Word: fall
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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TRIALS, MIDDLE-WEIGHT WRESTLING.W. J. Bowen, '87, 156 lbs., and J. M. T. Finney, M, S., were the first two contestants. Bowen had stronger arms and a better body. Finney was more solid in the legs and weighed about as much as Bowen. Bowen won the first fall in less than a minute, getting a neck hold and hip lock. This was done so quickly that Finney was taken by surprise, and was on his back almost before he knew it. The men faced each other again, and this time their work showed them to be very evenly matched. Bowen...
...money which will be needed this year, and a good idea, in that the college at large may see what they are to pay for, how their money goes, and that as little as possible of it is wasted. Such an estimate would be of service in the fall, for then the report of the actual expenditures can be compared with it, and men can see how nearly they tally with the estimated expenses...
...been twenty-seven aspirants for places in the Yale University nine. There are three squads in steady practice. Terry, '85, second base of the '84 nine and captain of the '85 nine, will very likely retain his old position. Lux, '88, was the catcher on the freshman team last fall, and though he has recently broken a finger through his steady playing, will probably retain his old position. Sheppard, '87, was left field on his class nine, and is trying for a similar position on the university, which he stands a fair chance of gaining. Morse, '87, was change catcher...
...predicted that there will be a large fall of snow at Cambridge in the course of next week...
Three theological students at Yale have brought suit against the selectmen of New Haven for refusing to permit them to vote last fall...