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...most important decision of the meeting was, that if a forward pass is made from behind the offense's goal-line and strikes the ground before being touched, it is to be called a safety for the defense, regardless of whether the pass was made on the first or second down. It was also decided that the penalty for an illegal or incompleted forward pass, viz., a forward pass which strikes the ground before being touched, could not be declined by the offended side even if it was to its advantage...
...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...
...Graydon, Gregory, Newhall, Rand and Starr. The ends, Bird, Blumer Forster, Houston, Kennard and Macdonald, were given their first day's practice in tackling the dummy under Coach Leary's instruction. Kennard and Macdonald made some excelleent dive tackles. Burr kicked several goals from placement from the 35-yard line. Newhall and Parker also practiced kicking, Newhall making some excelleent drop goals from the 25-yard line...
...University second football team will play the first game of its schedule against Andover at Andover today. The Andover team is fast, but light, and inexperienced, as Captain Merritt, quarterback, and Rosendale, tackle, are the only members of last year's eleven in today's line-up. The Harvard second is unusually strong and should win by a slight margin. Last year the score...
...line-up of the second eleven will be as follows. Moore, l.e.; M. Gilbert, l.t.; West, l.g.; Nourse, c.; Morris, r.g.; Comstock, r.t.; Roosevelt, r.e.; Galatti, q.b.; Cutting, l.h.b.; Brennan, r.h.b.; Gray...