Word: maul
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Dates: during 1883-1883
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...Most of the accidents occur under the Rugby Union rules, and the players vaunt the change from the old twenty to the fifteen game. The improvement makes the game faster, but it brings with it far more falls and collisions than the old shoving contest. To have abolished the "maul-in-goal" is at any rate a good thing ; but foot-ball is more dangerous than the hunting-field...
...transferred the fighting to our very goal line. Farwell made several very brilliant runs, carrying the ball once to our five yard line, but Harvard each time gained possession of the spbere and Henry's remarkable kiching and rushing kept our goal safe from immediate danger. The maul in goal from which we made our safety, was intensely exciting. It was occasioned by an intercepted kich of Cowling's who finally got the ball to the ground. In spite of the close proximity to our poles, it seemed that Henry's kicking would prevent further score, but just seven minutes...
...made a try-at-goal from a fair catch. The kick was extremely difficult and the ball passed a few feet outside the posts. Shortly after another trial was made but the ball rebounded from a Princeton rusher and was soon at the foot of our posts. In a maul-in-goal which followed, Kimball of Princeton secured the ball and scored a touch down from which Moffat kicked an easy goal. The ball was brought out and Harvard went to work in earnest so that in a very short time the ball was forced to Princeton's ground...
...Slade, and the result was a touchdown by the former from which he scored a goal. The freshmen rallied however from the kick-off, and forced the ball rapidly back to Adams' goal. Willard made a high punt and following it up secured the ball, and after a maul-in-goal he scored a touchdown, but the try at goal was a failure. Soon after Cowling made a try for goal from the field, the ball hitting the goal post and rebounding. Adams was soon forced back and made their first safety, but after this until nearly...