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...tug-of-war team seems to be pulling in poorer form than the others...
...meeting of the Inter-collegiate Athletic Association at New York last Saturday but few new measures were adopted. The programme of the spring meeting remains the same. The tug-of-war was not done away with, though four colleges were in favor of omitting this event. It was moved to introduce a fifth mile hurdle race, but the motion was favored by only one college. So, with the exception of the tug-of-war, it seems as if the colleges were pretty well agreed as to what the events of the meeting should be. We are glad to see this...
...events in the field meeting shall pay one dollar for each extra event. 3, The executive committee shall choose a chief marshal by April 1, who shall take charge of all the police regulations and shall appoint under-marshals, subject to the approval of the executive committee. 4, The tug-of-war teams shall be weighed on the day of the field meeting in the presence of one member of the executive committee. 5, If any member of the executive committee is prevented from performing his duties his college shall appoint a substitute...
...unless objection was made to any event it stood as last year. The following is the list: 100 yards dash, 220 yards, 440 yards, 880 yards, 1 mile run, 1 mile walk, 120 yards hurdles, running high jump, running broad jump, pole vault, shot, hammer, 2 mile bicycle race, tug-of-war. Harvard moved that the tug-of-war be removed from the programme; (1) because it is a great expense for colleges at a distance to send such a team; (2) it is almost impossible to decide it fairly in one day; (3) it is hardly a standard athletic...
Candidates wishing to try for the '84 tug-of-war team will please meet in the basement of the gymnasium at 4 P. M., sharp...