Word: mats
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...take his place in the 158-pound class, was a member of the team two years ago, but was ineligible until recently. The team so far has shown up well, having piled up high scores against M. I. T., Springfield, and Norwich. The only setback came from the Columbia mat men, who won by the narrow margin of a single decision. This will be the biggest meet of the season with the exception of the New England intercollegiate matches, which will be held at the University on March...
Coach Lewis has been putting his squad through strenuous workouts and test matches in preparing for tonight's opener. He expects to be able to put his best team on the mat tonight as no one has been injured during the practice sessions...
...shook hands on a mat in full view of 15,000 Kansans. One was Wayne ("Big") Munn of Kansas City, local hero. The other was Ed. ("Strangler") Lewis, world's heavyweight wrestling champion, whose unpopularity was evinced by squalls of boos...
Meantime, Billy Sandow, Lewis' manager, had jumped into the ring. "It's a foul!" cried he. "A dirty foul! You've got to award us the match!" The swarthy Munn peered querulously across the mat, tore off his bathrobe, assumed a bellicose attitude, confronted the irate manager. Munn's manager likewise grew threatening; but for all that the referee gave the fall to Lewis on a foul, allowing the latter 15 minutes to get back into the ring. The crowd was indignant, stormed about the ringside, hooting, booing...
...have been running to these fires with buckets for 150 years, but we now hope that preparedness will make this no longer necessary. I myself and every ex-service man is ready to go to the mat on this question of National Defense...