Word: pounding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This is merely an index of how this nation is penny-wise and pound-foolish. New York city is having an epidemic of robberies such as it has not had for years. More than once recently a longshoremens strike has tied up ocean travel. New York has been spending money like the proverbial drunken sailor. Nor is New York alone in its extravagance. Our Congress is appropriating millions of the public's money with scarcely an inquiry to find out how those millions are to be spent. The interest on the war-debt is going to amount to a billion...
Representation in the other classes has been fair, as forty-five men came out for the tournament. Very close wrestling was shown in many bouts, about half having been decided by decision. Of all the bouts the most spectacular was in the semifinal round of the 145-pound class between G. V. S. Smith '22, and J. Israelite '20. A decision finally awarded the victory to Israelite, The complete winners are: H. B. Walker '22 in 115-pound class by decision; R. B. Varnum Unc. in the 125-pound class by a fall; B. B. Corson Occ. in 135-pound...
...University tournament bouts in six classes were scheduled, but as in the heavy-weights only one contestant appeared no bout was possible. H. M. Forbes '22 in the 125-pound class won the opening bout from O. M. Root '22 by a fall, and R. B. Varnum Unc. in the same weight also won by a fall. C. L. Wilson '20 and B. B. Corson Occ, each won in the 135-pound class, and in the next round Corson defeated Wilson in an exciting match. The other winners were R. T. Sloan Unc., R. N. Johnson '22, and J. Israelite...
...will govern the bouts, so that a fall will terminate each bout. The time has been limited to five minutes for the preliminary bouts and ten minutes for the finals, unless terminated sooner by a fall. There will be seven classes in which the men will wrestle, from 115 pounds to the heavy-weight of over 180 pounds. Entrants will weight in on the day of their match and must be within the six-pound allowance for over weight...
...events to be held at both meets are the same and are as follows. 60 yards dash, 300 yards run, 600 yards run, 1000 yards run, two-miles run, one-mile walk, running high jump, standing high jump, standing broad jump, 16-pound shot-put, 70-yards hurdle of 6 flights, 3 feet, 6 inches high...