Word: grappler
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...England Intercollegiate championship in the 126-pound class, and possessor of an undefeated record this year is expected to maintain his clean slate against any comers in his weight. This year's Freshman team also boasts of an undefeated champion in R. G. A. Ames '34, powerful 175-pound grappler, who is rated as an outstanding contender for supremacy in his division. J. H. Crandon '33, O. E. Goddard '33, and R.W. Straus '31, the other members of the University team who gained titles in the New England Intercollegiate Meet last Saturday, should also make strong bids for victory...
...Klein '32, undefeated this year, then gained his second consecutive New England Intercollegiate championship in the 126-pound division by throwing Johnson of Tufts with a body hold and wrist lock. J. H. Crandon '33, winner of the Freshman 135-pound championship last year, was the next Crimson grappler to annex a title, when he pinned Hastings of Tufts after over 8 minutes of fighting. In the 155-pound bout, Harvard was also the victor, O. E. Goddard '33 adding five points by gaining a decision over Vassalotti, his rival from M. I. T., in an overtime match...
...Levin '32, Crimson grappler, and H. H. Fisher of Army had each other on the verge of a fall several times in their hard-fought light-heavy-weight battle before the Army man, breaking away from the half-Nelson Levin had clamped on him, tossed his Harvard opponent with a bar and chancery hold. In the final encounter, R. W. Straus '31, Harvard heavyweight, crushed his rival, Lincoln, to the mat in short order with another bar and chancery hold...
Instantly despatched to the rescue, besides the ponderous Rodney, were the destroyers Tilbury, Vivian, Thanet, the tugs Resolve and Grappler. Lighters, submarine chasers, mine sweepers, hustled out from all the British coast. Aboard the Tilbury was Rear Admiral Henry Edgar Grace, commander of British submarines, taking a new diving apparatus which in tests oil the Firth of Forth had descended successfully to a depth of 300 feet. In London, King's Messenger routed from his bed Professor Leonard Hill, physiologist of the National Institute of Medical Research, authority on deep sea diving, and despatched him north to join the rescue...
...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 after 12 minutes and 45 seconds of intensive fighting. Nathaniel Warner '30 won the fourth fall of the evening in the quickest time of the meet, pinning his opponent's shoulders to the mat in less than half the time allotted for the bout...