Word: anchors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...teams were: Princeton-J. S. Black, anchor, F. W. Church, D. D. Casement, W. H. Bradford; Columbia-G. A. Elliot, anchor, Edwin Harris, E. C. Robinson, C. H. Hart; Harvard-J. J. Higgins, anchor, C. A. Ewald, O. U. Anderson, C. W. Green; Swarthmore-Ralph Lewis, anchor, C. B. Temple, H. A. Dill, O. G. Cummings; Lehigh-scratched. First trial between Columbia and Harvard, Columbia won easily in 9 1-2 inches; second trial, Princeton and Swarthmore, Princeton won in 9 in; third trial, Columbia and Princeton, Columbia won in 4in., winning first place; fourth trial, Princeton and Harvard...
...events the Columbia men are mostly confident of winning the tug of war. The team is composed of G. M. Elliott, anchor; E. Harris, No. 3, E. C. Robisnson, 2, and C. H. Hart, 1. The team during the winter has pulled all the principal college teams, and has defeated them all, including Harvard. Princeton, Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania. Its only defeat was by the celebrated Kling brothers of New Haven...
...Pulls will then be arranged with as strong teams as can be found, and possibly a second 'varsity team will be formed and kept in regular training with the first team. The following men at present compose the team; Grew, number one; Ewald, number two; Anderson, number three; Higgins, anchor...
...bout in the tug-of-war, which was to be decided by the best two out of three five-minute pulls, instead of a single tug as usual. The teams were as follows: Columbia-1, C. H. Hart; 2, E. C. Robinson; 3, E. Harris, (capt.); G. M. Elliot, (anchor). Harvard-1, E. W. Grew; 2, F. O. Raymond, Jr.; 3, J. Endicott, (captain); G. Perry, (anchor). Columbia won 1 inch on the drop, but retained only half an inch at the end of the first minute. At two minutes Columbia had 1 inch again, and at three minutes...
...Curry, H. A. A, F. M. Hartshorne, Columbia. Two-hand fence vault-A. H. Green, and G. A. Pearson, H. A. A, F. M. Har shorne, Columbia, D. G. Tenney, Yale A. A. Tug-of-war-Columbia, C. H. Hart, E. C. Robinson, Edwin Harris (capt), anchor, G. M. Elliot; Harvard, '89, E. C. Grew, F. O. Raymond, J. Endicott, G. Perry...