Word: half-nelson
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Husking the Corn. Their first act includes Green's hilarious version of the early groping talkies: a pompous baritone named "Donald Ronald" who happily mouths "Honeybunch, you drive me frantic with your smiles," but utters only a half-Nelson eddy of sound. After more silent facial farces, Green joins Betty in loudly husking cornier Shubert operettas (The Baroness Bazooka). There is also a Reader's Digest book condensation that scrunches Gone with the Wind into 22 words...
Possibly the most unexpected development of the meet came at the heavy weight division, with the verdict already settled. Al Culbert calmly took down Eli Mike Schoettle and pinned him with a half-nelson and a crotch with only 2:18 gone in the first period. The rapidity and decisiveness of Culbert's pin over the Yale standout left the Elis stunned...
...heavyweight, with the meet already decided, Brown's Gene Roberts pinned Al Culbert in 5 minutes, 15 seconds with a half-nelson and body press...
Tiger Bob Nell, at 167, tried the same technique, but undefeated Bob Foster finally pinned him with only seven seconds left in the match. Foster clapped a half-nelson and crotch on him with about 30 seconds to go, and it became a matter of whether he could beat the clock...
...George McLaughlin (P) d. Paul Striker, 7-4; 137--Curt Dohan (P) d. Bob Crook, 3-0; 147--Bill Fortenbaugh (P) d. Joe Noble, 4-0; 157--Bill Macaleer (P) d. King Holmes, 2-1; 167--Bob Foster (H) pinned Ed Nell in 8:53 with half-nelson and crotch; 177--Captain Bob Gilmor (H) d. Dave Callard, 7-2; Unlimited--Captain John Hunt (P) d. Al Culbert...