Word: mid-field
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...plays such as are expected to be used by Brown and Princeton. The remainder of the afternoon was used for signal practice and the perfection of defensive formations. The first touchdown came only a few minutes after the scrimmage began. The second team had been given the ball in mid-field and had tried several unsuccessful plays to break through the University forwards. Another plunge was called for, but the ball was fumbled. Brickley scooped it up and ran 40 yards to the goal-line, with nobody near him. The seconds were again given the ball but an attempted forward...
Team A started with the ball in mid-field and after a series of line plays carried it across the goal line of the second team. Brickley made the touchdown. In the rush down the field, Hardwick made a 25-yard run. The second team, though given the ball on team A's 25-yard line, could gain only a few yards by rushing and failed when a drop-kick was attempted...
...difficult shot after fifteen minutes. Cornell then took the ball down the field threatening Harvard's goal, but good work by Browne prevented a score. Greene soon scored another goal, and almost immediately Murdoch tallied again. Needham was responsible for the last goal, taking the ball from mid-field and scoring unaided...
...offense a better opportunity to score; first, by providing them with a new weapon of attack inside the 20-yard line, and second, by preventing the defense from concentrating its forces upon the line of scrimmage, when under its own goal-posts. The forward pass when used in mid-field may exceed 20 yards in length...
...length of the field has been shortened from 110 to 100 yards it was decided to have the kick-off from the attacking side's 40-yard line, or 60 yards from the opposing goal. Scrimmaging will thus start more nearly in mid-field...