Word: hammerlock
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...technically perfect as ever; her pianissimos were downy, though her full voice had its familiar fault, a trace of stridency. Her main worry, however, was "getting through the afternoon without a broken neck. That man [Vinay] is crazy in this role." She survived two wristlocks and a hammerlock, and managed to display a fair amount of dramatic ability in doing...
...Captain Howland Stoddard was the solo Harvard wrestler to qualify in the first day of competition in the Eastern Intercollegiates here today, when he throw Barnet of Columbia with a half-nelson and body at 4.01, and then pinned Masher of Cornell in the semi-finals with a hammerlock and half-nelson...
...work). He has an elaborate machine to throw a fishnet far out to sea, a trolley to carry him down the mountainside. From a savage whom he tries to make his Man Friday, who escapes after Fairbanks has shown him the white man's leg-scissor hold, toehold, and hammerlock, he obtains zinc and copper (cheerfully left unexplained) and two radio tubes the savage With these and several score handmade batteries, he makes a radio set, listens happily to news of traffic deaths, business suicides, cosmetics and alimony...
...catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Under these rules a fall will terminate each bout. In no case will the duration of preliminary bouts exceed five minutes. The final bouts will last ten minutes unless terminated sooner by a fall. Any hold is allowed except the hammerlock, strangle, full Nelson, and toe hold. There will be seven classes in which the men will wrestle: 115, 125, 135, 145, 158, 175 pounds, and over 181 pounds. Entrants will weigh in on the day of their match, and must be within the allowance for overweight, which is six pounds...