Word: boxers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Donnelly, Princeton's end rush, is champion middle weight boxer of Chicago...
There is a very interesting exhibition of sculptures by Mr. John Donoghue in Horticultural Hall, Boston. Three statues are shown: "The Boxer," "Young Sophocles" and the "Hunting Nymph." John L. Sullivan stood as a model for "The Boxer" and this statue bids fair to become very celebrated...
Morrison, M. S., the champion heavy weight boxer of the college, is at present trying for centre-rush on the 'Varsity eleven...
...these to make their blows more deadly. They also usually, but not always, fought continuously until one of the combatants gave in, "rounds" apparently not being to their taste. But although there seems to have been this savagery about the contests, it by no means follows that a "scientific boxer" of the present day would not be able to hold his own in one, if a trial were possible...
...eight from '88. Class stand did not alone determine the choice, but athletic and literary proficiency was taken into consideration. According to the New York Tribune, one was drawn as being the best roator, two because of their poetical ability, and a fourth owing to his success as a boxer. - Yale News...