Word: ring
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which had the power of examining candidates for the license to teach law, and those who had passed this examination and had instruction for a year, were recommended to the archdeacon of the Bishop of Bologna, who made them Doctor of Laws by delivery of a cap, book and ring...
FEATHER-WEIGHT SPARRING.Final Bout - Dame and Grew both looked fresh and in good condition as they stepped into the ring to decide the feather-weight sparring. Dame led with his left and Grew replied with a lively rally. Dame used his left and kept away from a good many of Grew's swinging rights. Grew hit several body blows. He kept up the same game in the second round and seemed intent on winding Dame. Dame replied to a swinging right with a straight right and left, both of which hit squarely. Grew forced the fighting and kept trying...
...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 him on his back. Paine turned quickly and came down back up. While Sterne was trying to turn him he seized one of his hands, and pulled Sterne over on his head and thence on to his back. Paine's wrestling...
...Feather-weight wrestling - A. C. Coolidge, '87; S. Paine, 80. Heavy-weight wrestling - W. T. Bowen, '87; A. F. Holden, '88. Heavy-weight sparring - G. M. Ashe, L. S.; F. G. Curtis, '90. Middle-weight-sparring, G. M. Ashe, L. S.; F. G. Curtis, '90. Feather-weight spar ring - A. C. Coolidge, '87; Clement, '88; L. Thayer, '88; E. Grew. Putting the shot - E. T. Manley, 87; W. J. Bowen, '87; C. E. Loud, '87; H. B. Gibson, '88; J. H. Slade, '00. The entries for the feather-weight sparring close at 10 o'clock to-morrow night. If five...
...sword in his hand. Between the two, but at a safe distance, stands the umpire. Just behind is an attendant with a basin of water, a sponge, and a chair, while the doctors hover round the group like vultures scenting slaughter from afar. The buzz of conversation in the ring is immediately hushed as the umpire calls Silentium, zur Mensur! and announces that two members of such and such Verbindungen will fight for 15 minutes. Then one of the seconds gives the word to cross swords; and as the two figures in the middle stand with right arms high...