Word: weight
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...this morning entries had been made as follows: Fencing. Messrs. Stebbins, C. L. Perkins, Barlow, Ryerson. - Parallel Bars. Messrs. F. W. Thayer, Bowen, Livermore, Tyng, Ellis, Brett. - Heavy-Weight Wrestling. Messrs. Wetherbee, Simmons, Kessler, E. F. Thomas. - Running High Jump. Messrs. Thayer, Latham. - Heavy-Weight Sparring. Messrs. Bryant, M. F. Stiles, Van Stow, Cory...
...first bout of the middle-weight sparring called out Messrs. Bryant, '73, and Curtis, '78. There was some lively sparring on both sides, and the first round was given to Mr. Bryant. After an interval of two minutes, they again came forward; the round was well contested, Mr. Bryant showing great skill in his cross-counters. This round and bout were decided in Mr. Bryant's favor. Then followed the second fencing-bout between Messrs. Cushing, '78, and Churchill, '79. The contestants being smaller men, and nearer of a size than the preceding pair, handled the foil more gracefully...
Saturday, March 17. - 1. Vaulting with two hands. 2. Middle-weight sparring. 3. Standing high jump. 4. Fencing. 5. Heavy-weight sparring...
Saturday, March 24. - 1. Parallel bars. 2. Heavy-weight wrestling. 3. Running high jump. 4. Club swinging. 5. Unfinished bouts...
...their antagonists are going to be. This is, of course, nonsense; if a man is capable of entering into an athletic contest at all, he ought not to be afraid to have it known that he considers himself a fair match for any other man of the same weight who may happen to be his opponent. We understand the feeling that prompts this procrastination, but cannot do otherwise than condemn it; somebody must make the first advances, and so long as a man has made up his mind to spar, it may as well be he as any one else...