The game is commenced by one side kicking off from the middle of the field, to do which a player good at place-kicking is chosen (see Rule 1).
The object of the game is to kick the ball over the adversary's goal, which can be done either by dropping a goal or placing a goal: the former in the course of the game, and by any player of the opposite side who may happen to have the ball in his hands: the latter only after a touch down in goal (or by a "fair catch," see p. 10). The touch down is accomplished in the following manner: any player who catches the ball, either fair or on the bound (provided he be not off his side) may run with it if he can, till he gets behind the line of goal of the opposite side, where he will touch it down as near as he can to the goal, if possible between the posts. This feat is called running in. If the touch
