Word: kicking
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Yesterday afternoon's scrimmage of fifteen minutes was marked by fast, lively play, the University team scoring one touchdown. Newhall used one quarterback kick successfully, but the only forward pass used touched the ground before being caught, thus, under the new rules, going to the opposing team at the point from which the ball was first thrown...
...University team was given the ball in the middle of the field, but at once lost it on a quarterback kick on the second team's 50-yard line. After a few short gains Lockwood punted to Foster who ran out of bounds on the first eleven's 36-yard line. The first team made one first down, and then lost the ball on downs on its own 50-yard line. Kerans gained five yards through the line and then Taylor made a quarterback kick, Wendell getting the ball on the 28-yard line. Foster tried a forward pass...
...fair catch if the ball, after the kick, was touched by another of the player's side before the catch. Opponents who are off-side shall not in any way interfere with a player who has an opportunity for making a fair catch. Nor shall the player be thrown to the ground after such catch...
...catching the ball through the unlawful obstruction of an opponent who is offside, or if a player who has made a fair catch is thrown to the ground, his side shall receive 15 yards and be privileged to put the ball in play by a punt, a dropkick, place-kick, or scrimmage...
When the ball has been kicked by a player other than the snapperback, any player of the kicking side shall be onside as soon as the ball touches the ground. In case a kicked ball goes over the goal line on the fly or after striking the ground before being touched by a player of either side, the referee shall declare a touchback. Exceptions.-(1) A place kick or drop kick passing over the cross-bar shall score as heretofore. (2) A player may run in a kick-off that crosses the goal line if he so desires. In case...