Word: heels
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There shall be no striking with the fist or elbows, kneeing, kicking, meeting with the knee or striking with the locked hands by the line men, when they are breaking through; nor shall a player on defense strike in the face with the heel of the hand the opponent who is carrying the ball. Penalty.-Disqualification and the loss by the offending team of half the distance to its own goal line...
...That striking the runner with the ball in the face with the heel of the hand on defence, meeting him with the knee or striking with the locked hands by line men in breaking through be punished by disqualification...
Unnecessary roughness is defined to include "striking the runner with the ball in the face with the heel of the hand by the man on the defensive; meeting with the knee; striking with locked hands by the linesmen in breaking through, tripping, tackling the runner when out of bounds and all other acts of unnecessary roughness." The proposed penalty is a loss of 15 yards...
...scrimmage. The eight forwards on each side lock arms over the ball, while the two halfbacks oppose each other shoulder to shoulder. An arch is thus formed and the ball tossed in. The players may then do one of three things, push straight ahead, "screw the scrum," or heel the ball out altogether. In either of the first two cases, the object is to break away and dribble the ball. Dribbling consists of rushing the ball down the field by a series of short kicks along the ground. In the third case, if the ball is heeled...
...second number of the Advocate contains the following: "Concerning Sonnets," by H. Hagedorn, Jr., '07; "The Heel of Achilles," by W. Goodwin '07; "Mother," by H. S. Wyndham-Gittens '06; "The President's Pajamas," by H. M. B. Ogliby '07; "A Verdict Self-Imposed," by W. L. Stoddard '07; "The Boy and the Others," by V. W. Brooks '08; "Why the Lord Gerbert Hawked no More," by E.B. Sheldon '08; "Sympathy," by J. Hinckley '06; "Fortune and Men's Eyes," by W. L. Stoddard '07; "To Priscilla," by W. Goodwin...