by Heath netted several good gains. At last, the 1912 team held them...
...result of a blocked kick on Princeton's 8-yard line and a plunge through tackle by Marks, the Dartmouth fullback. Throughout the game Dartmouth played largely on the defensive against their more aggressive opponents. The work of both teams was marred by fumbling. Onside kicks by Dartmouth and forward passes by Princeton were tried frequently, but with little success...