Word: block
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...same methods of attack and defense are taught that Jack Dempsey, Jack Britton, Benny Leonard, Johnny Kilbane and other champions had to learn in the more rugged school of Give and Take when they were youngsters breaking in. The same left jab, the same right cross, the same block and the same parry are a part of our system, but they are learned and practiced by the majority, not with the thought of achieving any championship honors, but with the idea of attaining genuine exercise. When one considers the footwork, arm action, body movement, bending and straightening that one goes...
...game entirely, or at least to have the play made under conditions which would bring 22 men into action instead of only two offensive players, and a few half-hearted defenders clustered under the goal posts who knew they hadn't a chance in a thousand to block the kick...
They may be able to hang on--to block the readjustment until spring but not any longer than that. A few far sighted merchants appreciate the situation and are already doing everything they can to bring prices down. They will be selling low cost goods as soon as present stocks are cleaned out and their competitors will have to come down to the new basis...
...last hopes of Chicago and Michigan of winning the "Big Ten" Conference championship vanished Saturday. Ohio defeated Michigan by 14 to 7, block-minutes of play, while Illinois won a stubborn battle from Chicago by 3 to 0. As Ohio has no game this week, it will face Illinois in the crucial game two weeks away with a clean slate. The Illinois, how-ever, must defeat the strong Wisconsin eleven next Saturday to enjoy a like prestige. The Illini are favorites over the Badgers, but Ohio is picked to win the final game and the championship for a second year...
...that a bribe had to be offered; it is the fact that the Union leaders took if, that is to be deploved. For by doing so, they have lifted strikes and their settlement out of the realms of equity, and have brought the whole question down to the auction block. In other words, it is not fair and just treatment that they are campaigning for, but the almighty dollar; and they evidently do not intend to discriminate as to their methods of obtaining...