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...showed up magnificently. The Law School won the drop, the Medical School veering around on the cleats in a most obliging manner. Valiantly the M. D.'s braced to their work, however, and by hard fighting gained back considerable rope, but in vain. The law did not release its grip, but held on bravely to the end. The Victorians team were, Hemenway, '81; Lane, '82; Cook, '82 (capt.); Andrews...
through after all, but by one or two judicious heaves and a tight grip on the rope, '83 kept the ball at six inches until the five minutes...
...really should bear the principal strain. In this respect, the tug-of-war is much like the lifting machine, in that the hands and arms merely serve to hold the rope, while the legs do all the pulling. Of course, it is important that one should have a good grip, and in this connection it is found that there are many men who, although powerful pullers, are utterly incapable of serving on a team, as, after pulling for two or three minutes, their hands become numb and refuse to hold the rope. Such men can often serve as anchors, where...
...Joseph Cook, in "Grip...
...seen it to be the first practical stroke Yale has ever adopted. The old hang at the end of the stroke is abolished, and several crooked little points are also done away with. In the new stroke, the reach is shorter than heretofore, to insure a strong and steady grip of the water, and to save the additional exertion formerly used in putting the blade back. In feathering, the blade will be horizontal instead of at an angle of forty-five degrees. As soon as the blade is far enough back, the head is thrown back, and the catch...