Word: tug-of-war
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Princeton will send the following men to the games of the B. A. A. tonight. Dohm for the dashes and the quarter and the half mile runs; Janeway for putting the shot and throwing the hammer; and the tug-of-war team-Black (captain and anchor), Casement, Bradford and Adams...
...week has elapsed since the close of the mid-years, but nothing has as yet been done towards forming a university tug-of-war team. Within the past month some discussion has been carried on through the columns of the CRIMSON. Many of the prominent tug-of-war men have protested against the sport as dangerous...
...candidates for the team only one man appeared, and action was postponed by the H. A. A. until after the mid-years. Meanwhile some letters of remonstrance have been publicly written, but no result has been apparent. When sifted to the bottom much of the objection to tug-of-war seems to be in the manner of training. The candidates have been in the habit of preparing themselves by practice pulls which are in reality almost as much of a strain as the actual contests. Instead of this the men ought to undertake a regular system of exercise, just...
There are in all 383 entries for the indoor athletic meeting to be given at Mechanics hall next Saturday evening, evening, under the auspices of the Boston Athletic association. For the 40 yard dash there are one hundred and thirty entries. There will be eight tug-of-war teams, including the 1889 champions, Kling Brothers, representing the Pastime Athletic club of New York...
...tug-of-war teams at Yale will hold a series of inter-class pulls beginning this week. Every effort will be made to develope some good material for the 'varsity team...