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...entries for the horizontal-bar were Messrs. Keene, '79, Fowler, '80, and Scoville, '80. Mr. Keene led off, and was well followed by the other two; all displayed a good deal of science in swinging, and turning summersaults. The prize was finally given to Mr. Keene...
Saturday, March 10. - 1. Horizontal bar. 2. Light-weight wrestling. 3. Vaulting with one hand. 4. Light-weight sparring. 5. Middle-weight wrestling...
...Keene, '79. Vaulting (two hands): A. H. Latham, '77; F. W. Thayer and J. A. Wetherbee, '78; F. B. Keene, '79; and J. P. Livermore, L. S. S. Fencing: A P. Cushing, '78; C. L. Perkins, '79; C. B. Cory and J. H. Stebbins, L. S. S. Parallel bars: F. W. Thayer, '78, and J. T. Bowen, '79. Middle-weight wrestling: F. W. Thayer and J. A. Wetherbee, '78. Standing high jump: A. H. Latham, '77; F. W. Thayer and J. A. Wetherbee, '78; F. B. Keene, '79. Light-weight sparring: A. M. Jones, '78. Heavy-weight sparring: John Bryant...
...gymnastics, numbering seventy-eight members, is divided into four sections according to strength. Twenty-eight marks are required to enter the first division, twenty-two the second, seventeen the third, and twelve the fourth. The basis for assigning marks is as follows: "The applicant places himself between the parallel bars, resting upon his hands with arms straight. He then lowers himself by bending the arms until they are in a flexed condition, then rises again. One mark is allowed each time he rises. The flexors of the arms and some of the chest-muscles are tested on the ladder...
...perhaps kill one another, or get their eyes knocked out, or their teeth punched down their throat. Some men, when they go in a saloon, do not get drunk, but gamble and lose all of their money. It would be better for them to stay at home; for the bar-room is the place...