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Clement of Harvard and Whitney of Technology met in the first bout of the feather-weight sparring. The first round was tame; Clement had the advantage. The second and third rounds were more lively; in these Clement easily had the advantage, and the bout was awarded...
...first bout of the light-weight, Austin, '87, against Hillebrand, '87, resulted in a victory for the former, who thereby won the light-weight cup. The sparring was hard and marked by much clinching. The three rounds were so close that a fourth had to be fought to decide the contest...
...last Friday evening all the glad bibulation culminated in one grand "Bier Kommers," in which all the members of the university participated. It was held in the great Fest Halle and was attended by from four to five thousand persons. At eight and a half o'clock the bout began; and the cock had crowed himself hoarse in welcoming full orbed day before it was ended. I have attended similar gatherings in Heidelberg before, but none which in magnitude and glory could be compared with this. Grave professors, gray-haired students of bygone times, guests, royal and otherwise, jaunty young...
...understood that two heavy-weights from '88 are to meet in a private sparring bout this week...
...final bout in the light-weight sparring between Ashe and Austin, '87, was looked forward to with the greatest interest. Austin forced the fighting from the first, in the second round giving his opponent some hard blows and getting a few in return. In the third round both men went quickly to work, but they showed the effects of their previous struggle, Ashe especially, who had a hard contest with Mitchell. Both soon became winded and their last few blows were weak and ineffective. After some minutes discussion, the judges decided to call the bout a draw, though...