Word: prevents
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...next rule affected is that regarding the substitution of players. The new rule states that a player who has been removed for any cause, except for disqualification or suspension, may be once returned to the game at the beginning of any subsequent period. This rule was adopted to prevent any excuse for allowing a player who is thoroughly exhausted to remain in the game. Heretofore, it has been the practice of coaches, especially among the smaller colleges and school teams, to allow their players to remain in the game, even though such players were oftentimes seriously injured or thoroughly worn...
...Crawling" has been defined as an attempt to advance the ball by the runner after the ball has been declared dead and any infringement of this rule will be penalized. The effect of this rule will be two-fold: 1st. It will prevent a man from attempting to gain his distance after he is fairly "down." 2d. It will allow no excuse for "piling up" by players of the defensive side. In previous years the runner who squirmed along the ground after the ball was declared dead lost only the distance he had gained by so squirming or crawling...
...year, this player was compelled to cross the line of scrimmage at a point at least five yards from where the ball was put in play. Now the rule does away with this restriction and allows a quicker and more versatile form of attack. It will also tend to prevent the defense from "spreading out" in order to defend their territory better against forward passes and on-side kicks...
...hardly be said that so far the University team has had a successful season, but neither has Yale. The last six innings of Tuesday's game showed that Harvard had the ability to prevent her opponents from scoring. Today, with Hicks in the box and the game on the home diamond, the team should confidently look forward to a victory...
...literal manner in which it is intended. Although we believe that most of the tickets which have been found in the hands of speculators and other undesirable persons in former years went astray through carelessness, fair warning to undergraduates and the unusual precautions of the Class Day Committee should prevent a recurrence of the same trouble this year. Co-operation with the Class Day Committee is a requisite for a successful Class Day and all undergraduates are asked to give their help...