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...freshmen kept possession of the stick, beating off their opponents again and again. Finally one of the '88 men, holding the cane in his left hand, was making off with it when he felt a hand placed upon his shoulder. Feeling himself attacked, he hit out with his other fist and struck President Barnard in the shoulder; for it was he who, interfering to stop the rush, had laid his hand upon the freshman. Nothing daunted, the president returned the blow in a manner which made the young man have a nose bleed. It is needless to say that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Sudden End of a Cane Rush. | 10/15/1884 | See Source »

Match 1. 5 glass balls. Fist, W. L. Allen, '86, Palmer, '87, E. J. Sartelle, 85, W. H. Slocum, '86. Second, W. Austin, '87, Frye...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD SHOOTING CLUB. | 3/15/1884 | See Source »

...pressure to bear upon the committee that they were obliged to publish their letter. He positively asserted that Yale was not aimed at in the least but rather their own team. He says moreover that their main objection was that a man could strike three times with his closed fist before being disqualified. The letter be acknowledges to have been weak and misleading. He professes to be, notwithstanding all this disturbance, a strong supporter of foot-ball and considers it a better game than base-ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/10/1883 | See Source »

...unless Sr Gawdy you bad forthwith gone I should have sett you out : upon that your kinsman not brooking those speeches, turns back, and pulls one his hat and tells him, seeings he used him soe, he would not yet out, upon that the Deane strikes him with his fist in the face. He beeing a man and of a spirit could not forbeare, but repaies the Deane with interest; for this he was convened before the Master and fellows, and a severe Censure passed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY LIFE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. | 12/4/1883 | See Source »

...highly interesting and exciting no one will deny, but that it was foot-ball, as foot-ball should be played, we cannot admit. No doubt the game of Saturday was just the thing to suit the majority of the spectators. It was a regular series of wrestling matches and fist fights, interspersed at times with fine play of foot-ball. We can reiterate the remark of a spectator who stood by us, which was : "That's awful rough work, rougher than I've ever seen, but if it suits them it certainly does me." The excitement ran very high among...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRINCETON VS. YALE. | 12/3/1883 | See Source »

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