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There will be no further contest between the final competitors in the light-weight sparring of last Saturday's meeting...
...Society in inviting Prof. Trelease to lecture here is most commendable. On the same evening Mr. Briggs finishes "The Knightes Tale." The Tuesday course of lectures is brought to an end by Mr. Lodge's lecture on "The Uses and Responsibilities of Leisure." A more appropriate subject for the final lecture is hard to conceive. Moreover the lecturer is one who will be exceedingly welcome to Harvard hearers. But special interest is centred in the meetings of Wednesday. The fact that the prayer petitions are to be considered by the Overseers makes the day a notable one in the week...
...final bout of fencing between Lander, '86 and Isham, R. G. was won by Isham, 7 points to 2. This bout was hardly what it should have been, Isham's tactics being much the better suited to broad sword contest, since he depended more upon his strength than his skill to defeat his adversary...
...final bout between Whitelaw, '87, and A. C. Coolidge, '87, was marked for the pluck with which the former received many hard blows and the rapidity with which the latter delivered them. Whitelaw withdrew after the second round and the bout was awarded to Coolidge...
...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...