Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...puts one man in absolute control, and confusion is thus avoided. Haughton is one of the greatest coaches the country has ever seen. A large amount of credit is due to all the coaches and the second team. Co-operation, however, is necessary; if you can't do much, push the man ahead of you, and he, in his turn, will push the man ahead of him, and finally the impetus will reach the man at the head of the line, which, in this case, is the football team...
...policeman, when arresting a criminal is really a judge of the first instance, who must quickly decide what constitutes a crime. He is also the only authority in the land in the eyes of the new immigrant, who knows nothing of Constitution or Congress. If he forces some poor push-cart man to give him a bribe, the immigrant forms his ideas of American justice from that action. These two phases greatly increase the need of an honest police force...
...rule was enacted stating specifically the rights of the defensive in intercepting a pass. While the pass is in the air, the players of the defensive side may not use their hands and arms on their opponents, except to push them out of the way in order to receive the pass. The players on the side making the pass who are eligible to receive the pass may use their hands or arms just as players going down under a kick. The effect of this ruling will be to eliminate holding and tackling on the part of the defensive...
...score of 12 to 0. The victory may be credited chiefly to the perfection of the team work which the visiting team possessed. Yale's players as individuals were no better than Harvard's, nor did they play as brilliantly, but her concentrated attack and ability to push the ball over the goal line when once within striking distance, was what brought Yale out of the contest victorious. It was a game in which eleven individuals played hard and well against a more perfectly working, machine-like team, equipped with an offense that was able to gain ten yards...
...Carlisle game the weakness of the University's ends and secondary defense was plainly brought to light. With the Indians' strong interference, they could not prevent the Carlisle backs from gaining frequently around the ends. The Harvard offense was strong enough, however, to push the ball over when within striking distance of the goal line, and, all told, the backs played a strong game against the Indians' stubborn defense...