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Graves, No. 5, is short in his swing, does not carry his oar through, and fails to make a strong solid pull through the water...
...never tell what one will see before one comes away. For the last few years past of what one has seen has been disgraceful. A certain amount of good, natural "scrapping" adds to the fun, but when men get to fighting so that their classmates have to pull them apart it is disgusting, and it must be especially so to the ladies, for whom these exercises are chiefly given. Again, when men go into the struggle wearing such clothes that they are immediately torn from their backs and they have to leave the field covered with borrowed garments the ridiculous...
...last half mile was a hard pull and the effects of the first part were being seen in the rowing of all the crews. Bow in Ninety-four was very weak toward the finish and rowed rather poorly, while the crew as a whole was swinging off its keel and had become a little careless. No. 7 in the Ninety-two crew was pretty well exhausted, but a spurt was called for and the men pluckily bent to their oars for a last effort, but with no perceptible difference, although the crew came in excellent form. Ninety-three made...
...Faculty of Trinity College has forbidden any student to pull on the tug-of-war team without parents' permission and a doctor's certificate; and will prohibit it altogether next year...
...Trinity freshmen have challenged the Wesleyan freshmen to a three-minute tug-of war pull at their gymnasium exhibition...