Word: thayer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Front room in the yard; Thayer 19. Bonus given. Apply at Bursar's, or Thayer...
...Front room in the yard; Thayer 19. Bonus given. Apply at Bursar's, or Thayer...
...Front room in the yard; Thayer 19. Bonus given. Apply at Bursar's, or Thayer...
...first event of the afternoon was the fence-vault, which was well contested by six men; Fessenden, '86, Lander, '86, Leavitt, '89, Snyder, '86, L. S. Thayer, '88, and Batchelder, L. S. Thayer was the first to drop out and Batchelder soon followed. Leavitt and Snyder failed at six feet seven and a half inches. Lander fell out at six feet nine. The event was won by Fessenden with a vault of six feet ten and a quarter inches...
...second round. Whitelaw again rushed his opponent who avoided some heavy blows very neatly. In turn Fillebrown placed some effective hits. The round seemed about equal. In the third round Whitelaw again began rushing, but was severely handled, giving few blows in return. The bout was awarded to Fillebrown. Thayer, '88, withdrew. Coolidge was therefore given abye. The judges here announced a mistake in the winner of the first bout, and after another round the winner was announced, amid the mingled cheers and groans of the spectators, as Mr. Whitelaw, who would have been declared winner at first except...