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...Livingston has resigned the position of captain on the freshman tug of war team...
Three men were killed by the explosion of the boiler of a tug-boat on the Hudson yesterday...
...front of Williston's wheel. The result was that he lost at least 25 yards, and the exertion necessary to catch the others at first was too great a strain for him to do himself justice at the finish. He rode a plucky race and deserves great credit. The tug-of-war was easily won by Princeton, whose team pulled in capital form. Their new patent belt also had much to do with their victory. F. W. Dalrymple, '83, Lehigh, won the pole vault with a jump of 8 ft. 9 in.; O. Harriman, '83, Princeton, taking second place...
RULE IV. - First prizes in Rule II., et seq., shall be understood to mean events won; and in no case to be applied to the individual number of first prizes gained in any team competition, viz., as tug of war, which shall count as one prize...
...clock when the last contest ended. Messrs. Sayre and Baxter of the N. Y. A. C. (the former also of Columbia College Athletic Association) contested respectively the running high jump and pole vaulting, each securing an easy victory, Sayre clearing 5 feet 3 inches, and Baxter 9 feet. The tugs of war were interesting at first, but there were too many of them, and the spectators soon tired of them. The pulling of the Seventh Regiment, Company B, was, as usual, the most scientific of any of the teams, and they secured easy victories over the teams from the Boston...