Word: pulling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...make so little noise while in motion that a bell is placed on the axle of the car to warn teams and pedestrians. The cars can be stopped as easily and as quickly as horsecars. In crossing a railroad or draw bridge a pair of horses are kept to pull the cars across. The cable system has worked well in Chicago, and has been in use for several years in San Francisco. The demand of the railway will probably be complied with by the Boston aldermen...
...sophomores, with the following team, had the north end of the building: A. Amory, (anchor), L. A. Piper, E. S. Jones and R. Jones, while '91 was represented by J. J. Higgins, (anchor), W. A. McClellan, 3; J. White, 2; and P. Y. DeNormandie, 1. The pull was a very exciting one. The freshmen won the drop by 1-2 in; at 3 min. '90 had made matters even, and finally won by about...
...practice pull of three minutes, yesterday afternoon, between the '89 and '90 tug-of-war teams, '89 pulled '90 two inches...
...putting the shot, eight for the high kick and eight for the running high jump. There is a good number of contestants in the other events also. The principal interest of the meeting will be the contest between the class tug-of-war teams. Trial heats will be pulled between '88 and '89, '90 and '91, to-morrow. The winners of these heats will pull against each other in the tournament Saturday...
...down the few requisite pounds. Its chief weakness is in dropping, and it is doubtful whether any improvement is shown over last year's team in this respect. The probable make-up of the '88 team will be Pease, Baldwin, Chase and Balch, although Balch is now unable to pull on account of illness. Out of about seven candidates for the '89 team, Marquand, Raymond, Endicott and Perry will probably be selected. There are about eight freshmen trying for positions on their team, and the final make-up is yet doubtful. Higgins, Tallant and Fitzhugh are the candidates for anchor...