The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-24


It IL they, can When the man with the
Dali Is tackled and doWned the teams line
UP for ..scrimmage.'
There are seven forwards, or line men.
having nAed positions 10 the right ana ieIt
OF the center man., and four backs: Ordi-'
nariiy, the forwards of the team having the
paIl arrange themselves in a lire facing the
opponents goal. the center holding the ball.
Behind the center stands the quarter back,
Denind the quarter the full back. to the
right and left Of the full back the right and
puts the Ddl on the ground where II was
downed, and until It Is put In play neither
side is allowed TO advance beyond it toward
the opponents goal. IL a player get ahead
OF the ball before it Is in play he would be
called "on side" and IL a man OF the side
f hasll BAN '1 is bali make an o aSn si s1de p' Tgs
team having. the ball is given an advance or
ten yards IL an opponent play on side
team not having the bali in a scrimmage
step forward TO assist their Zine men, while
the full back stands twenty-five or thirty
YARDS toward his own goal to stop any OF
the opponents who might chance to break
through the line and start for a touchdown.
The center, or snap back" as he IS also
back to the Quarter back who must pass it
to a third man. This man tries TO carry il
forward into the opponents territory and
soon as the center eTn asnap pgsif the sG BAN back to
the quarter the men Of the other team
rush forward and try to down the man with
TIC DAAA OCLOLG Tie l0dkcS III Eads aACts VI
TO capture the ball IL it be fumbled. IL in
three attempts TO advance the ball il Is not
carried Forward at least five yards or the
team having IL has not lest twenty or more
Yards, the ball is given to the other side.
The ball may be kicked forward instead OF
carried. but the kick must be made at a
point behind the one at which the ball was
put in play. And never may the ball be
passed by a player to one of his own men
toward his opponents goal. Such a play
would constitute q forward pass" and the
ball would be given TO the opponents where
the play was made. In trick plays the man
receiving the ball from the quarter back
often passes 1t to another man instead OF
rushing forward with il himself, and it
may be. touched by a second man as IL
passes from the center to the quarter, thus
making it passable for the quarter to carry
If the bali be kicked. over the opponents
goal line II makes a "touchback." but
twenty-five yards and goes to the side over
whose goal line IL was kicked for a scrlm-
maSe or kick; However. IL a aaan NTH the
downed; or voluntarily touches the ball
down there, he makes a safety" which
scores two for his opponents. The ball Is
kicked of by, the men who made the
safety When a man carries the ball
over his opponents goal line and touches
scores four for his team. On each goal line
are two uprights supporting a cross-bar that
a Is ssn a fest p dTS% t6 of t Srog siSe making hfsfr q it to may
take the ball out a suitable distance and
place it for one of his men to try. at a
goal kick" II the kicker send the bah
over the cross-bar n between the pro-
j~ections of the uprights he scores an adj
ditional two for his team. When a touch
dow" and try at goaP' have been made
the ball is taken to the center of the. field
and kicked off by the side against whom
the score was made. A drop Kick is made
by dropping the ball TO the ground and
kicking 1t as it bounces up. IL a player
kick goal from field by a drop kick II scores
his men five. The ball is then taken to the
center as after a touchdown. If the at
tempt fail the ball is carried out ten yards
and goes to the opponents.
A regular game is played I'm two halves OF
thirty-ffve minutes each with a ten-minute
lntermission. At the beginning of the Sec
ond half the teams exchange goals and the
team cannot kick of at the opening of each
half. The team scoring the largest number
of points wins the game.