The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-29

Although kicking is not of So much
inheritance i'm the modern game of
Rugby as it is i'm the other games of
football. Yet no team can succeed
without at least one good kicker and
such a player has frequently been the
main factor in the winning of games.
There are several kinds of kicks used
Tor different purposes.
4 placekick is kicking the ball from
10 place on the ground where it is
usually held by another player. 1t is
used at kickoff, try for goal after
touchdown, and sometimes in a scrim-
mage in trying from goal from the
field
4 punt is dropping the ball from
the hands and kicking it before ii
touches the ground. 1t is resortcd to
when the team cannot advance the ball
any other way and also for the SOCIAL
eel "onsidc kick" n punt cannot score
"a goal. Its use i'm the kckout and
puutout will later bc explained
\ dropllick is dropping the ball from
the hands and kicking il the instance
ID bounces from the ground. 1t is used
exclusively in trying for a goal from
the field.
"Onside" Kick
The ball may be kicked at any time
except when IT is rolling on the ground.
i'm case Of a kickoff, kicliout, or kick
from fair catch. the ball must go ten
Yards toward the opponents goal. UNI
less touched by an opponent, or else
Doe kicked over. Other kicks may be
as short as desired If the attacking
team tries to advance the ball by a
Kick it must generally give it up 10y
going SO. However. a short punt, oil
.onsidc" kick is sometimes made Win
the intention of allowing attacking
play crs TO recover the ball. Every puh'
Is am "uusidc' kick if any player is
cusidc when the ball is kicked =
player who was behind the ball whei
il was kicked is said To be onside NJ
ousidc PLAYER may recover the ball he
tore il touches an opponent or ever
before il touches the ground
\ player is offsidc if the ball wa
last touched in play 10y II player ol hl
own team behind him. However, M
player can be considered offsidc be
hind his teams goal line or when hulu
ing the ball for placckick. y pay
or may at any time recover Da'
10 ~ nDlInl IN
ar outside player and the ends or bach
may receive one forward pass IN
scrimmage, but in no other case mt
an offside PLAYER touch the ball IN
player who kicked the ball is consider
I'd urrsidc and may not touch the la
attcrward. The umpire must order tn
bah given To the offended team Il
from first down at the point whel
is touches or is touched by an oiisid
player unless the foul occurs WIN
the opponents ten yard line, IN VINO
raso The play is considered touc'
back and the ball given to the oppo
Hcuts on their twenty yard line.
The Punt
The purpose of the punt is sinpl
to send the ball as far away from u
kickcr's goal as possible. III Is uS'
ally made by the rullback standing b'
hond all the other players of his teal
so no player is onside and the ba
may not be recovered until it touch'
an opponent.
Since the kicker is not allowed
recover the ball no defending pay
may run into or handle him rou2h'
II an opponent violates this rule al
official who sees 1t must order u
offending player disqualified and ST.
pended from the game.
No player CT either side may ~
or kick at the ball while 1t Is on
glcund on bounding after n punt.
this rule Is violated the referee
umpire must order. the ball given
the opponents at the punit where l
foul occurred.
VI tho ball Is kicked into the PA
trs on the line of scrlmmage IL 20
TO the opponents unless IL was touch
by player of the defending team a
lacking team. IT the ball rs KICK
cut Of bounds before touching a
player entitled TO recover II and oei'
Crossing the opponents goa! line,
shall belong 20 the opponents NJ
point where II crossed the sideli
But ic 1t strikes any player who
entitled TO get " and then goes