Word: stronge
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...taken in the tug-of-war contests at the winter meetings that in these contests class feeling finds expression as at no other time, except at the class races in May. Rope and anchor work are not hard to learn, and it only requires practice to make any ordinarily strong man serviceable on a tug-of-war team. If Ninety-two is to make any kind of a showing at the winter meeting more men must try for this team, and at once. Class feeling must be weak indeed among the freshmen if the interest taken in the success...
There is a strong feeling at Amherst in favor of forming a triangular baseball league including Amherst, Williams and Dartmouth...
...meeting of the candidates for the freshman nine was held yesterday afternoon in the room of Mr. Cady, the temporary captain. If the candidates show up as well in playing qualities as in numbers, Ninety-two will have a strong nine. Twenty-five men signified their desire of training for the team at once, and this number is very likely to be increased towards spring. All these men are fairly familiar with the game, but it remains to be seen whether there are among them more than the usual proportion of good players. The training at present will consist...
...victorious tug-of-war team than in any other branch of athletics, and it would be unfortunate if she now lost her interest even in that direction. There will be another meeting early next week, and it desired that enough men will present themselves as candidates so that two strong teams can be formed to pull against each other, and thus give the men better practice than they generally get when they are obliged to pull against cleats...
...city of Cambridge, for some incomprehensible reason, has forbidden any one to skate on Fresh Pond this year. At first it was thought that this action was taken for the sake of preventing persons from venturing on the ice before it was strong enough to bear. But now that the ice is four or six inches thick, this excuse for forbidding skating is no longer plausible. If the city of Cambridge is anxious to prevent accidents at the Pond, it seems to us it has adopted a very poor means for carrying out its plan. Now, there is a double...