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The American Fistiana: Containing a History of Prize Fighting in the United ... - Page 15
1849 - 28 pages
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Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sport

John Boyle O'Reilly - Boxing - 1888 - 436 pages
...sponge, and the latter with a bottle of water. That the combatants, on shaking hands, shall retire until the seconds of each have tossed for choice of position,...man thereto ; the loser taking the opposite corner. 3. That each man shall be provided with a handkerchief of a color suitable to his own fancy, and that...
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Athletics and Manly Sport

John Boyle O'Reilly - Boxing - 1890 - 568 pages
...sponge, and the latter with a bottle of water. That the combatants, on shaking hands, shall retire until the seconds of each have tossed for choice of position, which adjusted, the winner shall choose bis corner according to the state of the wind or sun, and conduct his man thereto; the loser taking...
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Athletics and Manly Sport

John Boyle O'Reilly - Boxing - 1890 - 564 pages
...on shaking hands, shall retire until the seconds of each have tossed for choice of position, \vhieh adjusted, the winner shall choose his corner according to the state of the wind or sim, and conduct his man thereto ;. the loser taking the opposite corner. 3. That each man shall be...
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Life and Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator

John Lawrence Sullivan, Dudley Allen Sargent - Boxers (Sports) - 1892 - 334 pages
...to the ling by two seconds and a bottle-holder. The combatants, on shaking hands, shall retire until the seconds of each have tossed for choice of position,...conduct his man thereto; the loser taking the opposite diagonal corner. 3. Each man shall be provided with a handkerchief of a color suitable to his own fancy,...
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Boxing

R. G. Allanson-Winn - Boxing - 1897 - 428 pages
...sponge, and the latter with a bottle of water. That the combatants, on shaking hands, shall retire until the seconds of each have tossed for choice of position,...man thereto ; the loser taking the opposite corner. 3. That each man shall be provided with a handkerchief of a colour suitable to his own fancy, and that...
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Kings of the Queensberry Realm

W. W. Naughton - Boxing - 1902 - 364 pages
...combatants, on shaking hands, shall retire until the seconds of each have tossed for choice of positions, which adjusted, the winner shall choose his corner...conduct his man thereto ; the loser taking the opposite diagonal corner. 3 — Each man shall be provided with a handkerchief of a color suitable to his own...
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Knuckles and Gloves

Bohun Lynch - Boxing - 1923 - 294 pages
...sponge, and the latter with a bottle of water. That the combatants, on shaking hands, shall retire until the seconds of each have tossed for choice of position;...man thereto, the loser taking the opposite corner. ,3. That each man shall be provided with a handkerchief of a colour suitable to his own fancy, and...
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Knuckles and Gloves

Bohun Lynch - Boxing - 1922 - 290 pages
...sponge, and the latter with a bottle of water. That the combatants, on shaking hands, shall retire until the seconds of each have tossed for choice of position;...man thereto, the loser taking the opposite corner. 3. That each man shall be provided with a handkerchief of a colour suitable to his own fancy, and that...
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