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...brisk remarks have passed into the language, e.g., his description of snobbish businessmen as "lords of suburban villas . . . owners of vineries and pineries"; of Gladstone, "the Old Man in a hurry." At 37, Lord Randolph was Leader of the House of Commons, boss of the Treasury ("the youngest since Pitt"), and husband of the American beauty, Jennie Jerome. He maddened old Queen Victoria with his pugnacity and determination. "The youngest member of the Cabinet must not be allowed to dictate to the others," she barked. "Lord Salisbury must really put his foot down." Eventually, Prime Minister Salisbury put it down...
Huntington, according to Lee, has made himself into a fine wrestler by sheer hard work. He was the only member of the squad to enter the Wilkes Tournament over the Christmas vacation, and after a first round win, lost to Ed DeWitt, NCAA champion from Pitt...
Cornell, defending Ivy Champion, entered four men in the recent Wilkes Tourney, and all four won, to place Cornell second, two points behind powerful Pitt. So far this season, the Big Red has lost only to Lehigh, while shutting out Yale, and overwhelming both Syracuse and Franklin and Marshall, perennially among the East's stronger teams...
Freshman Sam Huntington provided one of the surprises of the meet, as he won his first match at 167, pinning Buffalo's Foster in 1:59. The luck of the draw pitted him against Pitt's National Collegiate Champion, John DeWitt, in the next round. DeWitt proved too experienced for the freshman, throwing...
Captain Bob Foster, wrestling for the first time this season, took the highest honors for the varsity, as he placed fourth in the 167-pound class. After scoring easy wins in his preliminary rounds, Foster ran afoul of the tournament's outstanding performers, Dave Johnson, a Pitt standout. Johnson scored a quick first period takedown, but Foster just as quickly reversed, tying the score at two-all. Johnson however escaped and later added a reversal and riding time...