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...sport where each man should be allowed to do his best to beat his opponent. A coach is employed to teach a man how to wrestle, and when he deliberately orders a man to forget all he knows about wrestling and go on the mat and play tag, that coach should be asked to resign. Any coach realizes that great wrestlers cannot be developed by men who have been taught to stall. In the wrestling game, more than any other sport, perhaps, the greatest defense for a smart wrestler is aggressiveness. Olympic wrestlers are of this type, and many potential...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT'S HIS NUMBER? | 2/21/1939 | See Source »

...they only garnered three matches from the Exeter team, the Freshman grapplers went down to defeat. 19-13, Saturday afternoon. Vern Miller, 250-pound Yardling was the standout as he pinned his opponent to the mat in less than four minutes. The other Harvard winners were Tine, pinning his man, and Thomas, who won on a decision...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoopmen Bow to Cornell 46-37 as Grapplers Edge Lions 14-12 | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

...Johnson's Varsity wrestlers resume their mat warfare this afternoon at four o'clock when they meet Tufts at Cousens Gymnasium with each squad seeking its initial victory of the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRAPPLERS SEEK FIRST WIN IN TUFTS BATTLE | 1/18/1939 | See Source »

...after a closely contested battle. Tudor Gardiner was left with the problem of holding his heavily favored opponent to a decision, but Harkless finally managed to pin him in 7:32 after a seesaw match. "Chief" Boston made short of Bokum as he nailed him on the mat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRAPPLERS DROP MEET TO TIGERS BY ONE POINT | 1/16/1939 | See Source »

...each card is indexed by name, locality, product and capacity a manufacturer who has agreed to turn out a stipulated quantity of army matériel. So far the Department has found no way to get around the cost-plus contract of World War ill-fame. But the 400 different contract forms in use then have been reduced to five, in the hope that simple phrasing and fore-analysis of actual plant costs may hold profiteering to a minimum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Arms Before Men | 8/22/1938 | See Source »

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