Word: goals
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...goals" will be quite a feature in the new game, for in the vicinity of the goal lines five yards are gained with much difficulty, and the side pressing its opponents to the goal line will almost certainly be required to make an attempt at goal as a last extremity before losing the ball. The side forced back to its own lines will still, however, be put at a great disadvantage, since the safety touch-down rule is imperative and punt-overs in such a case will be extremely difficult, and consequently hazardous. It will be interesting to notice...
...touch-downs will probably be much increased this year; for it does not seem likely that the ball will remain in the middle of the field for any considerable length of time after the kick-off, now that the block-game is done away with, and manoeuvering near the goal lines of course gives one side a decided advantage. On the whole, the association is to be congratulated for their success in removing the most objectionable features in last year's games...
...Morgan, Princeton. The principal subject the convention considered was doing away with the "block game." The following amendments to the rules were adopted : To Rule 5 - "No player having received the ball from one of his own side shall put it in his own touch-in-goal, under penalty of a safety touch." To Rule 7 add - "No sticky or greasy substance can be used on the person of the players" Rule 18 - "A player may throw or pass a ball in any direction except towards his opponents' goal." To Rule 33 - "If in three consecutive runs and downs...
...second half was like the first; the Harvards keeping the ball close to their opponents' goal most of the time. Many tries for goal were made, but the New York team, bunching their men round goal, played an excellent defense. Towards the end of the half Henry threw a goal, but owing to contrary decisions of the umpires it was not allowed...
Following are the two teams : Harvard - Easton (goal), Davis, Marquand, Noble, Thorndike, Ennis, Sturgis, Bradley, Coit, Machado, Henry and Creesy. University of New York - White (goal), Pearce, Dunning, Townsend, Cobb, Nichols, Kingsley, Rockwell, Crossett, Gerndt (capt.), H. W. Skerry and A. T. Skerry...