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...this time their work showed them to be very evenly matched. Bowen, however, acted more on the offensive than Finney. For ten minutes they worked in vain. Then they rested. Five more minutes they worked away, and then they were each given a hold by the referee. Bowen threw Finney, but lost his hold in falling, and the fall was given to Finney. The third fall and the bout was won by Bowen, who secured a combination hold and threw his opponent in 4 minutes...
...used two sorts, first the dumbbell, which had a curved bar between the round ends, and of which the dumbbell in use at the present day is an imitation; second, the half of a flattened disk, with an orifice on the curved side for the hand; these they threw behind them when in mid-air, and this gave them additional impetus. By the aid of these weights tremendous distances were covered; for instance, Herodotus tells a little story of a certain Greek who had a record of fifty-five feet; and this statement is probably true, for they loosened...
...discus throwing, the Greeks had a record of ninety-five feet, but the weight of the discus which was used is not known. A year or two ago, discus throwing was introduced at Harvard, and Kip, '83, threw 80 feet, with a discus made of oak, weighted with lead, weighing four pounds...
Charming maiden: "You threw me a kiss, yesterday, didn...
Webster went through college in a manner that was highly gratifying to his friends, but did not receive the Valedictory. After the commencement exercises he asked his classmates to accompany him to the green behind the college, where, in their presence, he deliberately tore up his diploma and threw it to the winds exclaiming: "My industry may make me a great man, but this miserable parchment cannot;" and immediately mounting his horse, departed for home...