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...BROWN, Secretary.H. A. A.- Will all the candidates for 'Varsity tug-of-war team please meet in the gymnasium Friday...
...Tug of war as a feature of college athletics first came into prominence at Harvard, and was copied from us by other colleges. Until within two years our teams have taken, almost consistently, first place at the Mott Haven games in this event. Now, however, there seems to be little or no interest in the sport and no attempt to prepare a team for this year's contest. Our men seem to have been completely discouraged by the defeats of last year. Meanwhile Yale and Columbia are putting forth every effort to put a winning team into the field...
...meeting of those who intend to try for the tug-of-war team will be held shortly and it is hoped to establish a system of inter-class pulls during the winter...
...varsity tug-of-war team will be organized at Cornell this year to compete with other college teams...
...college athletic associations will send representatives. The list of events is: 50 yards run, 880 yards run, pole vault, 220 yards run, 1 mile run, 220 yards run over 2ft, 6in. hurdles, running high jump, throwing 56-pound weight, 440 yards run, 1 mile walk, putting 16-pound shot, tug-of-war of 650 pounds-4 men, 2 substitutes...