Word: throwing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college. Guild obtained what looked like a fall, but it was not granted by the referee. The first fall was won by Bowen by a neck hold, in 7 minutes. On coming together for the second time, the men sprawled out of the ring continually, and could not throw squarely enough to get a fall. The referee gave them a hold finally and Guild won, because Bowen broke his hold again. In the trial to get a third fall, 10 minutes and then more were used up in throwing vain endeavors to turn, and sprawling over the settees, reporter...
...more muscular, but he lacked science. Austin showed considerable science, but not enough strength to secure a single fall. Churchill soon threw Austin, who formed a beautiful bridge, and succeeded in turning on to his stomach before Churchill could make either of his hips touch the mattress. Another throw made by Churchill by a body grip was more successful, and the fall was secured. Time, 6m. 30s. In the second trial for a fall, Austin again won applause by eluding a very dangerous throw. But it was no use. Churchill tried his firsogrip again, and a fall was the result...
...small mark,-the usual result of the present system. He would be able to work to advantage, for he would be working intelligently. And we are strongly inclined to believe that there is not so much spare intelligence in the college that it can afford generously to throw away a possible chance to work intelligently...
...asphyxiated, and die; and the filthy wheel of the city's life turns round and round. And whither does the human offal from these noisome streets on the water-front go? What becomes of the vilest of their vile and the most abandoned of their lost ones, when they throw off the burden of their loathsome lives? They go into the water, as a matter of course, and from the water find their way to the Morgue. The lower half of Paris is covered with sores, hideous sores, like those of the patriarch of Uz, and every day she sits...
There were two forms of wrestling taught in Greece. The first consisting of a simple throw, and in which no wrestling on the ground was allowed. The second was where the fighting continued on the ground and in which everything was allowed, as strangling, or breaking the joints of one's opponent. In the first kind, three falls meant defeat. This was the only form which was used in the Pentathlon. Boxing was considered a professional sport, and did not enter into the games. They used no gloves, but the hands were bound up in strips of leather, which strengthened...