Word: pulled
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...enthusiasm to the finish, than was manifest two days ago; and the freshman crew proved that they deserved the support and confidence of their class. They made a plucky fight from start to finish. They need feel no discouragement at not finishing better than third, for so close a pull against the veterans of the junior shell was as creditable as victory over them. Ninety is to be congratulated on winning her second victory. Ninety-one has steadily risen from last to second, and may hope in another year to carry off the honors. Ninety-two will have two more...
...training-table, and trip to New London. They seem but hollow and meaningless when the speakers persistently refuse to give any more substantial support. The present lack of interest is disheartening to the crew as well as to the manager, and will tell in the races. No man can pull his best when he feels that his classmates are indifferent to success. It the members of '93 are not wholly indifferent to their crew, and willing to suffer the disgrace of forfeiting the Columbia race, which they were so slow in arranging, they must make a decided change of front...
...Yale tug-of-war team did not appear, but by special request, a part of the freshman team, and Wright, '92, entered for an exhibition pull against Ninety-one. Robb (anchor) Bisbee, Johnson, and Wright pulled against the regular junior team, Higgins (anchor), Bass, Nichols and De Normandie. Ninety-one had the south end. There was some difficulty at the first drop and it had to be started again. At the drop the teams were tied. Ninety-three gained little by little until at the end of the first minutes they had three-quarters of an inch. They lost...
...such action by the officers of the H. A. A. can be justified. If it was intended to influence the opposing team, it was hardly more than a trick, and probably an unnecessary trick; for there can be little doubt that any opponents would be willing to pull against Harvard's strongest team. We regret that H. A. A. should have taken such action, for it is contrary to the spirit of Harvard athletics...
...final tug-of-war pull between '91 and '93 class teams takes place at 8.30 tonight in the gymnasium...