Word: punter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Another change gives each team five timeouts per half, instead of four. This amendment is in line with recent football trends toward freer substitutions and specialization. The new rule will enable a team to send in a punter, for example, for one play, without incurring a penalty for delaying the game...
...matinee featured A punting exhibition by Lowenstein and Gil O'Neil. O'Neil, who was dropped to second string quarterback over the weekend in favor of Lewenstein, is a sturdy sophomore who kicks with his left foot and passes with his left hand. He is quite adept as a punter, but Lowenstein holds a decided advantage when it comes to paining...
...running second string. However, Lowenstein is not physically equipped to block with much authority and he is short enough so that his vision is liable to be obscured when he goes back to pass. In addition to being the team's best passer, he is also its best punter. O'Neil is more rugged and more of the blocking back type quarterback...
...impossible to make any comment whatever on the line play in the final scrimmage, other than to note that freshman tackle Dick Holdtmann was the one who hit punter Gil O'Neill and caused the fumble which set up the Red score...