Word: wrestler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Grey-eyed, Brindle Gangster had already won three Australian championships before he was imported in 1932 by John Pesek, heavyweight wrestler of Ravenna, Neb. Since then he has won the Waterloo twice. Calm and well-mannered in the paddock, he has unsurpassed speed in the field, turns quickly, keeps his eyes on the rabbit, dives beautifully for the kill. Owner Pesek. who boasts the largest greyhound kennels (200 couple) and one of the finest pairs of cauliflower ears in the U. S., has refused $10,000 for Gangster...
...Chicago, Helen Fortney, 20, trim, muscular, 138-lb. girl from Lake Geneva, Wis., advertised for a job as bodyguard, claiming that she is a better pistol and rifle shot, wrestler and boxer than most men. She got several score offers of marriage, two for waitress jobs, two interviews with detective agencies and one offer of a bodyguard job which she called ''a little suspicious...
...content with winning his numerals in hockey this winter, Don Sleeper is proving his versatility by taking Cunningham's place in the 115-pound division. The loss of Joe Nee necessitates shifting Wysocki up to 175 pounds and filling his place with Eddie Davis, football captain and wrestler at Milton last year, Davis boxed his first intercollegiate match against Dartmouth intramural champions two weeks ago, and put his man away with a technical knockout. Sherlock. Ellis, and Oakes will remain in their present classes, and Whitney, who showed his possibilities against Staunton, is again taking his place at 135 pounds...
...would be news if a first-flight German author still lived in Germany. Bruno Frank, like most of his colleague-compatriots, does not, is settled in comfortable exile at Sanary, on the Riviera, near his fellow-exile, Lion Feuchtwanger. Big, baldish, blond, Bruno Frank looks like a professional wrestler, lives with the precise routine of a German Ph.D. (which he is). For years a best-seller in Germany, he was until recently one of the most popular German playwrights. He enjoys eating, drinking, smoking; dislikes noises, hypocrites, badly-bound books. He is at present in London, writing for the British...
...professional wrestler would run away from a Brahma steer which weighs 1,000 Ib. and has horns a foot and a half long. No polo player in his senses would risk his neck on a bucking-bronco. A cowherd who tried to milk a wild cow would promptly have his brains kicked out. Performances like steer-wrestling, bronco-riding and wild-cow milking were a part of the World Series Rodeo that arrived in Manhattan last week for a stay of 19 days at Madison Square Garden. Grand climax of a circuit that attracts more than 3,000,000 customers...