Word: stood
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...light-weight sparring was the next event on the programme. The only entries were J. W. Lawrence, '91, and H. S. Phillips, Gr. Phillips opened the first round on the offensive, going at his man with the evident intention of annihilating him. Lawrence stood the punishment well and returned enough blows to make the honors about even at the end of the first round. Both men fought carefully during the second round. Phillips got in some hard blows, and Lawrence seemed pretty well used up when time was called. The third round opened much the same as the second, Phillips...
...weights, were next in the ring. It was more of a walking match than a scientific exhibition. Peters had it all his way. He was given the light-weight cup. Gaines and Ellis now appeared for the final feather-weight. Gaines forced the fighting, but not very hard. Ellis stood up to his work well and the first round was anyone's. In the second round Gaines attempted a more aggressive style, rather too much so, for it gave Ellis a fine chance. Ellis was decidedly the fresher at the end of the third round and was awarded the feather...
...Harvard Canoe Club, which has been resurrected this year, is now in a condition which predicts a prosperous future. It was founded in 1884 but has never stood very high among the college athletic organizations. Last year it seemed nearly dead. There were five members in the graduating class, two in '89, and a few specials and Law and Medical School men. It began this year with a muster roll of three men and now that the number has increased to over thirty, many rooms are decorated with the crimson silk burgees bearing the gold circle and shield with...
...their war-clothes under the toga virilis, which in this case may be truly said to have covered many defects. After the announcements were all over, those whose hearts were not unduly weighted down with conditions, rushed to the halls to prepare for the fray. At the east end stood a couple of sophs gazing fondly upon their thirty-dollar darling, which was a striking illustration of the beautiful and useful combined in one, needing only the bowl-man held in its gentle embrace, after the manner of the acorn, to make the picture complete; at the other end stood...
Some of the debt of the Boat Club, as it stood on November 1st, 1887-amounting to $2,187.28-has been paid, and propositions for paying off the rest as rapidly as possible are under consideration. A statement of that whole matter will be made shortly...