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...TUG-OF-WARtrial pulls were taking place. Seven teams were entered; Cornell. Columbia, Lafayette, Lehigh, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania and Yale. In the first round Harvard was pitted against Cornell, who got the drop by two inches, because Easton had too short a rope. Harvard easily pulled it away, and when time was called the ribbon was 18 inches on Harvard's side of the scratch. The second round brought the Harvard team face to face with Yale who, having drawn a bye before, were perfectly fresh. Harvard won the drop by one inch and then heaved and obtained eight...
...last event, except the final pull of the tug-of-war, already described, was the final heat...
...concealed by a cloak sat behind each one and made the appropriate gestures for him. All who refused to resign were expelled by the Admiral amid the hoots and howls of his fellow tars. An annual cruise wound up the year's festivities and was generally sailed in a tug-boat down Massachusetts bay to some headland, where all would disembark and have a chowder or fish dinner of some sort, the whole cruise lasting only three days and then the navy returned with state to Cambridge in a "barge." One year a large tent called the "Good Ship Harvard...
...TUG-OF-WAR.1, F. A. P. Fiske, L. S.; 2, A. R. Crane, '84; 3, C. P. Curtis, Jr., L. S.; anchor, J. H. B. Easton, L. S;. substitute, S. L. Foster...
...Inter collegiate Athletic Meeting at New York, on Saturday next, May 24th. The list is a very complete one, men being entered for every event on the program. Among those who were unable to run on Saturday is Goodwinand Johnson, who was indisposed at the time. The tug-of-war has been finally selected, and the names for the men chosen give assurance of a good team...