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...view of the approaching Annual Convention of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association, to be held in New York on the 3d of April next, we should suggest to our own Athletic Association that, owing to the interest attendant on the Tugs-of-war at last Saturday's meeting, Harvard's delegates should be directed to urge the desirability of adding a Tug-of-war to the Intercollegiate programme. The interest evinced in the Class Teams would doubtless have been proportionally greater if the contestants had been representatives of different colleges, and we do not see how it could fail to prove...
...Tug-of-war between teams from the Harvard Lacrosse Club and the Union Athletic Club, the Unions won easily in two straight heats, defeating their opponents almost as soon as the word "Heave" was given. It is, however, but just to the Lacrosse Club Team to state that they had been invited to pull against an inexperienced four, like themselves, to be chosen from the Union Lacrosse Club; and they were very much surprised to find, on appearing for the pull, that they were pitted against a practised Team, and one much heavier than their own, selected from the Union...
...Tug-of-War, between teams from '82 and '83, provoked, perhaps, more enthusiasm than any other feature of the afternoon's programme. The conditions were, five men on a side, and two tugs out of three to decide. The teams were made up as follows: '82 - Chalfant, Lawrence (captain), Jennings, Perin, and Warren (anchor); '83 - Hammond (captain), Curtis, Kip, Morrison, and Sawyer (anchor). The first pull was won, after a sharp struggle, by '83, in 40 seconds, amidst great excitement. After a short rest the teams changed sides, and made ready for the second tug, which '82 secured by hard...
THERE will be a tug of war in the Gymnasium meeting on March 13, open to teams of five men each from each of the classes and the Law School...
...person not a member of a recognized Club must be properly introduced by some well-known person who can vouch for his being an amateur. Tug-of-war teams must represent some Club or Association...