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...half kick-off and for moving the goal posts back to the goal line were not acted upon, and Glenn Warner's suggestion that points be scored for first downs was met with laughter, rules regarding the "dead fumble" and the try for point after a touchdown from the two-yard line instead of from the three-yard line, were among those adopted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FUMBLES RECLASSIFIED | 2/20/1929 | See Source »

...lumbering centre until they reached the four-yard line. He tried to tell Riegels what had happened but though he shouted the words into his ear, Riegels could not hear him in the roar of the crowd. Lorn grabbed his shoulder and pointed back up the field. On the two-yard line, two Georgia Tech tacklers knocked Riegels across his own goal-line but the referee put the ball six inches ahead of it. On the next play Tech scored a safety, two points, and soon afterwards Roy Riegels ran off the field to the players' bench...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Riegels' Run | 1/14/1929 | See Source »

...Yale score came in the last few minutes of play when a penalty of 40 yards inflicted on the Crimson Freshmen paved the way. Jones, substituting at half back, eluded the defensive tacklers for a total of 38 yards in three plays, finally scoring from the two-yard line. The try for point failed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN DEFEAT STRONG ELI TEAM | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

...challenge to the musical genius of their classmates. Soon from all the surrounding dormitories erstwhile students poured out, coatless and shirtless, and joined in the ever swelling volume of song. Tin cans, fruit, and other missiles came from unfriendly windows, but even these and the remonstrances of two-Yard cops proved insufficient to dampen the vocal ardor of the assembled crowd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mellifluous Melodies Disturb Studious Seniors as Ancient Tradition is Revived--Missiles, Cops Fail to Quiet Songsters | 4/1/1927 | See Source »

...have a forward pass intercepted at midfield. Failing to gain ground through the line, the ineligibles resorted to the overhead attack, but Gamache intercepted the ball and the University machine resumed its interrupted march forward which did not end until Sayles crashed through for a touchdown from the two-yard mark...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REGULARS WIN OVER INELIGIBLES | 11/3/1926 | See Source »

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