Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...sided game the University hockey team defeated Springfield Training School in the Stadium yesterday afternoon by the score of 16 to 1. Springfield was outclassed in every department of the game. The University forwards at times played with good team work, followed back well, and shot accurately. The men also showed better physical condition than their opponents and were much faster on their skates. Willetts played a good game at point, was clever with his stick and effective in stopping rushes by the Springfield forwards. There was a tendency on the part of the Harvard team to make forward passes...
...minutes after the first half began Foster, taking the puck from a Columbia forward, rushed it down the ice and shot past the entire Columbia defense into the net. Shortly after Pell scored on a pass from Newhall. Then followed a determined effort on the part of the Columbia forwards to keep the puck in Harvard's territory. They lacked team play, however, and their individual rushes were easily stopped by the Harvard defence. The few chances that Columbia had to score were lost by weak and inaccurate shooting. Toward the end of the half the University forwards renewed their...
...prevailing opinion at the meeting last month was that few if any changes of importance will be made for next year. The length of the halves will probably be increased and the wording of several of the rules will be clarified. No desire was shown to change the forward pass in any way, even to substitute a distance penalty for loss of the ball when the pass hits the ground...
...meeting of prominent officials held in Philadelphia on November 30, expressions of opinion as to the best changes in the rules included: revision of the rules in regard to the forward pass, no increase in the number of downs, the abolition of the rule prohibiting tackling below the knees, an increase in the length of the halves to thirty-five minutes, the abolition of the second umpire, that the control of the condition and progress of the ball be the duty of the referee, and the actions of the players that of the umpire...
...University team, Brooks and A. N. Reggio played especially well. In spite of a constant guard of two Haverford players, Osborne played his usual good game. In the second half, several opportunities to score were lost by the University forwards through inaccurate kicking. Baker, Haverford's centre forward, played brilliantly and was the most untiring player on the field...