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Hight, '89, has been obliged to leave college on account of illness arising from overtraining on his class tug-of-war team and crew. Of course he will be now unable to pull on the tug-of-war, and there is even some fear that he will not be able to row on the crew...
...Harvard Herald has again distinguished itself. The Harvard Athletic Association had its first winter meeting yesterday afternoon, and in eight minutes from the close of the "tug-of-war," The Herald was on the street with a full account of the entire proceedings. Sixty minutes later The Echo, true to its name, echoed the report of its sharper and smarter contemporary. - Boston Herald...
...winter games at Yale '90's tug-of-war team pulled '89's by 1 1-2 inches...
...first heat of the tug-of-war was won by the M. I. T. team. The Harvard team lost about six inches to a team from the B. Y. M. C. U. on the drop. Easton rose to the occasion, however, and won this trial heat by fifteen inches. In the final heat Harvard lost the drop to Technology by about two inches. In spite of plucky up-hill work by our team, Technology kept the advantage to the end and won by about the same distance...
Saturday night the last of the Yale winter meetings for 1887 was held. The tug-of-war was won by the seniors. The running high jump was contested by eight men, and was won with a jump of 5 feet 6 3-4 inches by T. G. Shearman, '89. Page of Pennsylvania is considered good for 5 feet 10 1-2 inches at any time. The next event, which is of interest to Harvard men, was the pole-vault, which was won also by T. G. Shearman. He broke the Yale record with a vault of 10 feet...