Word: sparer
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Baxter, '83, the noted sparer, broke his hand on Tuesday for the third time in a bout with one of the leading Boston professionals...
...Hyndman, 180 lbs., rowed last year, and Hobbs, 175 lbs., was substitute. Of the new men, Storrs is a prominent foot-ball rusher and a powerful anchor in class tugs ; Scott is a heavy-weight wrestler, and Cowles is a foot-ball rusher and heavy-weight sparer ; all have pulled in class races. The new men are rather light and a New Haven report says that the average of all will be 166-167 lbs., 5 or 6 pounds lighter than the crew of last year. As our own crew will not weigh much more at the time...
...officers of the association in order to gratify the general desire to see the finish of the match at once. But at the same time it must be apparent to all observers that it is not fair treatment of the winner of the first bout. Not one sparer in a hundred possesses the requisite endurance to do himself justice in a second match after he has just boxed three hotly contested rounds with an opponent of equal merit with himself. A notable instance of a similar nature occurred at a winter meeting two years ago, at which the winner...
...following item is from the Yale News; the italics are our own: D. N. Baxter, '83, Harvard's champion heavyweight sparer, will enter for the amateur championship at New York in February Out-runner Bangs, who won the light-weight wrestling at the winter meetings last year, and also the cup for general wrestling, will try conclusions with the other light-weight wrestlers of the country at the same time...
...last season, and made it an object of ridicule in the eyes of the other colleges, all of which played professional teams and had the services of professional coaches. Where the logic comes in adopt-such a course and yet retaining a professional gymnastic teacher and allowing a professional sparer to be in the gymnasium is difficult to comprehend. Yet the nine plays under professional rules and the games are umpired by professionals...