Word: winner
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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FEATHER-WEIGHT SPARRING-FINAL BOUT.Kimball, the winner of one of the trial bouts, was too used up to appear, and the winner of the other trial bout, Mygatt, '86, was awarded...
...fine countering of Bradley turned his hard blows off. Hot hitting by both contestants followed, and Bradley succeeded in getting Varick in chancery, but they were immediately parted. As both contestants were by this time some what winded, the round ended tamely, and Bradley was rightly named the winner...
...first time. Chamberlain's jumping, although effective, was marked by effort and lack of grace. As the bar went up Bachelder first retired. Soon afterward Fessenden failed to clear the bar. Rogers and Chamberlain continued, until Rogers missed after three trials. Chamberlain. Chamberlain was thus left the winner, with a record of 4 feet 8 1-2 inches...
...Tweddle gained a point. Tweddle gradually crept up, but the fencing was wild and the parrying poor. Tweddle's guard was so low that Mumford easily won the bout, but with much less fine fencing than the first round. As there were no other contestants, Mumford was declared the winner...
...Association in deciding to have the two mile bicycle race in future run in heats. Mr. Reed says that a two mile race is particularly exhausting and claims that hardly anyone is strong enough to ride two two-mile heats in an afternoon. He mentions that "in 1883 the winner spent the night after the race in an agony, fighting for breath with the assistance of five mustard plasters." If this is the case we should strongly advise that winner never to race again. A two-mile race is considered a hard race, but anyone ought to be able...