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...ball passes it to another player as soon as he is in danger of being tackled and this process keeps up usually until a player is downed, when the packs immediately form again. This style of running and passing, somewhat similar to basketball, is a large part of the game. However, passing must always be to a man who is is back of the passer. If there is no one available the man may drop the ball and dribble it with his feet, as in soccer. Here again he may pass it to another player, but always...
Today at the Middlesex Fells Zoo in Stoneham a native of sunny Florida is paying an extended visit to his Massachusetts relatives. The Florida alligator, which Captain Rainey Cawthon of the Florida team presented to Captain Barrett of the Crimson before the game last Saturday, after making himself a nuisance to football managers and candidates, has changed his place of residence...
...these days when the limelight even of the Carnegie Foundation is turned upon football, it is interesting to compare our game with the English variety. The latter is, I believe, the older...
Play starts from a kickoff, much as in our game. Tackling is the same, but more often on frozen ground, and as noted previously, there is no padding to break the fall. After the ball is down, eight men of each side lock arms, in a close formation or "pack", and shove directly against the opposing pack. The ball is thrown between the two groups by the referee, and the front line of each pack tries to hook the ball with the feet and kick it backward through the pack to a back who waits for it. Success in this...
...down at his feet and commencing a dribble. The defense against an opposing team rushing down the field with a foot dribble is usually to dive for and fall on the ball, and take the kicks intended for it. Touchdowns and goals are scored substantially as in the American game...