Word: punt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Crimson team got the ball again when Havemeyer fell on a punt muffed by Cearing, but two line-bucks failed to not much, a forward pass was knocked down by Gilbert and Horween's try for drop-kick went wide...
Starting the second period with the ball on the 20-yard mark, Bradley fumbled, and Havemeyer again proved to be on the job by falling on it. Here Buell went into the game, and after several line-bucks had gained little, Bradley intercepted Buell's pass. A punt sent the pigskin out of bounds on the Valparaiso 44-yard line. Runs by Humphrey and Buell, and a pass to Gaston netted 22 yards. Here Buell's drop-kick hit the upright and another chance to score was lost...
...drill after the usual tackling exercises. Then followed a detailed dummy scrimmage, developing the fine points of the new formations, after which Team A was given the ball in the middle of the field. The first team succeeded in scoring within the first 15 minutes when Donovan recovered a punt and ran 10 yards to the goal line. The ball was given to Team B on their 20-yards line. A fumbled pass was recovered by a Team A forward and netted another touchdown. Substitutions were made freely, but neither team was able to get within scoring distance until...
...first half netting him 40 yards, and placing the ball in the University's territory for the only moment of the game. The Crimson backfield had little work to do in the defense; but it was gratifying to see the increased surety with which they snared Smith's low punts. Not one fumbled punt marred their play, and Buell twice continued his flashy form in running back these kicks...
Practice for the yearlings was in the main similar to that of the preceding days, the first part of the afternoon being devoted to preliminary work. All of the squad were put through a stiff drill in dummy tackling, kicking and punt catching. Late in the afternoon, however, the coaches divided up the squad into tentative elevens and put them through elementary signal practice. No attempt, however, was made to divide the squad according to the ability of the players...