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...play. The rule on a fair catch provides that after making such a catch the player must first touch the ball to the ground before running with it or passing it to another player. If he does not run with the ball he may have the option of a first down on the spot at which the ball is caught, or he may kick the ball from that spot, the opposing side not being permitted to line-up nearer than ten yards from the ball...
...exigencies of the case can be better met by other methods.- (a) Local Option, Parkhurst: N. Y. Post, Sept. 19; Nat. XL, 67; Boston Herald, Sept. 28, 29, Editorials.- (b) More liberal legislation, Mayor Strong in Public Opinion XVIII, 101; Forum...
...present law is preferable to local option.- (a) Judgment of New York City is not so safe as that of the State.- (1) The population of N. Y. City being 80 per cent. foreign-born or children of foreign-born, is unfit to decide American excise questions: N. Y. Post, 9 Aug., '95.- (2) Saloons control the primaries, and local option would put the city government in the hands of saloon keepers entirely: Independent, 29 Aug., '95.- (b) Local Option is liable to grave abuse.- (1) In Wisconsin the town goes so far as to determine the rate of licenses...
...authorities at Oxford and Cambridge with the view of having a contest in track and field games in England during the coming summer, the time suggested being July. Mr. Ellis said that the teams could not be confined to Oxford and Cambridge, but that the latter could have the option of selecting their men if they wished from any college in the British island...
...trump may be turned for each hand, or the same trump may be used throughout the entire match, at the option of the players; the latter method to be used in case of a division of opinion...