The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-23
The GREAT NATIONAL GAME,
Football Now Reigns Supreme
in America.
There VIII be Many Hard Fought BATTLES
To-morrow-Yale and Princeton. vyilr
Wrestle For Championship Honors
Roanoke VIII Witness an Exciting
Game-The BluefieErs Kickers viii nv
Here-Rulos of tho Game

Here-Rulcs of the Game.
Tomorrow is day that IS anxiously
looked forward to by all lovers of foot.
ball with great anxiety and pleasure.
1t is essen TALLY the football day of the
year. In every city in the country this
most popular game is che principal
amusement OF Thanksgiving Day. The
great teams of Yale and Princeton will
face each other in New York in what
promises to be the greatest game of
the season. Then comes the game be-
tween the University of Pennsylvania
and the Wesleyan. They will line up
against each other at Mannheim, outside
Of Philadelphia, and will there battle
for the championship OF Pennsylvania.
The number of people who will witness
these two games will no doubt number
pretty close to 100. 600, If the advance
sale OF seats is q criterion.
Roanoke is not behind in this matter
as tue Roanoke Athletic Club has or.
ganized football team and will measure
strength with the Bluetield team, and
there is no doubt that the Roanoke bows
will give good account Of themselves.
Most OF tho players have been practic-
irg faithfully for the past two weeks,
and while they may not be in the best
possible condition they will be fully
able to cope with their adversaries.
The game will begin at 2:3n on the
Jeannette tract and tho folio wing team
will endeavor to bring Roanoke TO the
front as foot ball town:
M. Turnor, center; Carmalt, right
10 nR IL
right tackle; Ii Brooks, left tackle;
Mynich, right end; Wimbush, left end;
Eagan, right half; Hardy, left half;
Foard, quarter back, and Dennison, full
back.
Substitutes: Fitzgerald, Devon, Graves
and Tucker.
For the benefit of the initiated THE
TIMES publishes an explanation of the
most important points in the gamer:
The game is started by the men lin
ing up in the centre of the field. There
are ten yards between the side that has
possession OF tho bali and their oppo-
nents. The ball is put into play by
either touching it with the foot and
passing it back to one of the backs, or
punting it down the field
Whom tho side that has tho ball has
been "downed" four times without cain
OF five yards or loss OF twenty. the ball
goes to tho opponents
A down Is when man is tackled or
thrown down by onn ~ the opposite
side. When man is tackled he yells
down." tho tackler yelling held"
punt Is when the man drops the
ball and then kicks it before it reaches
the ground.
drop kick is when man drops tho
ball and kicks IL immediately on rising
from the ground.
touchdown is mado when a man
carries the ball across the opponents
goal line and touches it to tho ground.
This counts points.
goal Is made after touchdown by
carrying the ball out in direct line
from where 1T WAS touched down or 1t
can be punted out. 1t is then placed on
the ground and held by one player while
another one kicks it. II it is kicked
over the cross bar and between the goal
posts it is goal and counts two points.
a goal from field Is m ade when q player
kicks from any part OF the field with
out pnnting or touching the dress OF any
person) over The cross bar and between
tho goal posts, and counts five points.
n safety touchdown is made when
the player OF a side touches the ball to
the ground behind his own goal line,
and it counts two points for the opposite
side.
No player is allowed to tackle another
one above tho shoulder or below the
knees.
r The game Is played in two IS. minute
halves with an intormission of fifteen
minutes between each half.
When tho ball is kicked or rolls sin
touch" it is brought out and placed on
tne ground between the goal lines.
I'm touch" means when the ball goes
outside of the side goal lines. When
the bail goes out in any manner what
eve-, the man who gets it has to state
the distance he intends to bring It in be-
fore he puts it in play again.
| foul is whom a player tackles an
other one in an unfair manner or tackles
q player that does not have the ball.
| The hands cannot be used to hold any
player except tho one who has the ball.
The side that has the ball are II ot al
lowed to use their hands in any manner
and can only interfere with their bodies
| and elbows.
The ball Is dead when goal Is made
and when player is downed.
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