Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Spring practice for the association football squad will commence as soon as the snow clears away and the ground is in a fit condition,--probably the first week in March. The last intercollegiate match is on April 13, and the whole season, therefore, will last not more than five weeks. It is hoped that many men will report, and report regularly. As the Cornell game is on March 23 every minute of practice up to that date will be devoted to learning the game, and candidates will be expected to take regular exercise of some kind every day, commencing next...
...Haughton '99 will represent the University at the meeting of the football rules committee which will be held at the Hotel Astor, New York City, today and tomorrow. Many coaches and captains object to the present rules on the ground that they make scoring too difficult and give too great an advantage to the team which is on the defensive. To remedy this condition the following changes have been suggested: To increase the number of downs by one or decrease the distance to be gained in three downs from 10 to 7 yards; to lessen the advantages of a touchback...
...idea. One of the most striking things about the University community today is the alert interest that so many men take in some one other than themselves. A religious life exists here which should reach out and unite the whole University--and Phillips Brooks House must supply the common ground...
...scrub series this winter would be carefully watched, and that any showing promise would be given a try-out on the University squad. The scrub series will be played immediately after the Christmas Recess on one of the two rinks to be constructed in the Stadium when the ground freezes. The other rink will be for the use of the Freshmen and they will be called out as soon as it is ready...
...increased number of downs--four instead of three all over the field, or at least within the 25-yard line--will gain many adherents. The rules forbidding tackling below the knees and decreeing that the ball is dead when any part of a man except his feet touches the ground when in the grasp of an opponent should either be modified or enforced...