Word: tugged
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...vault-Warriner of Amherst, 9 ft. 7 in.; 120-yards hurdle Ludington of Amherst, no time; putting the shot-Chandler of Dartmouth, 33 ft. 1 in; running broad jump-Warriner of Amherst, 20 ft. 2 1-4 in.; 220yards dash-Allen of W. P. I., 23 3-4s.; tug-of-war-Dartmouth beat Williams in the final pull off by four inches...
...Tug of war teams from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Swarthmore, Lafayette and College of the City of New York...
...strength tests, the members of the 'varsity tug-of-war team have pulled the following amounts: F. G. Balch, anchor, 1760 lbs. (with belt on); P. Chase, 946 lbs.; C. H. Baldwin, 836 lbs.; E. A. Pease, 946 lbs., making a total of 4,448 lbs. for the team. In computing the amounts, a kilogram was taken as 2 1-5 pounds. Amory, '90, and Munro, '89, will go to New York as substitutes...
...Cogswell, '88. Miles set a fast pace for the first quarter under 58s. Cogsll then took the lead finishing in 1m. 59 1-2s. Miles was second. This time beats the previous record 2m. 1-5s., made by Wendell Baker in 1885. A tug of war was introduced after this event. This is a new idea, to give the team which is to represent Harvard at the Mott Haven games better practice. The first tug was between E. A. Pease; '88; W. L. Munroe, '89; P. Chase, '88, and F. G. Balch, '88 (anchor), the provisional Varsity team...
...Downs also finished well. Time 4m. 43 4-5s. Pennypacker and Gibson now threw the hammer. In this event Gibson broke the Harvard record, held last by D. B. Chamberlain, '86, at 90 ft. 1 in. His best throw was 92 ft. 4 in. A second tug-of-war was here pulled between the 'Varsity and the following team: E: W. Grew, '89; F. O. Raymond. '89; J. Endicott, '89, and G. Perry, '89; (anchor). The 'Varsity again won, this time by 3 1-2in. The 220-yards dash ended the track events. J. W. Merrill...