Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first half, the ball zigzagged back and forth near the centre of the field and, though Brown rushed farther than Harvard, Cutler's good kicking evened up matters. In the second half Brown outplayed Harvard, though several times the Freshmen got together and gained ground, only in most cases to lose it by a poorly executed forward pass. Only two out of eight attempts at onside kicks or forward passes proved successful for the Freshmen, and in neither of the successful cases was over five yards gained...
...Apollonio and repulsing the few attacks the Springfield backs made at the centre of the line. Grant played his usual snappy game at centre and was one of the first men down under punts. His passing back to Burr was erratic, however, the ball sometimes just skimming the ground...
Burr dribbled the ball on the kickoff but Harvard failed to recover it owing to Briggs' quickness. A line play failed to gain and Honhart passed forward to Crispin. On the next play, Springfield's forward pass hit the ground and they were penalized to their 35-yard line. Honbart dropped back to kick, but the ball was passed over his head and he recovered it on the 15-yard line. Another fumbled pass put the ball back to the 3-yard line, from where Honhart punted to Butt, who fumbled, Springfield recovering the ball. A series of forward passes...
...failed to help along the man with the ball for such steady gains. Gilbert played a good individual game and made some 15 and 20-yard end runs. On the second, Osborne was transferred from tackle to halfback and in addition to his excellent onside kicking, was the best ground gainer for his team...
...probably arose from Section 4, which reads: "A player of the side which put the ball in play being off-side is put on-side when a kicked ball (except a ball put in play in a scrimmage by kicking it forward instead of snapping it back) touches the ground in the field of play...