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...Athletic Club will hold its annual open indoor spring meeting at the Winslow Roller Skating Rink, Clarendon St., Saturday, March 7, at 2 p. m. The events to be contested are the standing high jump, running high jump, putting the shot (16 Ibs.), pole vault, single stick, tug-of-war (600 Ibs. limit), fifty yards dash, one mile run, one mile walk, fifty yard hurdle. These events are open to members...
...that the tug of war is inevitable, Harvard will see what she can do in the way of getting up a team. There may be plenty of material in the college, but there is practically no interest in the sport. Whether or not the H. A. A. will try to arouse such an interest by introducing the tug-of-war into the winter meetings remains to be seen...
...vote of the colleges on the tug-of-war question at the Intercollegiate Association meeting was significant. At Harvard, Yale and Princeton for the last two or three years there has been a growing feeling that the tug-of-war is not a true sport. For that reason an effort was made to strike it from the list of events. In general the numerous smaller colleges combined, as they always do combine against the few larger ones, and defeated the measure. This stand of the smaller colleges is inexplicable; but it simply serves to show their unwise policy...
Since, however, the Intercollegiate Association has decided to retain the tug-of-war, but one thing remains for Harvard to do. She must set to work and train the best team possible for the Mott Haven games. Captain Moen has not yet decided exactly how he will go to work; but he has the one idea that we must send a strong team to the intercollegiate games...
That such a team is now an impossibility at Harvard is an utterly false idea. As the records show, Harvard won the tug-of-war for many years in succession. What caused the loss of the event to us has been a gradual decline in interest, owing to the growing feeling against the sport. It is only necessary to renew this interest to gain our former prowess. It is very true that at present, after a year with no University tug-of-war team, the outlook is not encouraging. In our numbers, however, we have a great advantage. Hard work...