Word: superiority
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Clement led by planting his left and right on his opponents body. These blows Wright returned by stooping down and planting several blows on the top to Clement's head. Clement did some good dodging, but was unable to reach Wright's head, owing to the latter's superior height. In the second round, Clement led off with his left, following it up with his right, for his opponents head. Both men then got in several quick blows and appeared pretty evenly matched. In the third round Clement made several pretty leads, but Wright countered well, and drove...
...Clement's body, and the latter returned by landing several blows on Paine's head and driving him on to the settees. Paine then rallied and put in some stinging blows on Clement's head and body. In the second round Paine went in for business, and his superior weight began to tell. He did effective work with his left, but many of his blows were dodged and countered by Clement. The third round made it plain that although Clement was more scientific, he was too light to stand up before his adversary. Paine planted some heavy blows on Clement...
...Carnochan, '85, 131 lbs., formerly champion feather-weight of the college, and C. N. B. Wheeler, '86, 139 1-2 lbs., were the other two entries in the light-weight. Again weight and brute force was superior to skill. Wheeler, who was the stronger and heavier, gaining two straight falls. Carnochan eluded one fall by making a bridge, but wheeler soon after got a neck hold and hip lock, by which he brought his man flat upon his back. Time, 3m. 30s. The second fall was obtained by Wheeler at the end of 30 seconds. He was very quick about...
...formation of a New England league, and this season will find four clubs, Cambridge, Somerville, Harvard University and Boston, playing a good strong game. Any one of these ought to be able to hold any club in the country. Baltimore claims that the Druids of that city will be superior to any club in the country this season, and that in the match for the Oelrich's cup next summer it will require imported talent to defeat them. New England will doubtless do its best to disprove this sweeping assertion. The South Bostons and Independents are also members...
...true. Do you, in physical education, take for your aim to strengthen the parts that are weak, or do you seek to develop more the parts already strong? Is the public ready for a steatopygean education. They like it in Africa. Is a man complete if he be a superior mathematician and that be the limit of his knowledge...