Word: duel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dueling in military circles, on the other hand, is a genuine duel, fought to redress an insult, with either sword, rapier or pistol. These naturally often end fatally. Times change and therefore such duels have been relegated to the past as mentioned in your article...
...quarter-mile promises to be the best race of the afternoon, and upon it may hinge the outcome of the duel. Paulsen has done under 49 seconds, the new dual meet record established by Kane against Dartmouth last Saturday. The Crimson runner negotiated a wet track, in the rain to break the tape well ahead of the Green runner. Should he hit his best stride against the Blue, Harvard may well pick up two more points in the 440-yard dash, which would give the Crimson more latitude in the field events, where, according to the CRIMSON'S figures. Harvard...
...close pitching duel, the Second University baseball team yesterday defeated St. John's Preparatory School, 4 to 3. Gates pitched tight ball in the pinches for the winners...
...beaters outhit Pennsylvania on Soldiers Field Saturday afternoon, the viskors evened the series count with a 2 to 1 win. Puffer, the University pitching veteran, and Sanford, who took up the mound duties for the Red and Blue squad where Long and Kruez left off, engaged in a hurling duel all the way. The University pitcher held the winners to three hits while the Crimson attack was collecting four safe blows. Both pinchers were handicapped by the wet ball and slippery footing on the mound, but the rival hitters were even more seriously held down by the poor light which...
...plot, in so far as there is any, centers about the Duke of Arnaldo, whose ship is seized by pirates who cause the death of his father. The Duke escapes--Dong always escapes--and swears eternal vengeance against, the pirates. He beats the pirate captain in a fierce duel, becomes the pirate leader, captures the princess, walks the plank for crying to save her life, swims several leagues both under and on the water to effect her rescue and finally overcomes the pirates...