Word: tug
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Wilcox, 18 sec.; standing long-jump, R. M. Nelson, 9 ft. 5 in.; mile-run, R. M. Nelson, 5 min. 57 sec.; 100-yards sack-race, R. M. Campbell, 20 sec.; pole-vaulting, F. L. Wilcox. 8 ft. 10 in.; 220-yards, J. D. Cheever, 25 1/2 sec.; tug-of-war, Class...
...follows: Heavy dumbbells; picking up heavy weights; putting the shot; three-legged race; one-mile walk; pulling up, one and two arms; half-mile run; hitch-and-kick; sack-race; horizontal bar; foil and broadsword fencing; tumbling; rowing eight oars; single and double somersaults; hurdle-racing; potato-race; tug of war; three-mile walk; standing and running high jump, etc. Further particulars can be obtained from General Lister, who has been requested to act as referee...
...great event of the day, that which interested intensely every undergraduate present, was the tug of war, composed of the five strongest men in the four classes. The class of '79 led the way into the ring, headed by four of her representatives on the 'Varsity, Smith, Schwarz, Jacobs, Crocker, and Taussig. The appearance of those four men, who have done so much for the College in boating, and who have contributed so much to '79's reputation as an athletic class, was the signal for a burst of applause caused by a very pardonable pride. The class...
...final tug of war between '79 and '81 will be contested to-morrow. This sport is already exceedingly popular, perhaps owing to its novelty, but there can be no doubt that where the classes are so directly opposed to each other, the emulation is far greater than under other conditions...
Saturday, March 16. 1. Horizontal bar. 2. Indian-club. 3. Tug of war. 4. Vaulting two hands. 5. Light-weight sparring. 6. Unfinished bouts of previous meeting...