MIDDLE-WEIGHT WRESTLING.Although W. J. Bowen, '87, has won this event for the past two years, G. L. Hunter, '89, a new man, made some hard work for him on Saturday. The bout was opened by Bowen, who got Hunter down, and spent much time in ineffectual efforts to put him on his back. Hunter showed great strength, and, turning the tables when Bowen had him by the neck, won a neat fall in nine minutes and thirty-five seconds.
Bowen lost a fall to Finney year before last, and another to Guild, but it was because he had broken his grip after the men had been given a hold. This is the first fall ever won off him under other circumstances.
Ten minutes' rest was allowed before the men came to the scratch once more. Bowen got several good holds, Hunter turned quickly and avoided a fall. Bowen gave up ground work, finding it useless to turn over his adversary. Bowen was hurt, and three minutes were given for repairs. After several minutes more of good hard wrestling, time was called without either man having secured a fall.
After the middle-weight sparring, wrestling was renewed, and in two minutes Bowen secured a neck grip and won a fall.
Both men struggled bard for the third and deciding fall. Bowen did most of the offensive work, but Hunter avoided every grip, and Bowen knew the uselessness of trying to turn him over. More time had to be given for the men to rest. Finally Hunter got a good grip, Bowen broke it and put him squarely on his back. Bowen won two falls to one.
HEAVY-WEIGHT SPARRING.G. M. Ashe, L. S., and F. G. Curtis, '90, met again in the heavy-weight sparring. The first round opened with cautious sparring. Ashe did most of the leading and Curtis countered him nearly every time. Both men were evidently saving themselves.
In the second round Ashe got in some hard ones on Curtis' body, who for his part led towards the end of the round and hit Ashe often.
The third round was opened briskly by Curtis who landed his right and left on Ashe's jaw several times without getting hit in return. Ashe suddenly gathered himself up for a last effort and visited Curtis with a right and left. These he followed with a right on the jaw which knocked Curtis off his feet. When time was called Curtis made one rally, but at the first hard blow he received he went down and was unable to finish the round. The cup was awarded to Ashe. Curtis was very plucky, and his reappearance a few minutes after was greeted with prolonged applause.
FEATHER-WEIGHT WRESTLING.S. Paine, '90, was unable to come down to weight, and the event was in consequence a walk-over for A. C. Coolidge, '87.
TUG-OF-WAR.In the tug of war, '89 was represented by P. Marquand, W. G. Rantoul, J. Endicott, G. Perry (anchor); '90 by R. Jones, C. L. Crehore, J. P. Hutchinson, A. Amory (anchor). Mr. Morrison, '83, started the teams after the usual number of futile efforts; '90 won the drop by two inches. '89 worked hard and Perry struggled to straighten out his knees; nevertheless '90 had two and a half inches at the end of two minutes. Amory only came down once, and that time he got a couple more inches; '89 mean while was fighting for all it was worth; Perry was not only sandy, he was foxy as well, and tried to win back the precious inches by head and legs. It was no use; '90 had three and a half inches when time was called. The joy of the freshmen knew no bounds. They rushed in and carried their team off with uproarious joy. Beware, '90, you may strike a snag yet.
The officers of the meeting were Mr. Outram Bangs, '84, judge of wrestling; Dr. William Appleton, '72, referee of sparring; Mr. J. S. Fay, Jr., and Mr. J. P. Hawes, judges of sparring.