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...Lamar, himself, was a National A.A.U. champ in 1925-6 and is currently a member of the Massachusetts Boxing Commission...
Once inside the boxing room, the newcomer asked Coach Henry Lamar who the kid was who wouldn't box with him, for he seemed to remember his face from somewhere. When told by Lamar that it was John Bullitt of the English Department, the student blurted, "Oh, my God, I'm in his class...
Thus Bullitt had dashed the fondest dream of every undergraduate to step in the ring with a member of the faculty. Or would it have been a nightmare in this case? Yes, it probably would have; Bullitt, one of Lamar's prize pupils, was the New England Amateud Lightweight Champion back in 1943, and he numbered the National Golden Gloves titlist among his victims...
...boxer of this caliber doesn't come to the College very often; hence, Lamar emphasizes instruction for the average undergraduate in his daily sessions. "Unless a boy is exceptionally gifted and really wants to," the coach does not prepare his men for the A.A.U. tourneys...
...squad was then in a regular league and met such teams as Springfield, New Hampshire, Dartmouth, Yale, M.I.T., and Toronto. But gradually these schools began to give up the sport--one of them because the Crimson defeated it so humiliatingly--an Lamar had to schedule such teams as Princeton, Pennsylvania, Army, and the University of Virginia, his alma mater...