Word: contesters
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Second round - Once more the men went at it with a will, Parker leading and Ayars countering with good success. Ayars got in some leads and body blows and was loudly applauded. Parker stood up to his work with a will, however, and the contest was most exciting...
...Soren won for us the best college record in this event at the inter-collegiate games, and it was almost a foregone conclusion that he would take the cup, but the numerous entries made the contest exciting and interesting to the spectators. The bar was started at 3 ft. 6 in. Mr. Lander was the first to fail at 4 ft. 4 1-10 in. When the bar reached 4 ft. 5 1/2 in. Morison, Bachelder and Denniston failed, leaving Soren, Chamberlain and Fay. At 4 ft. 7 1-10 in. Fay dropped...
...shooting contest Thursday between Bogardus and Carver, at Cincinnatio, the former scored 63 and the latter 92 clay pigeons. Bogardus is sick...
...during some previous ones - possibly because in former years the ocean cable thrilled for a week or two beforehand with daily details of the betting on this event and the condition of the rival crews. Yet, according to all indications, the race will be as exciting and closely contested as any that has been rowed for several years. Nobody, at any rate, expects, barring accidents, that the contest will repeat Oxford's last year's victory of twenty lengths. The odds are again on the oarsmen of the Isis; partly, no doubt, because they have once more as stroke...
...next event should have been the heavy-weight sparring, but, as there was only one entry, it was not contested and the cup was awarded to D. N. Baxter, '83, who thus becomes heavy-weight champion for the year 1882-83. It is unfortunate that no adversary appeared to contest the honor with Mr. Baxter, as he has been sparring steadily all winter and would have, undoubtedly, stood an excellent chance of winning the general excellence...