Word: contacter
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Though scores were lacking, the game proved as beneficial as had been anticipated from the point of view of an aid in the conditioning process. Personal contact seemed to find more of a place in the play yesterday than had been intended by Major Moore and K. J. Kelly, who drew up the rules...
...Blue Fleet had its feelers spread far out. The cruisers sped ahead, seeking everywhere to touch the enemy. Following this, came another widespread scouting line of destroyers, followed by the submarines and last by the battleships. Every nerve of the Blue Fleet was straining, straining for a single contact that would tell the tale of where the Black Fleet was coming onward...
...came, darkness came. The moon rose over the waters of the Pacific, where the scattered cruisers and destroyers of the Blue Fleet plowed on, looking for the dark line of the approaching fleet. But the Black Fleet had eluded them. It was nine in the evening when the first contact was made. The cruisers had gone too far afield. So had the defending destroyers. The three fleet submarines of the Blue defenders sighted the approaching fleet, however, and made for their position in its path. Suddenly, the vanguard of destroyers of the Black Fleet gave the alarm...
Meanwhile, the scattered Blues learned also of the contact. The Blue destroyers hurried to position and a dog fight developed between the destroyers of the two fleets. The Blue cruisers, speeding in, came upon the Black Fleet from the rear. The battle raged...
...number of men may play on a side. Running with the ball will be allowed only backward and from side to side. More than two steps forward will cost the possession of the ball. The oval may, however, be passed in any direction, forward, sideways, or back Personal contact will be barred...