Word: limitable
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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There are two ways which might be adopted to limit the forward pass, either of which would be beneficial. The first method would be to limit the men who could receive the pass to the quarterback, halfbacks, and fullback, and eliminate the five-yard boundary on each side of centre, which is not only a constant annoyance to the officials, but makes a decision only an arbitrary expression of opinion, and not of fact. It might be well to allow two passes in each play, the same four men only being eligible to receive it. This would open...
...events will be as follows: Two-mile run, scratch; invitation 40-yard dash, scratch; putting 12-pound shot, scratch; 440-yard run, novice; one-mile run, 60-yard limit; 1,000-yard run, 50-yard limit; 600-yard dash, 30-yard limit; 40-yard dash, 9-foot limit; 45-yard high hurdle race, 3 flights, 3 feet, 6 inches high, 9-foot limit; putting 16-pound shot, 6-foot limit; high-jump, 6-inch limit. Competitors must show that they have put the 16-pound shot 38 feet and high-jumped 5 feet, 3 inches, in competition in order...
...annual business meeting was held at the Yale Club on December 23. The members of the Alumni Chess Committee present were W. Catchings '01, J. L. Lockwood, Jr., of Yale, and H. A. Keeler, of Columbia. A motion to increase the limit of play from 15 to 20 moves an hour was voted down 9 to 6. The following were appointed members of the International Cable Match Committee, which will have charge of the contest for the Rice trophy, now in possession of Oxford and Cambridge: E. R. Perry '03, A. S. Jamison, of Yale, J. B. Hunt, of Princeton...
...yard dash, 10 ft. limit--K. L. Lindsay '10, 6 ft.; C. O. Mason '10, 6 ft.; E. H. Ruch '10, 9 ft.; A. Sweetser '11, 8 ft. J. F. O'Connell, N. Y. A. C., and W. D. Eaton, B. A. A., both scratch men, will compete in this event, in which they both hold records...
...pound shot-put, 6 ft. limit, L. W. Bangs '09, 4 ft., 11 in.; G. G. Glass '08, 6 ft.; B. D. Hodges '10, 6 ft.; R. G. McKay '11, 5 ft., 8 in.; R. G. Kenefick '11, 4 ft., 10 in.; C. C. Little '10, 3 ft.; B. T. Stephenson, Jr., '08, 1 ft., 5 in.; W. W. Coe, scratch...