Word: thinge
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...seems an absurd thing to say, but it really looks as if our rushers do not realize that when one of their side has made a free kick and they are charging down all on side, they have a right to "interfere" with the opponent who tries to catch the ball. One man ought always to take charge of that opponent, and let the rest get the ball...
...worst thing, however, is their high tackling. It is truly melancholy to see rusher after rusher jump for a player's neck, only to be warded off, dodged or carried along, and this too against light men-what will it be against Yale's big, heavy rushers ? Low tackling is always the best tackling, and it is a great compensation to short men in foot ball that they can tackle low more easily and effectively than tall men. Now our rushers are short, stocky men, and will play against large men ; and yet, with one or two exceptions, they deliberately...
...outlook in football this season appears brighter than usua !. Such a thing as grounds secured ready for practice on the very day college opened has never been heard of at Columbia. Should the management display the same energy in getting men to work regularly, there is no reason why the football team should not be a credit to the college. [Spectator...
...when if one player had tackled him around the hips and upset him, as one can do only by getting in the way of his legs, he could not make five feet. With one or two exceptions, our rushers all jump for the neck and shoulders.-the very worst thing they could do. It is well enough against men of their own weight, but heavier men will ward them off, dodge them, or carry them along, every time. Tackle a man low (not unfairly low, of course), and get in the way of his legs, and he upsets right...
...last thing in instantaneous photography and cane rushes is a successful combination of both by an enterprising junior at Cornell...