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FINAL TUG-OF-WAR.Last on the programme came the final pull of the tug-of-war between Harvard and Lafayette. It was an exciting time, Yale had won the four first prizes, and Harvard only three. To win the cup, the tug-of-war must be taken by Harvard. The rival colleges howled for Lafayette, and our delegation cheered for Harvard. At the drop our team was successful, and soon they had six inches to their credit. Then our men sat still and let the Lafayette men try to take the rope back. Easton, however, sat it out calmly, and could...
...there found the grounds both short and narrow, a state of affairs which necessitated somewhat of a change in their style of play. Each side played with ten men instead of twelve. During the last twenty minutes Harvard played without a goal keeper, Easton being compelled to leave to pull with the tug-of-war team at Lynn. The game was called at 6.15, and Cambridge won the first goal after a struggle of twelve minutes. From that moment until time was called, at the end of three-quarters of an hour of play, the Harvard team had things pretty...
...Year after year Harvard crews have been taught by words and by experience to believe that their regular stroke is a good one. In 1883 when Yale, pulling a very rapid stroke, was left twenty lengths or more behind, all critics joined in praising the Harvard method. Competent amateurs, it will now be observed, attribute the success of '87 on Friday to the mistake made by '85 in attempting to pull a stroke of forty-four to the minute during the first mile of the race. It is as true a saying as it is trite, that it is wise...
...state of affairs was made known to Captain Latham only a few hours before the race, it was impossible to meet the emergency, since the substitutes were not sufficiently accustomed to rowing in a shell to render them of much service. Under these circumstances the crew pluckily determined to pull the race with six oars rather than to withdraw from the race altogether. The six men were seated in the following order: 1, Latham; 2, Brown ; 3, Dewey; 4, Codman; 5, Hamlin; stroke, Harris. The next crew to come to the line was the '85 crew, followed...
...Thames river, London, the London Sportsman says: "The Cantabs this year seemed to have dropped back into that light and ineffective style which many people thought they had abandoned. We have previously pointed out that the light dipping stroke will never succeed against the long and powerful pull which is in favor among the oarsmen on the Isis. The men were well trained, though, perhaps, one or two were, to adopt a technical term, "drawn" a little fine. They, however, had superior stamina to contend against, and they failed, as many have done before. We would urgently advise that...