Word: pull
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Neither Russell nor Remington will pull in the junior tug-of-war team this year...
...from the various buildings into the rivers and seas, which our yard is heir to, are of inestimable value to the life and health of the students, and few men could be persuaded to set out for recitation at all if they did not have the plank piers to pull up upon at the most dangerous parts of the grounds...
...stroke is another problem which should be carefully studied, and the idea of first fixing a stroke and then training your crew to pull it, is sheer nonsense. We hear altogether too much about a thirty-eight, forty or forty-two stroke, and the men who advocate such a course have not carefully considered the matter. A crew should be trained to pull the highest stroke the men are capable of keeping up for the distance they are to row. If I should coach a crew of giants who proved themselves capable of holding a sixty stroke for four miles...
...great final tug-of-war between the freshman and sophomore classes was held on the campus Saturday afternoon. The heavy, middle, and light weight teams were each to pull three heats, the best 5 out of 9 deciding the contest. The freshmen succeeded in winning 5 out of 7 heats, and therefore the remaining two heats were not pulled, as the freshmen had already won the contest. - Cornell...
Some doubt is expressed as to the future of Holmes and Austin clubs, but it is thought that a little effort will enable at least one of them to pull through this year...