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High school football rivalries in Texas sometimes have a quality of tribal warfare. This month two old and furious small-town enemies, Premont and Los Fresnos, were tangling at Premont. With less than two minutes remaining and Los Fresnos leading 14-12, a brawl erupted among the players on the field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Mace That Line | 12/6/1971 | See Source »

...chips, telling each other how great it is to be English. They are joined by Mr. and Mrs. Martin, and the Fire Chief, who comes looking for fires, but instead ravishes the Maid, and then leaves in search of his Ideal. The play ends in a very uncivil brawl, with the Martins and the Smiths shouting nonsense syllables at each other. Underlying it all is a supreme non-intelligence, the John Bullish buck-up-chaps mentality. The Maid expresses it well when she looks at a content Mr. and Mrs. Martin--"Let's not try to know. Let's leave...

Author: By Kenneth G. Bartels, | Title: The Bald Soprano | 10/28/1971 | See Source »

Winthrop's John Grant, combining judo, karate, and a touch of beer-hall brawl, upset two-time champion Ben Beach in the 123-??. finals to highlight the championship round of the intramural wrestling tournament held yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quincy Takes Team Crown In House Wrestling Finals | 3/26/1971 | See Source »

...Breed rolled up to the hall, an off-duty patrolman immediately notified police headquarters, and two dozen wagons and cars full of police were dispatched. But the police lieutenant in charge was told inside the hall that there was no trouble, so he dispersed his men outside. When the brawl broke out, only five policemen and three private guards were inside the auditorium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Hell's Angels 4, Breed 1 | 3/22/1971 | See Source »

Princeton is not unaccustomed to penalties. In Saturday night's 8-5 loss to Yale, the Tigers and Bulldogs cleared their benches in a huge fight with one second left in the game. The brawl left four teeth on the ice and Princeton forward Bob Beezan on the bench tonight with a game-misconduct penalty...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Power Play Needs Work Hockey Team Faces Tigers | 2/24/1971 | See Source »

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