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The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)

Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 785

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way, whichis arranged before the wrestlingbegins. The wrestlers stand chestto chest, each placing his chin onthe others shoulder and graspinghim around the body, as shown inFig. I, the right arm of each beingunder his opponents left. Theyare allowed to use every means to ithrow each other, except… … Wrestling—Fig. 2. ders touch the floor. The objectof each contestant in this kindof wrestling should be to force hisright shoulder beneath his oppo-nents arm-pit. To prevent this,the latter must keep his left armpressed in as far as possible. Eachtries to throw the other by swing-ing him sidewise,…

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