Word: pinned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...since 1935 had a varsity wrestling team topped the Elis, but the Yale heritage never appeared, as the Crimson jumped to a quick 11 to 0 advantage, on decisions by Dave Skeels at 123, Paul Striker at 130, and a pin by Bob Crook at 137. Yale never got back into contention...
Possibly the most unexpected development of the meet came at the heavy weight division, with the verdict already settled. Al Culbert calmly took down Eli Mike Schoettle and pinned him with a half-nelson and a crotch with only 2:18 gone in the first period. The rapidity and decisiveness of Culbert's pin over the Yale standout left the Elis stunned...
...soon be wearing the longest dresses. I know very well the women." He banished knees: "This part is never to be seen. It is bone, and I do not find bone particularly attractive." On occasion (1953) he changed direction without breaking stride, declaring: "I'm just itching to pin up women's skirts...
Captain Bob Gilmor's opponent at 177 pulled the same tactics, depriving Gilmor of a pin. He had to content himself with a decision on two takedowns and a reversal, plus time advantage...
...America's top contemporary novelists? Faulkner's ranking: Thomas Wolfe, Faulkner, Dos Passos, Caldwell and Hemingway in that order. Wolfe is on top because "he ventured more and tried hardest to inscribe the whole history of man's heart on the head of a pin...