Word: player
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...There are now no 10-yard penalties, and five offences are penalized by the loss of 15 yards. A new penalty is suspension. It differs from disqualification in that the committee makes no recommendation about a repetition of offenses punishable by suspension, while it deems it advisable that a player who has been twice disqualified should be debarred from playing for a year. The changes follow...
...player shall be considered to be on the line of scrimmage if he has both hands or feet up to or within one foot of this line, or if he has one foot and the opposite hand up to or within one foot of it. He must also stand with both feet outside the outside player next to him; but the two men standing on either side of the snapper-back may lock legs with the snapper-back. "Outside" means with both feet outside the man next...
Against so weak an opponent the University team was unable to show its real ability in the field, but in batting the Harvard players were disappointingly weak. None of the many runs were earned, and may be attributed, especially in the second inning, directly to Trinity's careless errors. From the third inning until the end Trinity played without spirit, and by using first one player and then another in the pitcher's box, and aided by the wretched batting of the University team, kept hits well scattered. Errors and bases on balls, however, added to Harvard's score...
...Amherst baseball team defeated Yale yesterday by the score of 1 to 0. The batting of both teams was weak, Amherst making four hits and Yale two. Only one Yale player reached second base...
...forward pass it was voted that a forward pass that goes on the fly over the goal line is a touchback to the defending side, and a kick that goes over the goal line on the fly or after striking the ground before being touched by a player of either side shall go as a touchback to the defending side. Place or drop kicks over the crossbar, and kickoffs which are run in, are exceptions to this rule. Tripping was defined as obstructing a player with the foot or leg. It was decided that a foul tackle shall...