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...pound class, Dave Skeels of the Crimson overcame Dartmouth captain Harry Weiss in a decision to give the varsity a 3-0 lead. Mike Abramovitz pinned Bob Crochowski with a half-nelson in the 130-pound division for five points to give the Crimson an 8-0 margin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Wrestlers Crush Indians In Opening 34-0 Shutout Victory | 12/15/1956 | See Source »

Jack Eastling decisioned John Chilson in the 157-pound class to up the Crimson lead to 19 to 0. Gilmor then pinned Bob Reuling with a half-nelson in the 167-pound division, after a bruising first fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Wrestlers Crush Indians In Opening 34-0 Shutout Victory | 12/15/1956 | See Source »

...pound class, Bob Foster pinned Tim Miller with a Princeton bar to make the Crimson lead 29 to 0. Dan Leary wound up the match with a half-nelson pin over Tom Gebhart in the heavy division. The varsity's next meet will be at M.I.T. on Monday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Wrestlers Crush Indians In Opening 34-0 Shutout Victory | 12/15/1956 | See Source »

...only Crimson win, in what Coach Bob Pickett called "the team's toughest meet of the year," was in the unlimited class, where Pete Morrison took his second straight pin of the year, dropping Crimson in 7:11 with a half-nelson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big Red Crushes Varsity Wrestlers | 1/16/1956 | See Source »

...fighting forces. One young marine boot named Gene Tunney took his first boxing lessons from Biddle. Later, the athletic Christian circled the world to find more punishing combat tricks to teach marine and FBI recruits. He also found time to write a dozen books ("in a rather half-nelson style," says his daughter) and give annual recitals at Philadelphia's august Academy of Music. ("Mr. Biddle is a baritone, I think," said one critic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hard Scrapple | 5/16/1955 | See Source »

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