The New York herald., 1876-03-21
ATHLETICS AT HARVARD.

A FALSE REPORT CoRRECTED-MR. WILLIAM G.
PRICE ALL RIGHT AND wELL--No MORE
GREco-RoMAN WRESTLING JUMPING, FESc-
ING AND sPARRING CONTESTS.
Bosroy, March is, 1876
The statement which printed in the HERALD OF
last Thursday of the death OF William c. Price, stu
dent OF tho Freshman class of Harvard College, from
the effects of injuries received while wrestling was a
! mistake The facts OF the case are these:-Mr Price
! was practising with Mr. Kessler Sophomore and
winner Of the middle weight wrestling prize offered by
the Athletic Association week ago and caught by
the latter in a neck-lock In the struggle TO break
away Mr.. Price was thrown a heavy fall across tho
others hip and dislocated his DR.. Bigelow
of Boston, called in and gave his opinion that an
attempt reset the vertebra would be dangerous
the shock might break the spinal AS it was
the student would have been killed If the strain had
thrown the bone quarter OF an inch more to side
n Mr. Price sent TO his home in st. Clair, Penn,
under the OF cassmate and despatch was re.
ccived last Friday stating that successful operation
had been performed and that the student was per
fectly we'll The report OF his death which got about
last Wednesday had the effect OF causing order to
be posted in the gymnasium forbdding all wrestling OF
the style known as "Greco Roman" and hereafter no
prize will be offered for any catch hold" wrestling
The Athletic Association held its third day OF the
Winter Meeting this morning. The crowd was larger
than on any previous day and tho contests moro ex-
citing.
The high jump, running, between Messrs. Hall, '76.
and Hubbard rs was by the former. who cleared
feet, Ia inches.
For the fencing there were three entries-AIessrs
Hoadlcy Stcbbins, and Perkins In the first bout be-
tween Hoadlcy and stebbins the latter declared
the winner after an attack" of3 minutes IL seconds.
The second "attack' between Messrs. stebbins and
Perkins lasted three minutes and also by Mr.
Stebbins, who Is a very small man, standing only two
or three inches over FIVE feet His parties were very
quick, especially when catching his opponents
''coups" and he seldom failed OF ''touch" when
'riposng," or counterng, as one would say in sparr
ing.
sPARRISG
The last event OF the day the heavy weight spar
ring which thrown open all weights, the oner
cup for the best general display Of skll by General
Lister, the superintendent of the gymnasium The
entries were Messrs James l.. s S. cunningham, Law
School; Hail. 20; Morgan, rs; Rives Law School, and
scymore Medical School The FIRST bout was between
James aud Rivcs
Round I.-Mr. Riveg opened with blow on his OPP
ponent's nose to which Mr James replied with very
slow counter which fell short The sparrlng was slow
and cautious and the round ended, without much OF
display on either side, IN favor or Mr. Riyes.
Round 2.-This was little quicker, both getting
warmed to their work. Rives led of again and sharp
exchange followed. each letting drive with an inside
laughter from the audience. The pair chaked their
shoes well before coming together again. and the fall
seemed TO have made them cautious tor time was called
after three minutes of wary sparrng, and the winner
was declared to be Mr.. Rives.
Bout second.-Messrs Cunningham and Morgan.
Round lrhis was very fine display. Both hit
bard and quick, and parricd with skill Tho counter
ing amazingly good. especially on the part OF Mr..
Cunningham, who won the round.
Round AIN this Mr. Morgan seemed TO pick up and
showed great agility in getting away from his oppo-
nent's returns Both hit out clean from the shoulder
and In the midst Of a lu, when both had dropped
their hands from sheer exhaustion, time called.
Mr. Morgan the round.
Round 3-This was repetition OF the two preceding
ones Mr. Morgan's quickncss In getting away from his
opponents counters aud his rapid returns winning
HIM the round and bout
The third bout between Messrs. Hall and Scymore
was exciting. In the FIRST round tho
hardest hitting OF the day. Both made play for the
kidneys, and the result that both went Of their
feet several times The FIRST round ended in favor
OF Mr. Seymour
Round Again the hitting was very hard and quick
and two pairs OF lips looked rather CORY After rapid
half rally time called and the rOunu gwen TO
Mr. Seymore.
After an intermlssion Of Eve minutes Messrs Rivcs
and scymore stood up spar of the FIRST tie After
few passes Seymore ducked and, rushing IN for cross
buttock, caught by Mr Rives aud held IN "chan-
cery.n He got away very cleverly, however, though
not without receiving two or three sounding raps.
The round ended with fierce rally and hr seymorc
Messrs scymore aud Morgan faced each other for
the final round This was a rafting good DouI Sey-
moro stood head shorter than his opponent, VINO s
a VARSITY "oar. and found that he cOuld NOT
reach his head falling short az every attempt ana
twice receiving terrible counter in the shape o.
force the work and landed blow on the others face
wh lch started tho blood, and in the give and ake'
which followed Mr. Seymorc showed cat-likc aglity ia
dncking and the greatest pluck IN receiving what must
have been terrible blows. When time was called Mr.
lfofGan was declared tho winner OF tho round, aud