Word: runner
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...individual and class championship matches will be played over the Brookline Country Club course during the third week in May. An entrance fee of $1 will be charged for the individual matches, and gold and silver medals will be awarded to the winner and runner-up, respectively...
...order to prevent the players from piling up, the following rule was adopted: "The ball shall be deemed dead when any portion of the person of the runner with the ball, except his hands or feet touch the ground when in the grasp of an opponent...
...That striking the runner with the ball in the face with the heel of the hand on defence, meeting him with the knee or striking with the locked hands by line men in breaking through be punished by disqualification...
Unnecessary roughness is defined to include "striking the runner with the ball in the face with the heel of the hand by the man on the defensive; meeting with the knee; striking with locked hands by the linesmen in breaking through, tripping, tackling the runner when out of bounds and all other acts of unnecessary roughness." The proposed penalty is a loss of 15 yards...
...inclined to be slow in starting, is strong on the defense, keeps his feet well and follows his interference. He is also a very reliable punter. Morse and Roome are both fast half-backs. Morse is a hard line plunger, and Roome is especially useful in helping along the runner. Levine and Flinn are powerful fullbacks, but the latter's defensive game is rather weak. Hutchinson and Jones both use good generalship and get the plays off fast. Jones is best on running back punts and in dodging through a broken field...