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THE NEBRASKAN-HESPERIAN. FOOTBALL. IIimv It Ih I'lu.vod Today. DcHcrlbcil In "rootlMill." Tlio following description of how tlie panic Is played will unable tlie spec tator to understand It hotter and en joy It more: Football Is played on a rectangular field 330 feet in length and 160 feet in width, with goal posts located at the ends of the fields. At intervals of five yards running across the field are the broad white lines giving it a gridiron appeal ance, whence its common name "gridiron." These lines serve only to locate distances. It is necessary for the team having the ball to make five yards in three trials or "downs' and these lines serve as i basis of meas urement, in case the five yards are not made the ball goes to the opposing team. If the team having the ball not merely falls to advance it five yards in the three downs, but loses twenty yards, the ball is returned. This frequently happens in case of a block kick, the kicker or some of his men falling on the ball or other wise keeping it In his possession. A "down" occurs when the runner carrying the ball Is tackled and thrown down or held so that his prog ress is stopped. He is down when he yolls "down" or v"nnn the referee's whistle is blown. When the runnel is being shoved back it is. of course, to his advantage to yell ' down" as quick ly as possible. A team may score in one of five ways: By a touchdown, a goal kick, a drop kick, a place kick, or by a safety made by the opposing team. A touchdown counts five points and is made by carrying the ball forward and over the opponent's goal line. The goal line is. of course, the -white line bounding that end of the field. When a touchdown has been made the team making it has the privilege of kicking goal. In doing this the ball is carried straight out into the field from the point where it is "downed" back of the goal line. The ball can be carried out any distance desired. One of the players holds the ball one hand beneath and one above. Just before the ball is kicked the hand beneath it is withdrawn, so that the ball touches the ground when Iclcked. When the ball touches the ground it Is in play. The opposing team lined up under their goal, hve the privilege of charging down to spoil the Idck the instant the ball touches the ground, it is in play. In a successful goal kick the ball must pass above the horizontal cross Mr and on a line between the upright goal posts. There is no objection to its passing much bigher than the tops of the posts, provided Its line of direc tion is between them. These posts are on the middle portion of the goal line, and are eighteen feet six Inches apart. The cross bar Is ten feet from the ground. A goal lticlc counts one point. A safety counts two points, and Is made when the team liavlng the ball, by its own force, carries the ball back ovor Its own goal line. The two points of course go to the other team. This is one method of preventing the opposing team from making a touch down, but is very rarely, and almoBt nevw resorted to. However, a safety Komutimes occurs by accident. TIiub in the Mlnnesota-Grlnnell game of 3Ki)4, Grinnell secured possession of tho ball on her flvyard line. She attempted to punt but the ball going low. struck the line and bounded back, one of her own men falling on the ball back of their goal line. In the Wisconsin-Illinois game lust BoaHon a safety waB made by WIbcoubIh. O'Dua puntod and an UllnolB player ondeuv orod to catch and carry it back on about the fifteen-yard line, but he fumbled it, and the ball rolled back auroHB the goal line whore he soourod It. H1k offortB to return the ball made it a Bafety. A drop kick from the field eountfe illve pointB when aucceBBfully exeoutod. Tho kicker must drop the ball to the ground and kick It JiiBt aB It i-Ibbb If t'ho ball paHBUB above the orosB bar and between the poleB It Ib BUOoesBful Tho grout development of expert Icicle lug during the puBt two or three yearn luiB resulted In Bome wonderful drop kiulcs. Herschberger of Chicago and OiPea of WiBoonsIn were the titai'B at thiB feat. Both have made drop IclcikH from the iifty-yard line or al mpBt the center of the Held. 0'Dea lust your did a little better than thiB and Ib credited with r drop kick from the thirty-flve-yard line. To perform this successfully required the highest kicking skill. The eye must be true, the muscles under excellent control, and the ball handled perfectly. Hud son, of the Carlisle Indian team, is the greatest drop kl"ker in the east. Wheeler, of last year's Grinnell team, gained something of a reputation In this line, having made three in one game. This is a very easy and quick way of piling up scores, if there is only a man on a team capable of dolus it. The line must, of course, be able to hold firm, or else the opposing rushes will break through and block the kick. There is considerable senti ment at present in favor of reducinr the points given for a drop kick as it seems unjust that it should count as much as a touchdown. A drop kick may be used in kicking goal after a touchdown. A place kick also counts five points and is made as described in kicking goal after a touchdown, the only difference, of course, being that it is made wffbn the teams are lined up in play, just as a drop kick is made. The center, instead of passing the ball back to the kicker, passes it to one of the backs who drops down to hold it for the kick. Glover's beau tiful place kick in the Northwestern game a year ago is still fresh in the minds of all who saw It. The groatest place kick on record was made by O'Dea in the game against Illinois last season. He exe cuted a beautiful place kick from the fifty-seven-yard 11 ne. and at quite an angle. Th3 magnitude of this becomes apparent when one considers that thirty-five yards is about as much as punts ordinarily average. The Turkish Candy Kitchen 1321 O Street. Manufacturers of High (Trade Con fections. TOM BROWN, Prop, I Suits & Every young1 man should jjj examine our line of Fall Suitings. The latest f; and most varied patterns and styles. L Z, HERZOG, S Fine Tailoring. 1032 O St, Lincoln, Neb, .; it 41 il !? SEE HAYDEN XXXX for fotoQtapfos The I'Jiotoj'uphh of lust yeur'b ClahP testify to tlm excellence and higii grade of hib work Li we and T VF figte i i i i he University of Minnesota College of Medicine and Surgery,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Tlie thirteenth Annual Course of Lectures will .commence on the lUth day of September, 1U00, and will continue eight and one-half months. 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