Word: tuggings
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...half hours were played in all, and the game was characterized by, despite its fierceness, a friendly feeling which ought to commend this noble, but much abused game, to the college authorities. When one man had a cramp, both sides formed tug-of-war teams, by holding each other's waists, and would have pulled the poor fellow apart in their endeavors to cure him, had not the injured member recovered just in time to prevent such a catastrophe. fickle fortune again favored the blues toward the end of the game, so that at the finish the score stood...
...Universities, was at best pursued by some exuberent freshmen, Etonians mostly, who had not yet outgrown their salad days. Now our "young barbarians" of Oxford and Cambridge kick away at each other's shins as keenly as they hit each other's bowling about the Lord's, or tug away at each other year by year from Putney to Mortlake. The county elevens who compete for the challenge cup of the Football Association are chosen with almost as much care as for cricket ; nay, it is whispered that professional players for the former are almost as much in demand...
...tug of was between the Sophomore and Freshman classes at Michigan university, there were fifteen men on each side...
...prize will be offered for a tug of war, between members of the Law School and undergraduates, at the autumn meeting. The teams must be under 655 lbs, The tug will be pulled on cleats...
...Williams College Athletic Club had its fall meeting on Saturday. A large number of events were contested. The freshmen pulled over the sophomores in the tug...