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...against Princeton. The tug was for three minutes on cleats, and the drop was won by the university, who after a minute had a good six inches of rope on their side. Balch, '88 attempted by repeated heaves to bring the ribbon back to his side, but was in vain, and at the lapse of the three minutes, the university had won by five clear inches. While the tug was going...
...these quotations that I have made from his letters, I think Boswell's real self can be seen. He was fickle and impetuous: he was careless of others: he was vain beyond measure. But he was so open in his likes and dislikes, so frank in thought, and at times so generous, that we must see a certain amount of good in him after all. Boswell is a queer compound of openness, foolishness, and immorality. His whole life may be summed up in the single phrase he used when telling why he was a sceptic: "My scepticism," he wrote...
...that Finney was taken by surprise, and was on his back almost before he knew it. The men faced each other again, and 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...
...ring continually, and could not throw squarely enough to get a fall. The referee gave them a hold finally and Guild won, because Bowen broke his hold again. In the trial to get a third fall, 10 minutes and then more were used up in throwing vain endeavors to turn, and sprawling over the settees, reporter's table, and the laps of the audience. Again the referee gave the men a hold. Bowen threw Guild and succeeded in making it a fall. He thus won the bout...
...been lowered, the standard of the other has not been raised. Let us then, if possible, bring the two more closely together by raising our own standard, and not waiting for a still further lowering of the other, for if we do, we may wait in vain...