Word: pass
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...yard zone, within which the present rules now provide restrictions to interference with the forward pass, is abolished so that the restrictions will apply now to any part of the field...
...member of the Committee says that the present "no pushing or pulling" rule will rob the former weight work of its effectiveness. In any case the offense has been balanced, if not over-balanced. With four chances to gain 10 yards and with the privilege to throw the forward pass any distance (thus compelling the defending side to maintain a secondary defence well back of the line of scrimmage) it will require a strong set of forwards to hold even a mediocre back-field for downs. In other words, where the teams are equally matched, possession of the ball will...
...playing field, now 110 yards in length, will be shortened to an even 100 yards. This change in itself is not vital, but is made in order to make possible on small grounds an extension of territory in which the forward pass may be used...
...area of 10 yards width beyond the goal-lines is set apart, and in this the attacking team will be allowed to use the forward pass...
...Zone for Forward Pass...