Word: thrower
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Paris, "Antoine the Knife Thrower," notorious apaché, was persuaded by the police to explain how he had managed to erase from his chest two gorgeous tattooed designs seen upon him when last arrested. Sepia, charcoal and cinnabar bite deep. Science has failed to discover how to blench their mordant effects. Antoine's recipe, reluctantly yielded: pour concentrated tannic acid upon the illuminated parts, inject it into the skin by close punctures with needles, rub lightly over with a crayon of silver nitrate. With the thick black scab, off comes the tattooing...
...lengthening the javelin distance over two feet, the football captain. Cheek, surprised the dopesters who figured he had been spending all his time at spring football practice. Dorman, Schlaikjer, and Chase also scored in this event, with an M. I. T. spear thrower trailing in fifth place...
...deserts the priesthood for the stage. It is the shabby stage of Tip Thompson's variety show on the Texas border. In its centre is Marietta, gir! of his seminar}' village. She deserts his studious quietness for the more flagrant physical attractions of Dedaux, the Knife Thrower. "The Saint" has lost his girl and lost...
...forward passes, ineligible men of the offense must not intervene or "screen" the pass; receiver must not go out of bounds and return to take the throw; thrower must, not intentionally ground the ball, failing a free receiver. (For this offense, the last 10-yd. penalty in the rule-book was increased...
...tomorrow, it was learned last night. Of these, the men who seem most likely to quali- fy for Saturday's races are Watters, who will run the half, as there will be no trials for the mile; Kane in the 440; Kernan in the javelin; Carpenter as a discus thrower; Fletcher in either the high or the low hurdles; Eastman in the shotput, and Hyatt in either the high jump or the broad jump, or both. Tibbetts and Cutcheon, both of whom are likely Crimson scoring prospects on Saturday, will not run tomorrow, as there will be no heats...