Word: safely
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...little acquaintance with the "inside" in football to comprehend that this afternoon's game will prove a crucial one for the University eleven. Two teams, likely to figure in championship records, come to their annual game with clean scores. They meet in a 60-minute gridiron battle. It is safe to say that one will drop from the list of highest football honors...
...their positions. Special emphasis was laid upon the handling of ground balls. After the fielding practice Coach Sexton spent some time in teaching the fall-away slide. This play requires much practice, but as it is often the deciding factor as to whether a base-runner is out or safe, the instruction is valuable...
...last period the substitute team again went in and, though it kept the ball safe in Bates territory, it could not score. Once the ball lay on the 10-yard line., when Gardner tried a forward pass. The ball dropped to the ground, however, and was recovered by a Bates player. The play from then on was entirely in Bates's half of the field...
...summer before last remain unchanged. As expressed by Coach Haughton in his article explaining the work of the rules committee, "the underlying purpose of the new rules was to minimize the element of danger in the game." Although football casualties have not been unheard of since then, it is safe to say that at the end of last season public opinion considered that the committee had successfully fulfilled its purpose...
...University team hit the ball hard yesterday, defeating the Pilgrims 6 to 5. Fourteen hits for a total of 20 bases was Harvard's record, but Hicks kept the hits fairly well scattered, holding down the score. On the other hand, the visitors acquired but eight safe ones off McKay, though half of these were concentrated in the last three innings and, coupled with the misplays of the University team, enabled the visitors to pile up five tallies...