Word: holdings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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LIGHT-WEIGHT WRESTLING.S. Paine, '90 and A. E. Sterne, '87, were the only entries for this event. Both are new men, Sterne evidently the stronger but Paine quicker and more scientific. Sterne immediately got a neck hold and threw Paine, who formed a bridge. While Sterne was trying to break down his bridge Paine won much applause by getting up in some inexplicable way. He secured a neck grip and won the first fall in three and a half minutes. When the contestants again entered the ring Sterne lifted Paine off the ground and tried to land...
HEAVY-WEIGHT WRESTLING.The heavy-weight wrestling was between A. F. Holden, '88, and W. J. Bowen, '87. When time was called both men showed a commendable tendency to get to work without delay. Bowen got several good holds but was unable to get his opponent over on his back. At the end of two and a half minutes he got a good neck hold and Holden struck full on his back...
...second fall was even more quickly accomplished. Bowen got another neck hold and threw his adversary. Holden formed a bridge but not quickly enough. The referee decided that it was a fall and the bout, together with the heavy-weight cup, was awarded to Bowen...
Bowen lost a fall to Finney year before last, and another to Guild, but it was because he had broken his grip after the men had been given a hold. This is the first fall ever won off him under other circumstances...