Word: bout
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...third Winter Meeting promises to be by all odds the most interesting of all. Mr. Robert Stoll of the New York Athletic Club, champion of America on the flying rings, has been invited to contest and has accepted. There will also be a fencing bout between skilled fencers. As some of the best men in college have not yet handed in their names, the entries will be left open until today at seven o'clock. This applies particularly to the flying rings, club swinging, and fence vault...
Following on this event were the broad sword contests. The entries were R. B. Merriman '96; J. C. Hancock '95, H. F. Gillette '96, and C. N Barney M. S. The bouts were for 10 points and all cuts above the waist, as well as thrusts, were made to count. Hancock and Merriman were the first men matched. Merriman was the cleverer and won, 10 to 6. In the Gillette Barney bout the contest was closer, Barney winning. In the finals Merriman won from Barney...
...Clark. 94 won the middle weight wrestling by default but wrestled an exhibition match with Gould. Gould was much the heavier and stronger but did not succeed in throwing Clark until the end of the third bout...
...heard throughout the Bible. It says, God is law, and law is God. True happiness is not reached by self-service but by self-sacrifice. Success does not consist of so much power or so much wealth. Alexander listened to the tempter's voice and died in a drunken bout at thirty-three. It brought Caesar the assassin's knife, and gave Napoleon St. Helena. Jay Gould died hating the whole world and hated...
...boxing-meet of the B. A. A. on Nov. 15th R. T. French '93 and J. P. Roman '96 will enter the special bout at 150 pounds...