Word: smith
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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MIDDLE-WEIGHT SPARRING.The first event was the middle-weight sparring, for which there were three entries: J. Lee, '83; W. H. Page, '83, and R. D. Smith, '86. Mr. Lee had the "bye" and the first bout was accordingly between Page and Smith. Page had the benefit of two years' experience, having sparred in the light-weight in his sophomore year and in the middle-weight last year, when he was defeated, after a very close contest, by Lee. He has been in active training all winter and the effects of this were visible in his style and effectiveness, which...
First round. - Page forced the fighting from the first, and following Smith up left and right, punished him quite badly. Smith soon recovered, and won deserved applause by several leads straight from the shoulder. Page excelled in round arm blows, while Smith's leading was very effective. At the close it was hard to say who had the best...
Second round. - Both men appeared rested by the one minute respite, and ready for work again. Page once again forced the fighting with good effect, and continually drove his adversary to the ropes, using him up badly. Smith, towards the end of the round, was winded, and the round closed decidedly in favor of Page, who showed up magnificently against his worthy opponent...
Middle Weight Sparring. - W. H. Page, '83 (blue); R. D. Smith...
...short of offering a prize to young men to adopt a certain profession. A man who enters a profession with the aid of outside means, and not by the aid of his own native talents and feelings, will not do much to ennoble that profession. Besides, according to Adam Smith, it fills the profession with inferior men, who make the competition greater and hence reduce the rewards an able man has the right to expect for his labor...