Word: pull
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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TUG-OF-WAR.The '87 and Law School teams gave a pull for a set of special prizes. The '85 men were unable to pull because their anchor had received an injury to his hand. The teams were as follows: '87, R. J. Oglesby, E. S. Litchfield, F. Remington, and A. Cochrane (anchor). Law School, F. A. P. Fiske, C. P. Curtis, T. C. Bachelder and J. H. B. Easton (anchor). The freshmen won the toss and took the south end. The drop was almost even, the Lawmen having a little the advantage. Easton soon made the line come over. The Law Schoolmen...
...meeting which shall equal that of last week in brilliancy. The programme will be commenced promptly at 2.30, and a notice printed elsewhere says that men must be on time or lose their chance to compete. Besides the contested event, the University crew of 1884 will give an exhibition pull on the hydraulic machines, just after the horizontal bar contest. The crew will row in the following order...
...audience remained seated in a commendable manner. The first attempt at a drop was a failure. It is claimed that the '85 team were not in position when Dr. Sargent, the referee, gave the word, and therefore was totally unprepared. After some discussion the doctor decided that the pull should be tried over again, giving, as a reason, that Baker of the '84 team was already down before he said the word heave. When the drop came, '85 had the advantage by an inch or two. This they kept for some time, but at the end of three minutes...
...Remington, who has been pulling number 3 on the '87 tug-of-war team, fractured his nose on Tuesday while sparring. He has been forbidden to pull by his physician, and consequently will not pull Saturday...
...university crew is now rowing 750 strokes on the machine, which is equivalent to about a four-mile pull on the water...