Word: stalls
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...personal opinion of the referee, who, lacking hard-and-fast rules, usually sends close bouts into an overtime session. Also, under present rules, it is possible for a man to win without displaying any aggressive wrestling. Such a wrestler could gain an early time advantage and then merely stall or hang on for dear life until the end of the bout...
Mischo was an offensive demon, being fed continually by his mates, but Crimson stalwarts Lutz and Heckel came close to matching his dazzling efforts. Sporting a 20 to 16 half-time lead the Quakers were not threatened until the final two minute. But then they had to stall frantically as the Crimson closed the gap to only 38 to 35 just before the gun barked...
...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 Olympic stars have been ruined by a point-conscious coach...
...nurse a sudden cold, General Manager Edward Johnson shoved a brand-new Italian soprano, Lina Aimaro, into her part in Lucia di Lammermoor. A packjammed audience went to hear her, found Soprano Aimaro an earnest young Model T coloratura, with good top notes and a tendency to stall...
...fashioned walk-up start was used because Owner Riddle's War Admiral dislikes stall gates...