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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...candidates for the Yale university tug-of-war team met last Saturday in the gymnasium. Only five men presented themselves. Watrous, L. S.; Billman, Hosmer, H. Webster and R. Morris, all of '92. The men met yesterday and began regular training...
...idea of "arm pads" which were used by Columbia in the tug-of-war on Saturday originated at Yale...
...next event was the first bout in the tug-of-war, which was to be decided by the best two out of three five-minute pulls, instead of a single tug as usual. The teams were as follows: Columbia-1, C. H. Hart; 2, E. C. Robinson; 3, E. Harris, (capt.); G. M. Elliot, (anchor). Harvard-1, E. W. Grew; 2, F. O. Raymond, Jr.; 3, J. Endicott, (captain); G. Perry, (anchor). Columbia won 1 inch on the drop, but retained only half an inch at the end of the first minute. At two minutes Columbia had 1 inch again...
...second and final heat in the tug-of-war brought the meeting to a close. Columbia won half an inch on the drop, but this was soon recovered by Harvard, with half an inch more. The strain was clearly too much for Perry, however, and at the end of two minutes, Columbia had pulled an inch of the rope to their side. From this time they kept increasing their advantage, until they had 5 inches at the end of four minutes, and a foot when time was called. The arrangements on the shoulders of the Columbia rope men evidently gave...
...response to the general invitation, men have entered from Yale, Columbia, Williams and Tech., including some of the best undergraduate athletes. Columbia sends her tug-of-war team which has proved invincible thus far. In this, as in all the events, the Harvard representatives will have to work hard and well to win, but under the circumstances, victory will be all the more creditable and defeat will be no disgrace. We have confidence in the men who are to uphold Harvard's glory this afternoon and wish them every success both on their own account and for the honor...