Word: anchors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Inter-Collegiate games, has been chosen as follows: Throwing the hammer, Adams, Halsey: putting the shot, Cook; mile walk, Thompson; mile run, Carter, Hamilton; half mile run, Carter and Griffith; quarter mile run, Griffith, Guthrie, Hodge, Fenton; pole vaulting, H. Hodge, Toler; tug-of-war, Jamison, McClellan, Calhoun, Cowan. (anchor...
During the tug-of-war on Saturday, one of the rope men of the '86 team was heard angrily to cry out to the anchor of that team "Why don't you straighten out your legs...
...excellent as to call forth the excited applause of the oldest spectator. The tug-of-war alone was less interesting than last year, owing to the absolute certainty which prevailed as to the winners of the first two meetings and the unfortunate accident which deprived '86 of her regular anchor at the third, there was not the least approach to enthusiasm over any of the contests...
...classmates. '86 had the north and '88 the south end of the hall. The usual delay in getting a fair start occurred. After several trials, '88 got the drop by four inches. '86 commenced heaving but soon desisted while Balch took in a fair amount of rope. The '86 anchor now had some trouble in straightening out his legs. At the end of two minutes '88 had about a foot of rope. The '88 men now took a little rest, leaning back and seeming to enjoy the prospect. '86 tried to recover an inch or two but the '88 team...
...Pudor; 2, F. S. Churchill; 3, G. C. Adams; anchor, R. F. Rogers. '88. 1, E. A. Pease; 2, J. R. Purdon; 3, P. Chase; anchor, F. G. Balch...