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2. Recommended that the kick-off shall be moved back to the 40-yard line and a tee not over four inches high to be allowed.
(The Pacific Coast branch of this association, meeting at Los Angeles, December 30, favored the moving back of the kick-off to the 40-yard line, but the majority of the 30 present were in favor of no tee.)
A great throng that had laid aside its Christmas presents to come and see the spectacle articulated its joy in a vast bellow. On the field, the Southern Californians, the "Trojans," were lining up grimly. The Missouri "Tigers" lined up opposite. Referee Walter Eckersall piped his whistle. The kick-off...
He explained that he favored the kick-off change because it would give the kicking team less chance to cover the kick and hence would allow more frequent, run-backs. He took this stand instead of the more common one that good kickers kick over the goal too often under...
In this half the University team kicked off four times for 180 yards, Princeton running back 104 yards. Three punts totalling 100 yards. The lone Princeton kick-off of 40 yards was run back 20 Four Tiger punts added up to 138 yards and a fifth went over the goal...