Word: kicked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...simply means out of bounds. The ball must then be thrown in by the side which did not put it in touch. It must be passed in through a "lineout" formation in which the teams line up parallel to each other, and then jump for the ball, trying to kick it to their team-mates...
During the nineteenth century, however, rugby or rugger became more formalized. Gradually, distinctions were drawn between two variants of the game. One, which permitted players to pick up the ball and run with it, soon evolved into rugby. The other version, which only permitted players to kick the ball, was soon formalized as a separate sport. In fact, soccer, or rugby without passing, today enjoys greater popularity than its kin in Scotland...
...prolate spheroid used in rugby is rounder than a football and therefore easier to kick, but more difficult to throw. The rugby match consists of two 35-minute periods of continuous play separated by a five-minute half-time break after which the teams change goals...
First blood went to center forward Cormack O'Malley, who capitalized on a well-placed kick by sophomore halfback Rob Knapp to blast a goal less than three minutes after the kick-off. Spectators settied back in expectation of a score in two digits, but after this opening effort, the Crimson forward line ran into a solid wall of Tufts defenders. Depleting their own attack forces to cover every Harvard player, the Jumbos managed to prevent another score in the first period...
...yelling "Get going!" For 24 lengths, Saari lagged sadly behind the lap times set by Australia's John Konrads when he posted the world record of 17:11 three years ago. Then Saari spotted Schollander's frenzied cheerleading out of the corner of his eye. His kick, which had been fluttering off at an angle, suddenly strengthened and began stirring up a furious wake. At 1,400 meters, he was 21 seconds ahead of Konrads' pace and, incredibly, getting stronger. By race's end he had gained three more seconds to finish in a roar...