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120 A PRIMER OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The ball should be kicked as far down
the field as possible without kicking into
touch or kicking over the goal line. The
object is to gain as much distance as pos¬
sible by the kick. If the ball is kicked
into touch, it must be kicked over again.
If kicked out twice, the opponent kicks
off. There is no advantage in that. It
is better to allow the opposing eleven to
have the ball at their ten or fifteen yard
line than have it yourself on yours, because
you will have to kick right off; and there
is greater danger of a block kick from
scrimmage than from the start-off, be¬
cause the opponents do not stand ten
yards back.
If the ball be kicked over the goal line,
it will be brought out to the twenty-five-
yard line. Better kick over, therefore,
than to kick into touch.
Going down under the ball, the ends
will be the most likely to prevent the re¬
turn ; failing that, they should keep the