Word: bout
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Killing Rounds. The match, held at the Oriental Park Race Track in Havana on a blistering hot April afternoon, was scheduled for a man-killing 45 rounds. It lasted 26, or one hour and 44 minutes, making it the longest heavyweight championship bout in this century. Five years later, Johnson, broke and living in Paris, sold a "confession" to a magazine in which he claimed that he had thrown the fight for $50,000 and the promise of leniency from the U.S., where he was wanted for violating the Mann Act. Willard's reaction: "If Johnson throwed the fight...
...last year's meet sabreman Ron Winfield was the only bright spot, winning all of his bouts. Except for Winfield, no Harvard fencer won more than one bout. Winfield, now the team captain, will again be a key figure, but this year he has some companions...
...fact that everyone will see lots of action appeals to Lee. Though each match is nine minutes long rather than eight, one match is equivalent to about a six-minute college bout because the clock runs continuously...
Keller and Cetrulo got help from foil-man San Fotus, sabreman Ron Winfield and epee Geza Tetrayllay in registering the Crimson's victory. Winfield lost his first bout of the season against sophomore Wally Jones, M.I.T.'s top sabre-man. Cetrulo, however, beat Jones, 5-4, after being down...
Coach Edo Marion let his superstars rest for at least one bout apiece. Parkhurst won two easy bouts and Mickey Irvings, one of last year's freshman stars, made his first varsity appearance, winning two close matches...