Word: winters
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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HOLLIS ST. THEATRE.- Mary Anderson in "A Winter's Tale...
...annual winter meeting of the University of Pennsylvania Athletic Club takes place...
...winter term at Yale university began Tuesday morning with chapel exercises at 8.30 a. m. Comparatively few students have been dropped; nearly all those who had conditions imposed upon them at the beginning of the year were able to pass Wednesday afternoon at Alumni Hall...
...weighing but 118 pounds can hardly be over-estimated. As this is recognized as a truism by all sparrers, many men in past years have been deterred from entering our meetings on account of the very inequality. If I am not mistaken, there was an attempt made last winter to institute a class composed of those whose weight did not exceed 117 or 118 pounds, to be known as the bantam-weights. The attempt falling through, the originators refused to enter a ring where the contestants would be so unevenly matched...
...idea suggested by a correspondent in today's issue in regard to the establishment of a new class in sparring, will meet with the approval of us all. There are so few heavyweights in college that a bout in this class is growing to rarity in the winter meetings. Consequently a new class has almost become a necessity and would be very acceptable at the present time. But in addition to a reason which emanates from a desire to witness more sparring, there is a growing feeling among the lighter men that it is manifestly unfair to match two contestants...