American football . goal-line,where any scoring must be done. Goalsand touch-downs are the only pointswhich count, and these can be madeonly as follows: l68 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. A goal can be obtained by kicking theball in any way except a punt (a certainkind of kick where the ball is droppedby a player and kicked before touchingthe ground) over the cross-bar of the op-ponents* goal. A touch-down is obtainedby touching the ball to the ground be-hind the line of the goal. So, in eithercase, the ball must cross the end of thefield in some way to make any sole object, then, of all
American football . goal-line,where any scoring must be done. Goalsand touch-downs are the only pointswhich count, and these can be madeonly as follows: l68 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. A goal can be obtained by kicking theball in any way except a punt (a certainkind of kick where the ball is droppedby a player and kicked before touchingthe ground) over the cross-bar of the op-ponents* goal. A touch-down is obtainedby touching the ball to the ground be-hind the line of the goal. So, in eithercase, the ball must cross the end of thefield in some way to make any sole object, then, of all which take place in the field isto advance the ball to a position suchthat scoring is possible. A firm graspof this idea usually simplifies mattersvery much for the casual spectator. The object of the white lines whichcross the field at every five yards ismerely to assist the referee in determin-ing how far the ball moves at a time;for there is a rule which states that ateam must advance the ball five yards. R. M. CHAPTER FOR SPECTATORS. 169 in three attempts or retreat with ittwenty. If they do not succeed in do-ing this, the other side take possessionof the ball, and in their, turn try to ad-vance it. There are certain rules which governthe methods of making these advances,any infringement of which constituteswhat is called a foul, and entails a pen-alty upon the side making it. Any player can run with the ball orkick it if, when he receives it, he is onside—that is, between the ball and hisown goal-line. He may not take theball if he is *off side — that is, be-tween the ball and his opponents goal-line— until an adversary has touchedthe ball. Whenever a player running with theball is held, he must cry down, and aman of his side then places the ball onthe ground and snaps it back. This 170 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. puts it in play, and is called a scrimmage,and this scrimmage is the most com-monly recurring feature of the game. For the purposes of adv
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