Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale and Columbia tug-of-war teams will pull in New Haven on St. Patrick...
Chase, '88, is in bad health and will probably be unable to pull on the '88 tug-of-war. Crocker has taken Purdon's place at number...
Hight, '89, has been obliged to leave college on account of illness arising from overtraining on his class tug-of-war team and crew. Of course he will be now unable to pull on the tug-of-war, and there is even some fear that he will not be able to row on the crew...
...sophomore and freshman tug-of-war teams are now hard at work. The candidates for positions on the '89 team tug every afternoon on the cleats in the basement of the gymnasium from 5 to 5.30 p.m., The freshmen start in just as soon as '89 gets through and pull for half an hour. The sophomore candidates for anchor are Perry and Pfeiffer, while the freshmen trying for the same position are Higginson, Sturgis and Chamberlain...
...enormous, all the available room being occupied by the spectators. The following are the records made in each event: Standing high jump - F. Spaulding, '87, 4ft. 8in.; W. Spaulding, '87, 4ft. 7in. Putting the shot - Cook, '89, 34ft. 10 1/4in.; Wagenhurst, '88, second. Tug-of-war - in the first pull '89 and '90 tied, and in second, '90 won by two inches. '88, who drew the bye, won this event by pulling '90 20 inches. Running high jump - F. Spaulding, 5ft. 5in.; W. Spaulding, '87, 5ft. 4in. Light weight wrestling - first heat Denny, '87, threw L. Rice, '88; second heat...