O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890 · Boston, Ticknor and company · leaf 54
Here w^e see that the Greek ])oxer wore a beltlike the modern, and that he fouiiht in a rins^; butof the details of this h^ht we can iudi>*e nothin<r. There is a boxing match, however, in the^Eneid, between Dares and the aged Entellus,in which the manner of the haht is 2:iven moreclearly, and… … HE WASTES HIS FORCES OX THE WIND. (Instantaneous Photograph.) • This saiil, Entellus for the fight prepares,Strippe;! of his quilted coat, his body bares:Composed of mighty bones and brawn he stands,A goodly, towering object on the sands.Then just ..Eneas equal arms supplied.Which round their…
Boxing · Games · Canoes and canoeing
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