Word: kick-off
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...usual hundred men will be at his disposal; instead, he is at liberty to draw from thousands. Many will have a gridiron past, many will have spent their leisure hours at the blacksmith's trade, but all will be eager for a friendly scrimmage before the real kick-off on the other side...
Shortly after the kick-off in the third period, the Cadets recovered a fumble on the Battery's 20-yard line. The artillerymen held their opponents for downs but the subsequent punt was a short one and Ross, of the Cadets, made a fair catch on the 40-yard line. R. G. Hadley '20, who was at right tackle for the Cadets, tried for a goal from the field but missed, the ball hitting Sands, the Battery quarterback. Cannon, who played end for the Cadets, fell on the ball on the five-yard line, and Snow went over...
Yale opened the second half with an onside kick-off, had Moseley dropped on the ball on the 20-yard line. Braden had another chance to put over a dropkick and this time he made good...
...Bond '19 went over the goal line, and later kicked the goal. For the remainder of the period the University contented itself with trying a few rushes and then punting, and the Southerners did the same. At the beginning of the next period, however, Minot ran back one of Thurman's punts from his own 40 to the visitors 30-yard line, from which point Bond kicked a goal after it had been found impossible to gain a first down by rushing. Virginia then received the ball on the kick-off but did not keep it long; for the University...
...almost entirely new team was sent in against the Virginians. Willcox received the kick-off and made the only fumble of the game, but recovered the ball and carried it 20 yards before he was stopped. The fourth touchdown came after the period was half over, when Willcox ran a punt back 35 yards to Virginia's 28-yard line. S. Burnham '19 crossed the goal line on the sixth subsequent play and A. W. Gardner '18 kicked the goal. The next score came immediately after the kick-off when Burnham intercepted a pass and the ball was taken over...