Word: players
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Globe contained recently an interesting article purporting to be an interview with a well known English player, in which he discusses at some length the association game. The leading features of the two games are distinctly different. With us running with the ball in our arms is the chief play; but according to the Association rules a foul is called if anyone with the exception of the goal keeper touches the ball with either arms or hands...
...passing is done with the head, making the game in this respect much more difficult than our own. No man is considered an excellent player unless he can catch the ball surely on his head and shoulders and pass it safely...
...ball is advanced down the field by doubling and is never picked up with the hands unless by a foul. All kinds of tackling are prohibited, the nearest approximation to it which is allowed being the right to shoulder or push a player with the body. The hands must never touch the player...
...captain, is a powerful man of long experience in foot ball. He is considered the best centre rush in the league Heffelfinger is a new man and though of little experience is already one of the best tacklers on the team. He promises to be a very strong player. Gill is an old hand and the best all round man on the team. He is a very fine tackler and has the faculty of always being where the ball is. Noyes, the left end though suffering from a sprained ankle for several days has been playing a strong game...
...though he is slow in starting and does not ward off well. Graves is sure of either full back or half back as his tackling and kicking are very good. His catching is a little uncertain but his dodging and running are excellent. Tracey, full-back, is an awkward player, and while often making brilliant plays, cannot be depended on in case of emergency. Besides these men, McClung and Morrison, who were half-backs on the Exeter team last year, Adams, Clawson and Bayard have also done well in practice behind the rush line. Clawson was substitute last year...