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...people eagor to witness the sports of the H. A. A. The ladies were out in force, as is always the case on the second ladies day of our winter meetings. The meeting was one of the best we have seen for years, records were broken, the tug-of-war was intensely exciting, and a novelty was presented in the exhibition of German duelling. There was not a hitch on the whole afternoon's entertainment, and the managers are to be congratulated upon the smoothness with which everything went off. On account of the tie for the running high jump...
...ribbon one and a half inches over to his side, where it remained until time was called. The victorious team was carried off on the shoulders of their classmates, who were wild with excitement, and well they might be, as this is the first time that a freshman tug-of-war team has been victorious since the new method of pulling on cleats has been adopted...
...Mott Haven trophy. Mr. Atkinson took out the cup, and holding it up to the gaze of the audience, made a neat speech explaining the significance of the cup, how Harvard has held it for five years in succession, and who the winners were at the last meeting; the tug-of-war team, Easton, Curtis, and Fiske, L. S. and Crane, '84; Wendell Baker, '86, 220 yards dash; W. H. Goodwin, '84, quarter, and half mile runs; and Atkinson himself, who won the running high jump. At the close of his remarks, nine cheers were given for Mr. Atkinson...
Contestants in the tug-of-war will be weighed between 9 and 10 this morning...
...freshman recently was heard to ask if, in case of the tug-of-war rope's breaking, the team which held the longest section would be declared the winner, as is the custom in breaking a "wishbone...