Word: anchors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...between '89 and '91, for the class championship. '89 won an inch on the drop, and continually increased their advantage without many heaves, so that before three minutes they had two inches, at four and a half minutes three inches, and when time was called five inches. Higgins, anchor of '91, did not get his legs fairly straightened out during the tug and would probably have lost a foot or more of rope in another minute...
...Perry, anchor. A. Amory, anchor...
...teams from all four classes will pull. They will be made as follows: '89, Grew, Raymond, Endicott, Perry, (anchor); '90, Jones, George, Tyson, Amory, (anchor); '91, De Normandie, Bass, McLellan, Higgins (anchor); '92, Grant, Smith, Motte, Allen, (anchor...
...between Harvard, '92, and Technology, '92, was won by the latter after a stubborn fight. The teams were as follows: Technology-F. H. Harvey, anchor, W. R. Kales, No. 3, S. W. Weis, No. 2, W. W. Locke, No. 1; Harvard-F. Allen, anchor, M. M. Smith, No. 3, M. I. Motte, No. 2 H. L. Grant...
...meeting was brought to a close by a tug-of-war between Harvard, '91 and Technology, '92. Harvard's team was composed of G. D. Higgins, anchor, G. B. McLellan, No. 3, J. F. Bass, No. 2, and P. Y. DeNormandie, No. 1. Neither team gained on the drop, but an unguarded movement of Tech's anchor enabled Harvard to get 3-4 of an inch which they held until time was called...