Word: tugged
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Further, a contest that within the last few years has had a place in the programme of most athletic meetings is even more directly one in which the ancients took part. The "tug-of-war" is quite a modern institution, but is very nearly the same as a Grecian trial of strength, which appears to have been arranged in two ways, in one of which the only difference between it and the present "tug-of-war" is that fewer persons took part in it, and that they stood up instead of partly sitting as they do now. In the other...
...last year; broad jump, Douglass Ewell, '88, S. of A.; hurdle, H. Mapes, '90, S. of A.; bicycle race, C. H. McGuire, '89, S. of A., E. H. Hornbostel, '90, S. of A., and H. F. Hornbostel, '90, S. of M.; mile walk, E. D. Lange, S. of M.; tug-of-war, G. M. Elliott, S. of L., anchor; R. M. Raymond, '89, S. of M., E. Harris, '89, S. of H. P. Bellinger...
...these men, Lange in the walk can be picked as a sure winner, while in the tug-of-war, hurdle, pole-vault, broad jump and high jump, the men are looked upon as possible winners...
...treble its former size. The goods are inferior to none which are sold in Cambridge, and as all goods are guaranteed we think the society ought to have the trade of all Harvard men. The Society has lately made the suits of the freshman lacrosse and the '88 tug-of-war teams and is now engaged on the uniforms of the junior crew, and it has, in all cases, given perfect satisfaction...
...PENNANT.The pennant given to the class which wins the most events was awarded once more to '87, with a record of thirteen first prizes. '89 was second, with four firsts; '90 and the Law School each won two events while '88 came off with the tug-of-war as her only success...