Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thus ended the case of the People of Mississippi v. Charles Shepherd, Negro. The case began when one Sergeant J. B. Duvall, guarding prisoners in a Parchman, Miss., convict camp, whipped Negro-Convict Shepherd. Bruised, angry, the black convict entered the Duvall home, attacked Ruth Duvall, 18, onetime beauty-contest winner. Interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Sergeant Duvall, the Negro took a butcher knife, cut the Sergeant's throat, then plunged the knife down the throat he had just slashed. Next he struck the body with an icepick, hitting the back of its head so violently that...
...Loree had nominally dropped out of the eastern contest. He still controlled his Delaware & Hudson. But he had sold his (i. e., D. & H.'s) control of the Wabash and his near control of the Lehigh Valley to the Pennsylvania. He had forfeited his option...
...contests in the 165-pound and unlimited classes were particularly exciting, both going to two overtime periods before the University wrestlers could gain a fall. In the former match, G. L. Graves '31, who has been forced to take off 10 pounds during the past week collapsed after winning a fall from his opponent at the end of 12 minutes and 35 seconds of fierce wrestling. W. H. Boldt '30 was likewise a victor in an overtime contest, forcing Cuneo, 230 pound football player, to carry the match into two overtime periods, finally throwing the Columbia grappler for a fall...
Upton, still a marked man, was unable to score from the floor, while Rex and Wenner ran up the score between them. Farrell showed marked improvement over his form in the Worcester contest, but lacked the speed to break away from the Middlebury guards, who worked together in splendid coordination...
This game will be preceded by the yearling contest at 7 o'clock on the same court. The Freshman line-up has not been announced, as the players have been shifting positions since the Tilton game. HARVARD M. I. T. Wenner, l.f. r.f., Nelson O'Connell, r.f. l.f., Allen Upton, c. c., Brockelman Rex, l.g. r.g., McDowell Farrell, r.g. l.g., Lawson