Word: grappler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Almost every able-bodied grappler got his licks in Saturday as the Crimson matmen manhandled visiting squads from Wesleyan and Bridgewater State, 30-12 and 46-2, respectively, to earn their second and third wins of the young season...
Harvard's Ed Gazvoda and Phills both notched pins. Gazvoda faced off against Mike "the Masked Marvel" Alexander, putting the less talented grappler to the mat with repeated takedowns before engulfing him in a cradle for the pin. Phills eyed Terry Eastman for less than a minute before levelling him with an upper body toss...
...quick learner, Campbell wrestled a tougher match the next time the two went to the mat. The control situations rocked back and forth before the Crimson grappler almost pinned the veteran. After that the more experienced Barone relied on a conservative series of moves to score the takedowns that enabled him to post a 7-6 win over second-place Campbell...
Only the round-robin rules, which allow two losses, saved Widerman from early elimination after an unexpected loss in third round action. With the score locked, 7-7, and only a minute remaining, Widerman escaped from a hold but his opponent, a central Connecticut grappler, scored on a takedown and squeaked through with the 9-8 victory...
...until the Depression that history texts began to grapple with the nation's changing social and cultural issues. The most notable grappler was Harold Rugg. In An Introduction to the Problems of American Culture and other books, he boldly discussed class structure, unemployment, even talked of socialism as a possible way of redistributing wealth. His texts were popular with liberals and sold widely. In the mid-1930s nearly half the schoolchildren of America read Rugg. But as war threatened, Rugg was thought to be unAmerican. In 1939 such diverse organizations as the American Legion and the Advertising Federation...