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Word: rulings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...committee of the senate found that the first had been observed and the other two broken. Belcher explained satisfactorily his unsuccessful attempt to comply with the third condition, but was not pardoned for his violation of the second. He states that he received an incorrect idea of the rule, and thought that candidates for the nine would be allowed to play football if they had permission from the captain. He thinks it unfair for the senate to take this action without having made any complaint earlier in the season, when the matter might have been ad justed. Belcher will probably...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Amherst Senate Aroused. | 12/11/1888 | See Source »

...Several rules were discussed, particularly the one giving the referee power to disqualify players for foul tackling or roughness. The term "unnecessary roughness" was interpreted as including jumping on a prostrate player with the knees. The cases of Cowan and Wurtemburg in the Yale-Princeton game were brought up and their disqualification was declared unnecessary as they did not break the rule so interpreted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Intercollegiate Football Association. | 12/6/1888 | See Source »

...advisory committee of the football association has interpreted the rule forbidding "unnecessary roughness" to include jumping with the knees on a prostrate player. This is a wise ruling as it will tend to decrease the danger of the game and will necessitate more careful tackling and falling. Every change which,like this one, tends to increase the science of the game without lessening its interest will be welcome as an improvement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/6/1888 | See Source »

...Newell and Allen. Harding played an admirable game, using the men well and rushing strongly himself. The half-back work of Wadsworth and Lee was strong and often brilliant; Dennison also did good work. The team as a whole played a sharp aggressive game, tackling and, as a rule, blocking well. The victory the eleven has gained is a notable one and the men deserve much credit for their work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD FRESHMEN WIN!. | 12/3/1888 | See Source »

Every empire has its cycle of existence, passing from small beginnings to the zenith of power, and ending in decay and extinction. The power of Islam forms no exception to this rule. Its period of splendor was under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and since that time disintegration has made rapid progress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Future Prospects of the Moslem World. | 11/28/1888 | See Source »

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