Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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This rule is intended to prevent any player who is supposed to be on the line of scrimmage from taking a position at such an angle to the line of scrimmage, whether he faces in toward the centre or away from it, as shall enable him the more rapidly to get into the interference...
...player trips another when he obstructs him below the knees with that part of his leg that is below the knee. This does not prevent a player from diving under a play provided he does not trip as defined above. Penalty.-Loss of 15 yards...
...afternoon while practicing the low hurdles on Soldiers Field. He was immediately carried to the Locker Building where the fracture was set. Later he was moved to the Infirmary, and is now under the care of Dr. Binney of Boston. The fracture is not considered serious, but it will prevent Stone from taking part in track athletics again this spring...
...baseball practice of the past week has been of the same daily routine as formerly, and no more advanced work has been attempted in the limited space of the Cage. Further development is seriously handicapped by the cold weather and heavy snow, which will prevent outdoor practice for at least another week, and probably longer. It is very likely that the first game, scheduled for April 4, will have to be cancelled for this reason, and perhaps all the games scheduled to be played before the southern trip at Easter time...
This defeat will prevent the University team from securing second place, even though it wins from Yale this evening. The University team was completely outplayed by Columbia, and only prevented a higher score by the occasional efficient work of the defense...