Word: prevents
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...committee declared that the rule preventing hurdling is intended to apply only to the man carrying the ball, and was passed to prevent a dangerous play. It is intended to allow hurdling in the line, stepping over a prostrate player, even though both feet of the runner be momentarily off the ground at the same time...
...section under rule 11, providing that no players on the side which has the ball shall be in motion at the moment when the ball is put into play, is construed to mean that this will not prevent a player from running backward from the scrimmage line toward his own goal line...
...hilarity, but of reckless dissipation. "The Philosophy of Horatio" is almost well enough done to be justifiable: but "A Fake Play" has the fundamental weakness of being didactic without being clear. The third prose article, "Tactics for Teas," is amusing and entirely harmless; but it is too slight to prevent the prose of the number from conveying a general impression of murky disaster and gloom...
...before the entertainment was to have been completed, a rush was made for the Japanese lanterns festooned about the Yard, and the crowd was soon left in almost total darkness. This disturbance may have originated with outsiders, but if all members of the University had done their best to prevent such an unnecessary curtailment of the evening's pleasure, instead of joining in the struggle for souvenirs, very few lanterns would have been taken...
...side line bench at baseball games will hereafter be reserved for holders of the University "H." In order to prevent confusion, past and present members of the four major University teams who desire to sit on the side lines are requested to wear the hatband of their team...