Word: men
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Last August", he said, "just before I sailed from Hankow for America, I received an invitation to tea from a group of prominent Chinese merchants of Hankow. The opinion they presented to me on the Shantung difficulty represents the sentiment of the more modern Chinese business men, for my friends were not Chinese officials whose views are steeped in imperialism. They had called me in because they knew I was about to leave for America and they wished me to convey their views on Shantung to my friends here in America. What they said may best be retold in somewhat...
Shantung Produced China's Great Men...
...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...
Coach Sam Anderson is giving assistance daily to many men who intend to enter the tournament, and it is hoped that everyone interested will get at least one day's practice with him before Monday. The Department of Physical Training has announced that all men for whom physical training is prescribed will be allowed to substitute wrestling for their regular physical training section work during the time of the tournament, and men who desire to do this should report to Weld 3 at once...
...stars will compete together before the Olympic try-outs next summer and their ability will be in a large measure judged and compared from the results of these championships. The members of the American Olympic Committee will accordingly be able to form a good opinion of who the best men in competition are and will be able to judge the strength of the team which will represent this country in the Olympic games next August...