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Among the candidates for the Mott Haven tug-of-war team are Easton, captain and anchor, Batchelder, C. P. Curtis, Fiske, Oglesby, Crane and Gorham, besides several other men who are not yet decided...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 5/8/1884 | See Source »

...length been finally decided that the tug-of-war contests at the inter-collegiate games this year shall be pulled for five minutes instead of ten, as formerly. The reason for this shortening of the time is because the strain is much greater on cleats than on the ground...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 5/7/1884 | See Source »

Cochrane, '87, the captain of the freshman eleven and anchor of the freshman tug-of-war team, has left college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 4/28/1884 | See Source »

...interesting tug-of-war is reported from Texas. A horse-thief and gravity against the limb of a tree. At first there was a tie, then the first side got the drop. Subsequently the leader of the gang pronounced it a "dead heat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLIPPINGS FROM "QUIP." | 4/26/1884 | See Source »

...likely that there will be a change in the length of the pull of the tug-of-war teams of the I. C. A. A. from ten to five minutes ; the cause being the change from pulling in the dirt to pulling on cleats...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 4/26/1884 | See Source »

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