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...Yale sophomores have challenged the freshmen to a tug of war contest to take place at the fall games of the Athletic Association...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/8/1887 | See Source »

...night of the college year. Ever since the founding of the University it has been considered by sophomore classes a fitting opportunity for initialing the freshmen in the mysteries of the new life before them. Of late, the old customs of a rush, a foot-ball game, or a tug-of-war, all of which had their days of supremacy at Harvard, have been superceded by a new and more civilized observance. It has now become the fashion for the members of the leading sophomore society to issue invitations to the freshmen who are considered likely to respond, requesting them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/3/1887 | See Source »

...Tug-of-War - First Team - Easton, L. S. Buldwin, '88, Remington. '88, Pease, '88, Second Team - Balch, '88, Crocker, '88, Gorham, L. S., Munro...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mott Haven Team. | 5/27/1887 | See Source »

...been found that the Princeton tug-of-war team is somewhat under weight. Therefore, one heavier man can pull on the team. Black, '88, will probably be man who will be selected to bring the team up to weight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 5/26/1887 | See Source »

About four o'clock four tugs left the drawbridge, and steamed up to the Longwood bridge. The referee's tug, the "Sprague," was filled with '87 men; the "Mattie Sargent" carried for the third year the '88 delegation, while the "Curlew" and the "Emily" performed the same service for '89 and '90. The "Curlew" was gay in blue and white streamers, while the "Sargent" flew a green and white flag, and carried a large apple-branch with white blossoms at her mast-head. The Union boat-house and the adjacent roofs were all covered with people as early as four...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Class Races. | 5/14/1887 | See Source »

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