Word: lessening
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports voted at its meeting last evening to request the Advisory Committee on Football to report to it as soon as possible suggestions for changes in the rules of the game, which would lessen the number and severity of the injuries which occur in the present game...
...Athletic Committee asking that the association be sanctioned, allowed to elect officers and transact such business as may be thought advisable and that it be granted permission to have outside competition with other colleges. The principal object of this association s to arouse interest in wrestling and to lessen the cost of wrestling lessons. The following men have signified their interest in wrestling, and a committee, consisting of G. D. Osgood '12, R. M. Page '10, and P. Withington '09, has sent out postals urging them to attend the meeting: E. C. Bacon '10, W. N. Bixby...
...Once in the air, the balloonists drift over valleys and mountains and even rise above the clouds for short periods of time. The sensation of landing, if the airship is skillfully managed, is scarcely perceptible. As the balloon touches the ground, sand-bags are thrown out to lessen the shock. Frequently the balloon is carried along by a sudden wind, dragging basket and occupants over fences and through trees. To prevent such accidents; the ripping cord is used, which tears open the bag and lets the air escape. Often a careless or unlucky balloonist comes down into a forest...
...completed, it will only be necessary to secure the financial support of the graduates of Harvard and Yale to make the meet a certainty. The fact that the men who will compete in the Olympic games from America will go at the expense of the Olympic committee, will materially lessen the expense of sending a dual team abroad, as representatives of Harvard and Yale will undoubtedly be chosen to form part of the American team. A portion of the funds, moreover, which were collected for the last international contest are still unused, and this fact will be a potent influence...
...order to lessen the expenses of the teams, the league was divided geographically into Northern, Central and Southern sections, to hold their preliminary bouts at Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, respectively. The Northern division consists of Harvard, Yale, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the Central, of Princeton, West Point, and Columbia, and the Southern, of Cornell, Pennsylvania, and Annapolis. By this new scheme the two teams in each division making the best score in the preliminaries will compete in the semifinals of New York on March 27. The two teams making the lowest score will then be eliminated...