Word: foul
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first touchdown was made in twelve minutes. The ball was then kicked off again and returned by Yale. The Harvard man, Edmands, had no sooner caught it than he was violently hurled to the ground by a Yale man and trampled upon by others. Edmands naturally resenting this foul play, the Yale man showed his willingness to fight, and a row seemed imminent, but was prevented. The crowd hissed vigorously, and called to the referee to stop such work. Peters of Yale was conspicuous for unfair tackling throughout the game. Yale was so unfair as to block...
...carried it over our line by a pretty rush and scored a touchdown, but no goal was kicked. Yale now commenced the contemptible game she resorted to last fall, and in a few minutes nearly every man in her rush line was warned and threatened with disqualification either for foul tackling or for jumping on and fouling the backs. It was an exhibition which will be long remembered at Harvard and by the outsiders as well, who came expecting to see a scientific game of foot-ball. Wesselhoeft sprained his ankle in one of the roughest scrimmages, and Adams...
...Exonian claims that Exeter's recent game with Andover was won by the latter only through the unfairness of the referee, Eaton, former captain of the Yale eleven. A touchdown made by Exeter was disallowed by the referee on the ground of a foul, although, says the Exonian, members of the Andover eleven admitted that it was fairly scored. The Exonian's charges against Mr. Eaton are serious, unless they can be refuted...
...over a goal kicked from the field. The decision of whether a side has made five or lost ten yards shall be left to the discretion of the referee. The referee shall disqualify a player whom he has twice warned for violation of the rule relating to tripping and foul tackling...
...referee decided that it was a tie race between II. and IV., and those two crews deciding to row it off at once, I was allowed to try again, since when this foul occurred they were even with...