Word: punt
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...becomes President of the United States, must he revise the order of the grades in the academic climax: For God-for country-and for the dear old college? Let the boys come home, to learn the greater strategy of line bucking, end running and bombardment with drop kick and punt. -New York...
...Moore he has a fast, elusive back. We shall see Princeton this year making a lot of use of her backfield in the way of returning kick-offs. The Tigers last season showed a very interesting protective system for a man coming back with a placement kick or punt, and no doubt it will be built upon this year. Last season the short, sharp forward pass came into view in the latter games, and will unquestionably be developed this year. The plays calling for quick turns off tackle, operating from a masked thrust, will be improved, and there will...
...instant and then sift through and go down the field. In the case of Princeton there were frequently five or more men down the field under kicks to bottle up the catcher. There is little use in protecting the kicker if the man at the other end of the punt is to be allowed to run it back 20 yards every time...
...Sophomores by the score of 9 to 8. The Sophomores had carried the ball to 1917's 30-yard line, when Weld's drop-kick was blocked, and Bliss picked the ball up and carried it sixty yards for a touchdown. 1918 scored a safety when Weld's punt rolled over the goal line, and Jacobs, picking it up, was thrown behind the line...
...Freshman eleven defeated the Seniors by the score of 6 to 0. McFarland recovered Freeman's punt, after the opposing back had fumbled, and a series of rushes, featured by the brilliant work of Hathaway, the Freshman halfback, brought the ball to the Seniors 5-yard line. The Seniors held three times, but on the fourth down Hathaway made the necessary distance, and Crosscup scored a touchdown on the next play...