Word: kicking
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...regards the ruling of the second paragraph of section 8, rule 6, it was decided that a touchdown could be made on a free kick from placement following a fair catch, if the kicking side should obtain the ball. Any kind of kick going behind the goal-line before being touched must be counted a touchback...
...play in the game. Changes of line-up between the halves must be reported to the referee, just as during play. Several other minor points were decided upon, the two most interesting of which were that a ball crossing the cross-bar on the bound from a drop kick counts a goal as much as if it crossed on the fly; and that a man rushing the ball out from behind his own goal-line cannot be forced back behind for a safety after once having crossed the line...
...HAVEN, CONN., Oct. 1, 1907.--The last practice for the Yale football team before the Wesleyan game ended today in a 15-minute scrimmage, in which the university team won, 6 to 0. The forward pass and onside kick proved to be the poorest ground-gainers, the university eleven relying chiefly on straight football for most of the gains. Coy and Jones made 25 and 40-yard runs from the backfield, after receiving kicks. Brides was again in the line...
...university team scored on a goal by Bomar, kicked from the 35-yard line after Coy had heeled a catch. Two more points were added on a safety from a kick that rolled across the scrub's goal. As a whole the work was fast and snappy...
Gilbert received the ball on the kick-off and ran it back 10 yards to the 20-yard line. Wendell gained eight yards, but 10 yards were lost on a penalty. Lockwood fumbled, but recovered the ball on the 3-yard line. He then punted and the first eleven recovered the ball upon its 15-yard line. Wendell then gained three yards through left tackle, but in the next play the first lost eight yards on a poor pass. Lockwood's punt was blocked by Nourse, who fell on it behind the line for a touchdown. No attempt...