Word: balled
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...Freshman football practice yesterday. The squad, still numbering close to 100 were put through a stiff drill in tacking as well as the more elementary work of passing and staring. During the first part of the afternoon the kickers received instruction in punting, while the backs practiced catching the ball. The wet field and slippery balls necessarily slowed up the work considerably. Coach J. F. Ryan '19 has not yet divided his squad up into elevens and no formal scrimmages have taken place...
These men were subjected to a temptation that was too much for them. They were beset by a dishonest crew whose members dangled before their eyes the promise of "easy money". In very many instances ball players have resisted such blandishments. They know that crookedness in ball playing cannot long be covered up. The "fans" who crowd the stands in the ball parks are experts in the strategy and the technique of the game. They cannot be fooled in the long run. No dishonest scheme could long escape detention. It is significant in this connection that gossip was busy soon...
...University eleven, given the ball on their 20-yard line, started the scrimmage with a punch. A punt by Chapin, on the second play, was recovered by Tolbert at midfield when muffed by a black-jerseyed back. Eight yard dashes by Chapin and Johnson, topped by line plunges by Horween and Owen respectively, gave the University two first downs, and threatened the seconds' goal. Here, Johnson was nabbed for a loss before he could get rid of a pass, and, in spite of two successful forward passes, the ball went to the scrubs on downs...
After an exchange of punts and a session of straight football by both elevens, featured by a 30-yard run by Owen, Coach Fisher put Team B on the field, giving them the ball on their own 20-yard line...
Line-bucks by Hamilton, and a 30-yard run by 'Churchill carried the pigskin well into the black territory. Here, Churchill broke loose again for another first down, but the seconds' line held firm again, and they took the ball on downs on their 5-yard line...