Word: player
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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This rule is intended to prevent any player who is supposed to be on the line of scrimmage from taking a position at such an angle to the line of scrimmage, whether he faces in toward the centre or away from it, as shall enable him the more rapidly to get into the interference...
...scrimmage the holder of the ball shall place it flat on the ground and put it in play with its long axis at right angles to the line of scrimmage, and until the ball is put in play no part of any player, except of the man who puts the ball in play, shall be allowed to be ahead of the point of the ball nearest his own goal...
...fair catch consists in catching the ball after it has been kicked by one of the opponents before it touches the ground, or in similarly catching a "punt out" by another of the catcher's own side, provided the player making the catch has signified his intention of making the fair catch by raising his hand clearly above his head, and takes not more than two steps after making the catch...
...fair catch if the ball, after the kick, was touched by another of the player's side before the catch. Opponents who are off-side shall not in any way interfere with a player who has an opportunity for making a fair catch. Nor shall the player be thrown to the ground after such catch...
...player who has an opportunity of making a fair catch is prevented from catching the ball through the unlawful obstruction of an opponent who is offside, or if a player who has made a fair catch is thrown to the ground, his side shall receive 15 yards and be privileged to put the ball in play by a punt, a dropkick, place-kick, or scrimmage...