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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...appeared stronger than Crane but the latter was quicker and more scientific. Taylor opened the bout with a rush, but Crane secured a good hold and threw him. They struggled for a while and time was called. In the second round Crane got a half nelson, but could not turn Taylor who slipped out and forced Crane to form a bridge. Both men seemed somewhat winded and were resting when time was called. The third round was much the same as the first two and as neither man secured a fall the remainder of the match was postponed until after...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First Winter Meeting. | 3/23/1891 | See Source »

...hold and threw him. Elsas here got a strangle hold and was ordered by Bangs to break. In the second round Elsas again got a neck hold and threw his man. Stults slipped away and getting Elsas by the leg placed his foot on Elsas' neck but failed to turn him. Time. In the third round Stults got a hold and threw Elsas, who slipped from under and again got a neck hold. Here each man almost secured a fall; time was called with Stults on top. The remainder of the match was postponed until after the other events, when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First Winter Meeting. | 3/23/1891 | See Source »

...next round was between J. L. Dodge '91, and H. S. Flint '93. All through the round the work was very exciting. Dodge nearly threw Flint at one time, but by a sudden turn Flint got the best hold and then worked very hard to throw his man. Time was called without a fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Preliminary Bouts in Wrestling, for the First Meeting. | 3/20/1891 | See Source »

...years, however, many of Harvard's representative have been going west of the Mississippi. Their presence there shows in the energy and strength of the Harvard Clubs which they have established; it shows in the royal welcome they have given to their former teacher. His presence and words, in turn, have given renewed zest to the interest they have in working for the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/18/1891 | See Source »

...mattered not that a minister happened to be master of his own specialty. Emperor Wilhelm's notion of monarchy is that all whom the monarch condescends to notice are thereby greatly honored and should in return be entirely submissive to the monarch's bidding. Thus did Emperor Wilhelm turn out Minister Gosler. So suddenly does the emperor indulge his whims that the Berliners call him Der Ploetzliche...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Cohn's Lecture. | 3/17/1891 | See Source »

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