Word: boxer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Parker gave a very interesting talk before the Religious Union in Holden Chapel last night on the Stoic poet, Cleanthes. Cleanthes was by profession an athlete or boxer who lived in Athens in the time of Euclid and Archimedes. He was not by profession a poet, but when he came to Athens he soon saw that there was something better to live for than boxing. So he put himself under the instruction of Zeno, a Stoic philosopher. But since he was a poor man he was obliged to work nearly all night to support himself. He was summoned before...
...screen to the hitting of the dot is measured in hundredths of seconds by a pendulum chronometer and the error of the blow to the right or left of the center, is registered automatically. This apparatus makes it possible to test two qualifications most necessary for a good boxer, fencer, football or tennis player, that is, quickness of sight and accuracy of motor response...
...tendency of the age to revert to first principles is evident in Professor Austin's "A Bout with the Gloves." The author warns the modern boxer against ancient errors of form and cites several illustrations. Those who are inclined to take "a bout with the gloves" should not fail to read this paper, so replete with valuable instructions. The best story of the number is "Gert," a most delightful bit of fiction, whose plot is laid on the wilds of the frontier. The characters delineated are out of the ordinary run and are beyond the daily experiences of those even...