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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard, who pleads only the lack of money for refusing our challenge for a separate race, can consistently negative such an admission, in which the expenses will not be increased by so much as a penny,-if indeed they are not reduced by the receipts from the larger number of spectators who will be attracted by the prospect of a race, instead of the funeral procession, which the Harvard-Columbia affair has hitherto been...
...variety to the dense rows of lookers on. A number of graduates were present who occupied the forms ranged along on either side of the contesting ring. The gallery and ends of the hall were reserved as usual for the ladies and their escorts. The numbers present were larger than a week ago and must have been close upon 1,500. The good crowd in order and those with reserved seat tickets easily found their places. The meeting opened with commendable promptness at 2.30. The special officers of this meeting were: Officer in charge. W. M. Burr, '84; Referee...
...university can add much useful knowledge and ability to any convention called to discuss this matter. Harvard has always been the first or among the first to adopt any kind of athletic game or contest suitable for student recreation and, at present, her range of such sports is much larger than is enjoyed at most of the colleges in this country. After such a thorough discussion as took place on the question of the "regulations" among our students, such a knowledge of many points was gained as would be of much value in any general inter-collegiate convention. Moreover...
MIDDLE-WEIGHT WRESTLING.The next contest in order was the middleweight sparring. Colony, '85, drew the bye, and left Smith, '86, and Woodbury, '86, to contest. The men were evenly matched, Woodbury seeming somewhat the larger of the two. The first round was well contested. The fighting was begun by Woodbury, who did most of the leading. After some preliminary sparring, the men got hard at work. Smith showed some good countering, but Woodbury, quick as a cat, hit him heavily several times. The round ended in favor of Woodbury...
...many of the men who are to take part have appeared as contestants in former years. This names alone will be sufficient to attract a large audience and we think that the access of the meeting is assured. The remaining meetings will, we hope, bring our a much larger field of entries...