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Columbia has already put a tug-of-war team in training for the Mott Haven sports; Mr. R. L. Stevens is the captain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/3/1885 | See Source »

...Easton has returned to the Law School, where he will take the second and third year courses. This saves a fine voice to the Glee Club and brings back the finest anchor Harvard ever had to the tug-of-war team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/29/1885 | See Source »

Yale's fall athletic meeting was held on Saturday. The events were well contested, but no records were broken. '89 won the tug-of-war, pulling the ribbon from '88 by five inches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/26/1885 | See Source »

...great final tug-of-war between the freshman and sophomore classes was held on the campus Saturday afternoon. The heavy, middle, and light weight teams were each to pull three heats, the best 5 out of 9 deciding the contest. The freshmen succeeded in winning 5 out of 7 heats, and therefore the remaining two heats were not pulled, as the freshmen had already won the contest. - Cornell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/24/1885 | See Source »

Amherst sophomores have passed resolutions discountenancing tug-of-war contests on the ground of the physical injury done...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notice. | 10/7/1885 | See Source »

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