[DOC] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln's Wrestling Match [PAR] At New Salem in 1831 he wrestled Jack Armstrong next to Denton Offutt's store ... 
The Clary's Grove boys lived in a settlement near New Salem. ... He backed up 
against the wall of Offutt's store and offered to take them on one at a time. ... He 
looked at his friends and said, "Boys, Abe Lincoln is the best fellow that ever 
broke... [DOC] [TLE] The Clary's Grove Boys - Photos and Stories  FamilySearch.org [PAR] The Clary's Grove Boys And Abraham Lincoln by Karen Ruddell descendent of 
the ... Favorite sports of this crowd were cockfighting, gander-pulling and 
wrestling. .... Summer 1836 he won a seat again in the legislature, his views 
against ... five children of their own, all born in Smith County Texas, the last one 
being born in... [DOC] [TLE] The Early Years Of Abraham Lincoln - Full Online Book [PAR] He afterwards exchanged the "camp" for the more ambitious "cabin," but his 
cabin, was "a ... any of his mechanical skill in completing and furnishing his own 
cabin. ..... in the neighbourhood of Salem, were the "Clary's Grove boys," whose 
chief and ... a more generous parcel of ruffians than those over whom Jack held 
sway. [DOC] [TLE] HOT FREE BOOKS  The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln  Wayne ... [PAR] Abraham gave the whip to one of the other men and turned back to see if he 
could ... to his own son, Mrs. Lincoln had been "like an own mother to him," and 
he ... this explanation for his delay: "It was out of respect for the eggsnot care 
for my hat!" ..... From that day "the Clary's Grove Boys" were his staunch 
supporters and... [DOC] [TLE] HOT FREE BOOKS  Abraham Lincoln: A History V1  John G ... [PAR] Read Abraham Lincoln: A History V1 (John G. Nicolay and John Hay) for free  
Full-text! ... He rode hastily into the town and arrived in a few minutes at his 
destination; ..... prairie sixty miles, and at Quincy had one case and gained five 
dollars. ..... his whole strength, he held the pride of Clary's Grove in his arms like 
a child,... [DOC] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln : a history : the full and authorized record of his ... [PAR] Lincoln's Initiation by the " Clary's Grove Boys. ..... LINEAGE with his own hand, 
and all this without malice and, strangest of all, ..... increased by the local 
sensitiveness which forbids any one to admit INDIANA 31 that ...... He did not 
have to be con- stantly scuffling to guard his self-respect, and at the same time he 
gained the... [DOC] [TLE] Volume IX, Number 1, Winter 2008/09 - The Claremont Institute [PAR] Jul 26, 2008 ... Against Throne and Altar: Machiavelli and Political Theory Under ... Ordinary 
Americans deserve some respect. Andrew E. ... He had not been so restrained in 
his victory speech on November 4. Then, he ...... one's own, for such a critic, is 
self-negating: even ... lodges, boys' clubs and the like, telling sports. [DOC] [TLE] Life of Abraham Lincoln, by J. G. Holland. [PAR] He threw him upon the ground, held him there as if he had been a child, and .... in 
the spring of 1832 that his treaty was simply an expedient for gaining time, and ... 
Many of the volunteers were from New Salem and Clary's Grove, and Lincoln, ...... 
As he is against general objects, those he is for must be particular and local. [DOC] [TLE] IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE LINCOLNS [PAR] Abraham Lincoln's youth was passed in one of the most daring and .... could 
have a full representation, for the right to run their own local affairs, to hold 
meetings, ...... There were at least I,ooo acres of land, combining what he held in 
New ...... [188] The Clary Grove boys were among his customers, and one day, 
when

Question: Abe gained the respect of local ruffians when he held his own against one of the Clary's Grove boys in this sport
Answer: wrestling