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...body only, except the player running with the ball, who may ward off opponents with his hands and arms. Holding or unlawful obstruction by the side in possession of the ball includes: (1) grasping an opponent with the hands or arms; (2) placing the hands upon an opponent to push him away from the play; (3) circling in any degree any part of the opponent with the arm; (4) any use of the arms to lift an opponent in blocking. The only allowable use of the arm in blocking or obstructing an opponent is with the arm "close...
...ball shall not hold, block or otherwise obstruct the opponents except with the body; but the player running with the ball may ward off an opponent with the hand. ('Holding or unlawful obstruction' includes (a) grappling the opponent with the hands, (b) placing the hands upon an opponent to push him away from the play, (c) locking legs with an opponent, (d) circling in any degree any part of an opponent with the arm, (e) any use of the arms to lift an opponent in blocking, and (f) any obstruction of an opponent by the hand, arm or elbow...
...most distinctive feature of the game, the scrimmage. The eight forwards on each side lock arms over the ball, while the two halfbacks oppose each other shoulder to shoulder. An arch is thus formed and the ball tossed in. The players may then do one of three things, push straight ahead, "screw the scrum," or heel the ball out altogether. In either of the first two cases, the object is to break away and dribble the ball. Dribbling consists of rushing the ball down the field by a series of short kicks along the ground. In the third case...
...chance to play once game he plays another. He has been brought up in schools where play is a part of the education. Every boy at Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Winchester and Westminster is compelled to play something. If he is as small as young Nehemiah and has not push enough and enterprise to set him self at work there are tutors whose business it is to teach him some game and see that he plays it. He is not led away to be stuffed with botany, geology, astronomy or metaphysics, but a cricket bat, a tennis racket, a football...
...smooth and the boat travels well between strokes. To the layman the stroke seems to differ somewhat from that of former years and shows the effect of professional coaching. This is especially marked in the last part of the stroke, the men getting a hard catch, a strong, steady push with the legs, but finishing in with the arms, their bodies in an almost slumping position, and getting a quick, smooth recover typical of the professional sculler. The men finish the stroke with their bodies almost perpendicular; they drive their legs down well together and have a steady recover...