Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Harvard's labor situation grew tenser yesterday as the Harvard Employees Representative Association installed permanent members and dug themselves in for a long fight against the American Federation of Labor...
Ruefully, Lamar explains that he planned to return to Virginia to take graduate courses in engineering, but pugilism claimed him first, and he turned professional as soon as he graduated, competing in around 40 bouts in his pro career. As a prize-fighter, he lost only one fight, and that was to Jim Maloney, of South Boston. He admits with some hesitation that instead of being called "Kid Lamar" or the "Southern Slugger," he was billed as "The Washington Schoolboy...
...ring he is quite sincere about, for he declares that, ". . . . professional boxing is not a game I'd recommend for any boy, no matter who he is!" Politics and avaricious managers corrupt boxing, he says, and in spite of all beliefs to the contrary, it is rare that a fight is actually "fixed...
...Sophomore Bill Daughaday has great potentialities to become some day the Crimson's major threat. Yet somewhat green, Daughaday is well built and has developed an efficient technique. His record is not impressive although he won his first four matches over weak opponents. Because he put up a stiff fight against Navy and Penn and also against Charlie Powers of Princeton, observers are predicting he will do well in the Eastern events...
...conclusion to be drawn is that Navy's opposition won't turn out to be very much except in the dive. Gibson, of the Middles, has been diving consistently over 110 points. Although he suffered a relapse against Princeton, he'll probably make a good fight of it with Rusty Greenhood Navy has started its season late this year and is still expecting improvement. The Middles have won one and lost two meets in League competition...