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Word: wrestler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Only the absence of Bruce Richardson, who was still unable to wrestle this week, weakens the team, but he is being replaced by Art Page, a clever wrestler, who should make the 145 pound battle close when he meets Dick Heilbron...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Matmen Heavy Choice to Overthrow Quakers Today Despite Absence of Richardson, Star 145-Pound Grappler | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

...shoulder injury to Dave Goodman of the Engineers gave Tudor Gardiner the heavyweight match by default. However, the outcome of the bout was already determined, since the Crimson wrestler was on top from the start until the default...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MATMEN SMOTHER TECH WITH 25 TO 3 BARRAGE | 2/23/1939 | See Source »

Feature of the afternoon was Ted Schoenberg's 4:30 flattening of Bill Stone with a three-quarter nelson in the 126 pound division. Schoenberg, repeating his victory in Saturday's close Columbia meet, again showed his steady improvement as a first-string wrestler...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MATMEN SMOTHER TECH WITH 25 TO 3 BARRAGE | 2/23/1939 | See Source »

...beat his opponent. A coach is employed to teach a man how to 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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT'S HIS NUMBER? | 2/21/1939 | See Source »

Captain Harvey Ross of the Crimson team started off the afternoon with a decision over Columbia's sophomore Al Marasca. The Lion wrestler looked outstandingly fast and aggressive for the first part of the match, but he was unable to last it out at that speed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoopmen Bow to Cornell 46-37 as Grapplers Edge Lions 14-12 | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

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