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Then came the sparring, which was in the main well contested and scientific, although several of the bouts degenerated into the regions of slugging. Gaines won the first bout, feather-weight, in very good style, using his left hand to especial advantage. The second bout between E. Grew, H., '89, and J. D. Williams, was the sharpest and most one sided contest of the day. Grew was beaten in the first, although he stood up for the second and third rounds. In the second round the made a brace which availed him nothing. He was knocked out in the third...
...bout between G. M. Ashe, H., '87, and J. W. Downey was fairly interesting, and was given to the former. W. H. Paine, L. S., and W. Austin, H., '87, fought the next bout, light weight. Paine got groggy early in the bout, and Austin got winded. The third round saw each man falling blindly into the arms of the other, or slashing about with the gloves. A fourth round had to be fought to decide this, and Austin, rallying slightly, was given the bout...
...often the invitation came. Refusal was promptly followed by a challenge to fight a duel. The story is told of one pugnacious student, who, being something of a duelist, and being well filled with the balm of German student life, jumped upon a long table one night at drinking bout, and walked the whole length of the table, kicking the mugs and pitchers right and left. As a result he had fourteen duels on his hands, which was considered a very fair record, even for a university student. It may be well to add that he fought successfully his fourteen...
...after our usual short resting space, the college calls "Time" for the third and final bout of the annual struggle between students and studies. Again we come back to Cambridge with the same old resolutions to do a tremendous amount of work, and do it well,- how well the "finals" only can show. But leaving aside the question of studies, which concerns, after all, only individuals, we must stop for a moment to consider the state of the athletic interest, which concerns the university as a whole. We are, practically, upon the threshold of our season of out-door practice...
...judges' decision in the bout between Wright, '86, and Clement, '88, on Saturday, has caused much dissatisfaction in various quarters...