Word: heavyweight
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Withington '10, amateur heavyweight champion of New England, refereed the bouts, and L. Withington '11 acted as time-keeper. The men who took part in the exhibition have been for some time under the tutelage of Mr. Anderson and all showed the result of their instruction...
...been shown at other places that most of the heavyweight wrestlers come from the football squad. As regards the benefit of this work for such men we quote one of the leaders in the movement here: "Wrestling is the best means of developing fast, hard line-men, for it not only teaches one to size up an opponent quickly and to use one's power to the best advantage, but it develops a control of the muscles that cannot be obtained in football practice. It is individual coaching of the kind that even the best university players seldom receive...