Word: light-weight
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...bring out a large audience at the Second Winter Meeting. This meeting, like the one the week before, proved to be of unusual excellence. The interest centred in the sparring. Never do we remember of seeing three such pretty and well-contested bouts in the feather-weight. The light-weight, too, was contested with exceptional science. All the events were good, because the contestants were evenly matched. It was a surprise to many that the '87 tug-of-war team should make such a good fight against the always victorious...
...LIGHT-WEIGHT SPARRING.As will be easily remembered, G. M. Ashe, L. S., and W. Austin, '87, tried in the light-weight sparring last year. Saturday they were the only entries for the event, which was consequently decided in one bout. Never, perhaps, in the memory of undergraduates has so much interest been manifested in an event at the Winter Meetings. The expectations of the audience were realized. Both men showed much improvement over last year, Austin in using his left hand, and Ashe in the use of his right...
...LIGHT-WEIGHT SPARRING. 1 - G. M. Ashe...
...LIGHT-WEIGHT SPARRING.W. Austin, '87; G. M. Ashe...
...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...