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...anchor of the Columbia Tug-of-war Team won the pole-vault at Mott Haven last...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/24/1887 | See Source »

Columbia pulled Yale over two feet in the tug-of-war contest in the games at New Haven Armory last week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/24/1887 | See Source »

EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: I wish to discuss in a few words the question of the make-up of the '88 tug-of-war team. The question has been raised, and it is, I think, a fair one, whether a man who pulls on a team which represents his college, and is a regular member of that team, can also pull on his class team. In what does the tug-of-war differ from the nine or the crew, and why should the rules which govern all 'Varsity teams be laid aside in the case of one? Why should a distinction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE '88 TUG-OF-WAR TEAM. | 3/24/1887 | See Source »

EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: In your issue of yesterday, I notice a communication referring to the '88 tug-of-war team, which is not, I think, just. It is not known what team will pull on next Saturday, though probably it will be the same as last year and the year before, with one exception. That has been the class team, and there seems to be little doubt but that it will continue to be the team. As to the university tug-of-war no one appears to know what that team is. Four men pulled at the Technology games, which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/23/1887 | See Source »

...class crews, if they would. And in the case of the coxswain, it is quite well known that when that vote was passed last fall that there was somewhat of a misundering, and that there is still. Such an argument seems to apply but poorly to the tug-of-war question...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/23/1887 | See Source »

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