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FEATHER-WEIGHT SPARRING.F. P. Clement, '88; L. S. Thayer, '88; W. H. Dame, '90, and E. W. Grew, '89, the winner of the bout with A. C. Coolidge, '87, at the last meeting, were the contestants in the feather-weight sparring...
...First Bout - Thayer and Dame sparred the first bout. The first round was quickly opened by Thayer who got in a body blow on his opponent. Dame replied with some straight leads with his left which reached home nearly every time. Thayer was quick on countering and ducked in a puzzling way. The second round was even more lively than the first. Dame got in an upper cut at an opportune moment when Thayer had ducked and not guarded his head. Dame countered with his left in fine style. Towards the end of the round both were somewhat winded...
FEATHER-WEIGHT SPARRING.To make an even number of contestants so as to prevent any one having the advantage of a bye, one bout of the feather - weight sparring was decided Saturday. A. C. Coolidge, '87, and E. W. Grew, '89. were drawn for this meeting. The first round opened smartly, although more than half of the blows fell short and those that did reach the mark had little strength in them. Grew did not seem to have command of the situation and ducked in a very tempting manner. Coolidge took advantage of this and landed several upper-cuts, without, however...
...third round opened at a tremendous temperature. Again Grew got in some good right-handers, and forced the fighting. Throughout the three rounds the honors had been fairly even, but Grew sparred in much better form than Coolidge and he was consequently awarded the bout. The entries in the event for next Saturday will be Clement, '88, L. S.; Thayer, '88; Grew, '89, and Dame...
MIDDLE-WEIGHT WRESTLING.Although W. J. Bowen, '87, has won this event for the past two years, G. L. Hunter, '89, a new man, made some hard work for him on Saturday. The bout was opened by Bowen, who got Hunter down, and spent much time in ineffectual efforts to put him on his back. Hunter showed great strength, and, turning the tables when Bowen had him by the neck, won a neat fall in nine minutes and thirty-five seconds...