Word: jaw
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sparring, could not be found for several minutes. He appeared, however, to call time for the first round. Both men went to work in a business-like manner and his hard, not wasting their strength on blows that fell short. Curtis got in several swings on Ashe's jaw; his countering was also good. Ashe showed a disposition to clinch, and just as time was called he got in a hard, straight left-hander. The second round was harder, and both men were less careful not to get hit, preferring to counter rather than ward off the blows. Ashe struck...
...third round was opened briskly by Curtis who landed his right and left on Ashe's jaw several times without getting hit in return. Ashe suddenly gathered himself up for a last effort and visited Curtis with a right and left. These he followed with a right on the jaw which knocked Curtis off his feet. When time was called Curtis made one rally, but at the first hard blow he received he went down and was unable to finish the round. The cup was awarded to Ashe. Curtis was very plucky, and his reappearance a few minutes after...
...size of the brain. Portions of the brain have been lost without loss of activity. The "American Crowbar Case" is the most famous, when a bar 1 1-2 inches in diameter, and 3 feet long was shot in blasting through a man's head, entering in the jaw and coming out in the forward part of the head. This man recovered. Experiments on animals show that cutting out certain parts of the brain will produce paralysis of certain parts of the body. Disease, strong emotions, fear, grief, will also produce paralysis. The wonderful and inexplicable action of the will...
Ashe, '87, and Mitchell, '89, were the contestants in the first bout of the light weight sparring. The first round was scientific, with the advantage slightly in favor of Mitchell. In the second round Ashe struck Mitchell a terrible blow on the jaw which caused him to lose confidence as well as strength. The third round was well contested, Mitchell doing some very good work but he was uncertain in his movements, owing to his punishment in the second round. The bout was awarded to Ashe...
...Clement, '88, H. D. Cheever, '88. Clement led off for Cheever's head but his blows were dodged by the latter, who got in a round shot on Clements' body. Clement, however, soon found an opening, and sent in a rushing blow with his right on Cheever's jaw. The second round was rather tame, neither receiving any punishment. In the third round Clement led off finely, following up quickly with his right, and succeeded in planting several blows on Cheever's face and body before the latter seemed to know what he was up to. Cheever tried to rally...