Word: pulling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Pullman Officers who "scouted" the Orientals for Pullman Porters have never witnessed the feats of strength performed every day by millions of Chinamen. It is not uncommon to see three or four Chinamen doing work equivalent to a five-ton truck, or to make it plainer, they will pull a load of, from three to six tons uphill and across country...
...University crews were confined yesterday by Coach E. J. Brown '96 to a brisk pull down to the Basin and back. There were no changes made in the boating...
...close time-trial race on the Charles River Basin featured yesterday's practice for the two University crews. Coach E. J. Brown '96 turned his oarsmen downstream early in the afternoon for a limbering up pull over the mile and three quarters course preliminary to the regatta with Cornell and Tech on Saturday, and found conditions favorable enough for a handicap test...
...feature matches of the day were won on the nineteenth green and three of the others were taken by a one hole advantage. The rival captains, J. A. Hutchinson '28 and Blaney of Williams, fought on even terms for eighteen holes, but the Crimson leader missed his pull on the nineteenth green and thereby lost the match. Joseph Morrill '28 took the other extra-hole match from Williams, the second Purple player...
Coach E. J. Brown '96 is now getting his men in shape for the race with M. I. T. on May 5 and will stage another trial contest in the Basin on Saturday to condition his crews for the straightaway pull. After this work-out, he will select the coxswain for the first University crew. The four leading candidates for the steersman's post are, at present, D. F. Baum '30, J. H. McCollum '28, C. H. Pforzheimer '28, and L. L. Wadsworth...