Word: war
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Yale tug-of-war team did not appear, but by special request, a part of the freshman team, and Wright, '92, entered for an exhibition pull against Ninety-one. Robb (anchor) Bisbee, Johnson, and Wright pulled against the regular junior team, Higgins (anchor), Bass, Nichols and De Normandie. Ninety-one had the south end. There was some difficulty at the first drop and it had to be started again. At the drop the teams were tied. Ninety-three gained little by little until at the end of the first minutes they had three-quarters of an inch. They lost...
...understand that it is the intention of the H. A. A. to present as the Harvard tug-of-war team today the members of the winning class team, Whether or not such a team represents the best material in the college, or is the best team that could be formed on short notice is not for us to decide. We have no doubt that the captain has selected the strongest men at his command. It is certain, however, that the make-up of the team was given out for publication differently from what it was intended finally...
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...war: Harvard-J. J. Higgins '91 (anchor), R. Bisbee '93, J. F. Bass '91, P. Y. DeNormandie '91; substitutes, A. B. Nichols '91, and W. H. Wright...
...deciding contest in tug-of-war between '91 and '93 took place in the gymnasium last evening. Ninety-one was the quicker in getting the drop by over an inch. At the end of one minute '91 had gained an inch and a half. During the next minute '93 had gained a quarter of an inch, but at the close of the third minute '91 had an inch and a half. The rope remained the same at four minutes, but at four and a half minutes '91 had one and three quarter inches. During the last minute in spite...