Word: spar
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following named men will probably spar at the winter meetings: Feather weight, Heilbron, '83, and Baker, '84. Light weight, O. G. Smith, '83, and E. K. Butler, '83. Middle weight, W. H. Page and Richmond, '83, and R. D. Smith, '86. Heavy weight, Baxter, '83, and Appleton, '84. Mr. Guiteras will probably not spar...
...Elliott has issued a challenge, offering John L. Sullivan $500 if he will spar four rounds with him, and $500 more if he knocks him out. Elliott's backers have deposited $750, as a guarantee, with...
...meeting in the gymnasium this evening the programme will be the same as that of Saturday, with a few changes. The prize for general excellence in sparring will be awarded, and Page and Lee will spar for the middle-weight...
Page, '83, will not be able to spar in the light-weight contests, owing to a serious injury of the thumb...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: In the past meetings of the H. A. A., held in the gymnasium, the graduates (?) who were appointed as judges had been out of college for some time. There are many reasons why the judges in the sparring and wrestling contests should be appointed from members of the association in college at the time of the events. The college feeling in regard to sparring is higher than that outside; what is desired is scientific sparring; we do not want a slugging match or a glove fight as they have at Yale. As in fencing a touch counts...