Word: hampering
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...expected to hit for a full two hours. Even as Captain Johannes Diebitsch barked his orders to douse sail, the blocks jammed on the foremast, broaching the bark broadside to the wind. In the nightmare of ripping canvas and splintering timber, much of the vessel's cumbersome top hamper came crashing down, covering the deck with a lethal spiderweb of flailing steel cables. Heavy wooden yardarms slashed right and left, battering lifeboats and rafts into pulp, and punching holes in the deck itself...
...dislocated shoulder put Cotter out of action in the Princeton contest; he will not be ready to return at least until this Saturday's game against Dartmouth. His loss may well hamper the Crimson attack, since Cotter had been one of the main feeders for crease man Mike Shaw...
...something of a paradox that freshmen who have not fenced until their first year here usually develop into the best varsity competitors. This happens simply because fencers who begin the sport in preparatory schools often find that early habits hamper them in perfecting the style which suits Marion...
Coach Floyd Wilson experimented last night and used guard Bob Hastings as a forward, and Harrington and Bob Barrett at the guards in an attempt to increase the scoring power. While this did hamper the team slightly off the backboards, it succeeded handsomely. Hastings tallied 17 points, and was deadly in the opening minutes, when Harvard pulled ahead. Barnett played an excellent defensive game and threw in 10 points...
While temperatures are not as uncomfortable as they have been, the present low-20-degree weather will keep snow on the ground, to hamper post-exam travelling. Students will note Winter's clever timing in bringing record low temperature days as Harvard returned from the holidays, and now in assuring difficult exit from cold, damp Cambridge...