Word: lamar
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This is the first of three tourneys that Henry Lamar and Dolph Samborski, director of intramurals, will conduct this spring, and it is the first time the freshmen have been included in the College tournament. About 35 entries from the Yard and 45 from the Houses are expected...
...Most of the fellows think they're going to box right away," Lamar laughed. On the contrary, beginners are drilled in the rudiments for well over a month before they square off. Advanced students, however, work on the bags and in the ring, wearing protective headgear. And everybody gets calisthenics...
...clientele is varied. Lamar remarked yesterday that many come simply because they like the sport...
Actually, there are few injuries, Lamar pointed out, and the extent of these is usually a nose-bleed or a twisted hand that results from an improperly delivered blow...
...Under Lamar, who when a pro heavyweight lost only one of 40 bouts--and that to Jim Maloney, the "South Boston Strong Boy"--and former New England amateur champions Tommy Rawson and John "Red" Bullitt, intramural boxing has quietly maintained its niche in the College's sports program...