Word: tugged
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...from college men. These events include the following: fifty yards dash, handicap; 220 yards dash, handicap; one mile run, handicap; two mile bicycle, handicap; quarter mile run, handicap; potato race, scratch; one mile walk, handicap; 220 yards hardle; running high jump, the handicap being limited to three inches; intercollegiate tug of war. Gold and silver medals will be awarded as prizes in the contests. In the tug of war, the winning team alone will receive prizes. Yale will send men to the games and will be represented in the dashes and in the hurdle race. Yale, Princeton and Columbia...
...tug-of-war between '88 and '89 was the last event of the meeting. The victory for '88 was almost a foregone conclusion. In spite of this fact, however, the '89 team pulled very pluckily. The senior team got the drop by one quarter of an inch, and soon pulled away an inch or so more. Balch caught Perry as he came down to heave and the ribbon was six inches on the '88 side. Perry, by skillful handling of the rope and by the plucky work of the team, succeeded in getting back all but an inch...
...very probable that McPherson will pull on the '89 tug-of-war team this afternoon in place of Marquand...
...Tug of War:- '88. 1. E. A. Pease; 2. C. H. Baldwin; 3. P. Chase; Anchor, F. G. Balch. '89. 1. P. Marquand; 2. F. O. Raymond, Jr.; 3. J. Endicott; Anchor, G. Perry...
...ladies should be admitted as at other winter meetings. This special meeting could easily be arranged for the 31st of March, the Saturday before vacation begins, and it might be the means of helping the University Crew considerably. It might not be a bad plan to ask the Technology tug-of-war team to pull against our 'varsity team. This would give our team practice for the Mott Haven games, and would lend zest to the entertainment. Fencing is also an interesting sport to watch, especially if the bout is a lively one. We might have a round of featherweight...