Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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McCornick, who has been alternating between right field and pitcher, will be in the box for Harvard and Lynch will be played in right field in his place. Rand is still troubled with his leg, but the injury is not serious enough to prevent his playing his regular position...
...Varsity nine did not work on Tuesday, but yesterday afternoon the squad went through light practice in the cage. The men practiced signals and throwing to bases, doing only enough work to keep limbered up and prevent stiffness...
...duty to his country to make ready for some kind of service. He may be too young to enlist; he may not be able to pass the physical test; his home obligations may withhold him from going to the front; but neither age, physical defect nor home ties should prevent him from helping other men to get ready for the front. Every man in the University should go forth in June qualified in some way to be of more service to his country than merely to shoulder a rifle and go into an awkward squad. Every man should go forth...
...argue against all immigration. The present laws, he said, are inadequate in that they do not exclude those whom they aim to exclude, and because they contain no provision for the exclusion of certain other undesirable immigrants. In the laws as they stand there is practically nothing to prevent idiots, insane persons, paupers and criminals from coming to this country by way of Canada. But even if these could be excluded, there are reasons why further restrictions should be imposed. In the first place, while the supply of public lands to accommodate the new arrivals has decreased, the number...
...afternoon's work was the unfortunate injury to Fitz in the fifth inning. He has been suffering from a lame arm for some time and in the game yesterday the weakness took the form of a more or less permanent injury in the straining of a tendon which may prevent his pitching in the Princeton game next Saturday...