Word: contesting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Athletic Contest. Harvard Athletic Association. Hemenway Gymnasium...
...mile walk, time reported 93 1/2 minutes. Some doubt as to the accuracy of this time is expressed in athletic circles here, as the track was unfavorable for rapid walking. Side-hold wrestle; one mile walk, time 7 minutes, 45 seconds; heavy weight boxing; light weight boxing. This latter contest was noticeable for the lack of science shown by the contestants, who, however, endeavored to fillits place by hard hitting. Horizontal bar; collar and elbow wrestling. This was eminently a contest between skill and weight, and as such was exceedingly interesting. To the surprise of many the match...
...strikers at Lawrence offer to let their contest with the mill managers be settled by arbitration...
Sullivan is anxious for another fight, and his trainer has made proposals for a contest with Dick Eagan...
Amherst and Williston recently had a billiard contest...