Word: ten-yard
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...first team scored four touchdowns on the second and, in addition, O'Flaherty kicked a pretty field goal from a difficult angle on the 38-yard line. The work was fast and hard; at one time the second team was held for downs inside the first team's ten-yard line...
...second team made a stubborn defence. Minot made the touchdown. The second team was given the ball on the first team's 25-yard line but, even though it was allowed several extra downs and was aided by two penalties, the ball could not be forced beyond the ten-yard line. In the next few minutes the first team scored two more touchdowns...
...game is infinitely more interesting to the players, to the spectators, (who can now see the progress of the play so much better) and to the coaches, who have so much more scope for strategy. The principal changes in the rules that have brought about these benefits are the ten-yard rule, the limiting of number of men behind the line, the onside kick, and the forward pass...
...ten-yard rule is excellent to make the offense resort to the open plays; the limiting of the number of men behind the line has the same effect. Without the onside kick and forward pass, however, the first two changes would be useless, for the only open play then available would be the long kick or quarterback kick. As originator of the onside kick rule I may possibly be prejudiced; but it seems that it would be a grave mistake to go back to the rule allowing the back field men to let a ball bounce around on the ground...
...When the new rules were first introduced two years ago, there were many who contended that it was too much to require of any team that they should gain ten yards in three downs, and the prediction was that "no-score" games would put an end to the ten-yard rule in short order. The contrary has proven true, and already there are those who would like to see the forward pass more restricted, relying upon it as it was a year ago, or even eliminating it altogether and keeping the onside kick and ten-yard rule. What was needed...