Word: bout
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...monthly meeting in the club rooms. After the business meeting, the club will give a smoker, and to add to the enjoyment, two musicians have been engaged to play throughout the evening. Several members have consented to take part in a fencing contest, and there is also promised a bout with the single sticks. Only members will be admitted to the rooms, as the visitor's list, by vote of the committee, has been suspended for that evening...
...Kent Sp., withdrew and the event was narrowed down to J. D. Schultz '91 and J. C. Jenkins, '91. Stultz got the first fall in two and a half minutes. Stultz was very quick and cool and kept Jenkins all the time on the defensive. In the second bout Stultz again threw Jenkins, this time in 40 seconds, and thereby won the event...
...Shea had entered without much training, merely to oblige the magagement so that the event would not be a walkover. Winthrop clearly showed his superiority by getting at Shea's face time and again, although Shea brought him to his knees by a back-hand swing. The second bout was more or less a repetition of the first, and Dr. Appleton concluded that a third round was unnecessary and awarded the cup to Winthrop. Winthrop's clean style and straight blows were exceedingly effective while Shea's defence was practically useless. Shea once in a while got in a strong...
...Cheney did the larger part of the leading, but his blows were not as hard as Paine's. The second and third rounds were well fought, slightly in Cheney's favor as revards points. Paine showed greater endurance, and was doing good work when time was called and the bout was given to Cheney...
...second bout in the light-weight sparring was between J. L. Dodge '91 and J. L. Putnam '92. Putnam looked considerably heavier than Dodge but was not as scientific. The first two rounds were decidedly in Dodge's favor, but in the third round Dr. Appleton stopped the bout and disqualified Dodge on a foul after having cautioned him a number of times...