should be placed. The uprights should extend above the cross bar just
ten feet.

THE TEAM

The teams in football consist of eleven men each, but where boys are
out for practice, they need not be bound by the regular rules.

The eleven men are classified into "rushes" and "backs." There is a
quarter back, two half backs and a full back. The first seven are line
men, further known as center, right guard, right tackle, right end,
left guard, left tackle and left end. Each player is given a number to
designate him and this number is known to the captain only.

The kicks have special names.

Drop-kick, when the ball is dropped from the hand and kicked the
instant it touches the ground; the

Place-kick, made by kicking the ball after it has been placed on the
ground; the Punt, made by kicking the ball as it falls from the hands
and before it reaches the ground; the

Kick-off is a place-kick made from the center of the field. The kick-
off cannot score a goal. The

Kick-out, when one of the players on the side which has touched the
ball down in its own goal makes a punt, drop-kick or place-kick. A

Free-kick, any kick where the rules forbid the opponents from