Word: tugged
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...resulted in a walk-over for your college, the first four men being from Harvard. F. R. Dana won in two minutes and one second. The mile run was another feature of the games and was won by Harvard in 4 m. 53 1-4 sec. The tug-of-war between '90 and '91 proved very exciting. '90 won the drop by about three inches and held it for three minutes, when '91 began to pull the rope over to their side and finally won by about four inches. In the evening a reception was tendered Mr. A. B. Coxe...
...seven tug-of-war contests between '90 and '91 at Cornell, '90 won five, '91 won one, and one was tied...
...Columbia sophomores have challenged the freshmen to a series of tug-of-war contests to take the place of the customary rushes...
...Yale sophomores have challenged the freshmen to a tug of war contest to take place at the fall games of the Athletic Association...
...night of the college year. Ever since the founding of the University it has been considered by sophomore classes a fitting opportunity for initialing the freshmen in the mysteries of the new life before them. Of late, the old customs of a rush, a foot-ball game, or a tug-of-war, all of which had their days of supremacy at Harvard, have been superceded by a new and more civilized observance. It has now become the fashion for the members of the leading sophomore society to issue invitations to the freshmen who are considered likely to respond, requesting them...