Word: played
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Where before it had been in doubt as to which side would emerge with the ball after a play, this convention also arranged that if the team in possesison elected not to kick and did not fumble it might retain the ball indefinitely. Princeton early showed the fallacy of this rule by clinging to the ball through the entire game, thus forcing a draw. A later ruling brought with it the modern system of downs...
...CRIMSON will print a Yale game extra this afternoon, giving a play-by-play account of the football game in the Stadium. This extra will go on sale by the time the returning crowd reaches the Anderson Bridge after the game. In years past the Yale game extra has come off the press 50 seconds after the finish of the game, and it is expected that this time will be duplicated, if not bettered, today. The extra will contain four pages and will cost five cents...
...careless play of the earlier games was almost completely corrected, but in the last half the Freshmen were unable to stop the long Exeter passes, a fault which was still prominent in the game with Princeton two weeks later. Churchill and Owen again did excellent work in the back-field, each of them making a touchdown in the first quarter...
...Andover game on November 1, the Freshmen again were forced to the limit to win a 14-9 victory. The yearlings made their winning touchdown in the last three minutes of play after a 30-yard pass from Owen to H. L. Hartley. By their consistent gaining ability, Churchill, Owen and Buell again came to the fore...
...yard run by Churchill on the second play of the game prepared the way for Buell's field goal from the 36-yard line. Throughout the game Churchill proved a consistent ground gainer and in the end of the third period he got away for a 50-yard run. Buell, from start to finish, showed his ability to pick out the plays that were going to gain, and to diagnose the enemy tactics...