Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...three irregular loops, the first about three miles long and the others about a mile and a half each. The start and finish were in front of the grandstand. Owing to the rain yesterday and the frost this morning, the footing was very poor. In some places the ground was covered with mud and puddles of water, and in others was very treacherous from the thawing of frozen surfaces...
...fails to gain on a fake punt. Camp kicks to Reynolds on Harvard's 25-yard the Avery makes the tackle. Felton returned the kick for Harvard to Yale's 59-yard line. Philbin makes two yards through left tackle. Camp forward passes to Howe, but ball hits the ground. Yale punts and the bounding ball is pursued by both Harvard and Yale players. Reynolds finally recovers the ball and period ends with ball in Harvard's possession on the Crimson's 40-yard...
Wendell at right halfback is the best line-plunging back in the east and, running hard and low, chooses his holes with excellent judgment. He has proved to be the most consistent ground gainer on the squad, although opposing teams have directed their defence toward attempting to smother his plunges...
Hitchcock and Storer, who fill the tackle positions, are Sophomores. Both of them have played in most of the games as regulars. Hitchcock is a rangy, active player, who gets down the field with the ends under punts. He uses his hands well and covers considerable ground on the defence. Storer on the other wing is comparatively new to his position, having been shifted from centre to fill the vacancy made by the injury to Gardiner. He makes up for his lack of experience by a keen nose for the ball and a rare football instinct...
...which the play was started. Under the present rules, a forward pass is illegal or incomplete; if it is made by a player less than 5 yards back of the scrimmage line; if it goes more than 20 yards beyond the scrimmage line before touching a player or the ground; if it strikes the ground within the field of play; and if it is touched by any men on the offence other than those at the ends of the line, and those playing 1 yard back of the line. The other changes are chiefly minor or technical, and affect...