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...stood by Harvard in favor of the change were Cornell and Amherst. Yale, Princeton and the others voted against it. In the next motion to allow safeties to race with ordinary bicycles, Harvard gained a few more supporters but not enough to carry the motion. The question of the tug-of-war, like that of the safeties, meant a change in the constitution, and required, therefore, a two-thirds vote. This meant that in order to abolish the tug-of-war the motion would have to be carried by a vote of 8 to 4. The vote...
...then moved to drop the tug-of-war from the programme. He read a letter from an old tug-of-war man, setting forth the ill effects of that form of contest. Mr. Hewitt of Columbia defended the tug-of-war, and held that it was no more dangerous than foot ball, rowing and many other sports. The discussion grew quite warm, and at its close the motion was lost...
...games to be held the last Saturday in May. Several important matters will come up for decision. The most pressing of these, as we understand, are the questions of adding, as events, the two-mile safety-bicycle race, and the putting the weight (56 pounds), and of excluding the tug-of-war. This last question is really the one which will most affect Harvard if she continues to be a member of the Intercollegiate Association. Harvard's attitude on this matter is well known. For the last two years here at Cambridge a feeling against tug-of-war has been...
Harvard, then, would like to abolish the tug-of-war as being a dangerous sport. It seems probable, however, that the smaller colleges will vote solidly against such a movement. A solution of the question would be for Harvard to hold annual games with Yale in track athletics as she does in boating. Such a course would by no means prevent Harvard from meeting the other colleges...
...will hold its winter meeting at Winslow's Rink, Saturday afternoon, March 7. The events (open to Harvard and B. A. A. men) will be as follows: Standing high jump, running high jump, pole vault, single stick, tug-of-war (650 lbs. with clothes), 50 yds. dash, 50 yds. hurdle, mile run, and mile walk. All events will be scratch...