Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...forms of sport cross-country running places the greatest strain upon the heart and lungs, and for no other reason than this, a competent trainer and coach should be provided to prevent over-work on the part of inexperienced athletes. As a training-school for distance men, cross-country running plays an important part in promoting the success of the track team. This may perhaps be emphasized by the fact that in the seven years from 1902 to 1908, Cornell won the intercollegiate run each year and placed 21 men in the mile and two-mile races of the intercollegiate...
...first two runs will be held in the afternoon over the Chestnut Hill course, which is a distance of six and a quarter miles. The intercollegiates at Princeton will be run in the morning to prevent conflict with the Yale-Princeton football game. The course will be six miles long. The following nine colleges will compete in the intercollegiate run: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia, Syracuse, and Michigan...
...having played against Harvard before. Nevertheless a hard game is expected, as the Harvard line will be more nearly matched in weight than in either of the two previous games. The ends are light and fast, and should keep the Harvard ends and defensive backs on the alert to prevent a score. With Minot, McKay, Fisher and Withington in the line, however, Williams ought not to gain to any extent through any of these positions. Judging from the style of game played by the visiting team so far this season, the game should be characterized by open work...
...rule that the pass might cross the line of scrimmage at any point was adopted to simplify the conditions attending the pass, and encourage plays of this nature. The limitation of the length of the pass to 20 yards was established to prevent long forward passes at the expense of kicking, especially as the penalty for an "incomplete" forward pass is lessened; and, except on the line of scrimmage and by the recovery of the ball by an opponent, the receiver of the pass is unhindered in his path to the ball...
Rules relating to both on-side kick and forward pass. There are also rules to govern the actions of players when a forward pass or on-side kick is made. Formerly, the most effective way to prevent the recovery of the ball on such a play was to check or block off the players on the offense while they were endeavoring to recover the ball. As a consequence men unprepared for a shock or off their balance while reaching for the ball were heavily thrown. Now, however, on a kick or forward pass, from the time a player...