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...basement of the gymnasium is generally very well filled by students who go to see the tug-of-war teams pull every afternoon. The first team that pulls is the senior, which may be seen on the cleats at 4. The men who are trying for it are Easton and Getchell for the place of anchor, and Batchelder, Ranney, R. Coolidge, Fuller and Lilienthal for the other three places...
...team of the sophomore class has not as yet been decided on, but the men who are trying for it are Baldwin and Harrington for anchor; Foster, Gorham, Hazard, Simpkins, Bradford (captain), Peirson, Carnochan and Simes. These pull at 4.37 sharp...
...freshman team, pulling at 5.15, will probably be composed of Adams (capt.), H. T. Allen, Cabot, and Dewey (anchor). The other freshmen who pull are only scratch teams for the purpose of giving the team practice. It is difficult to get men to pull at all on the teams as the work is very hard, and so the captains deserve great credit in having so many men trying for the teams...
Many were disappointed that our university tug-of-war team did not come off better in the pulls at the Polo Grounds last spring; but the ease with which they were pulled over the line was owing to the fact that they attempted to pull on the loose ground with the same theory that had proved so successful in the pulls on the cleats. It cannot be doubted that pulling on cleats is in many respects very like the way in which these tugs are now pulled out of doors, and it is certainly very much better practice...
...this was done in an instant, and we were not five yards above the drift when the men at the top, hearing the crash of the falling bucket, stopped turning and called down to know what was the matter. "Pull us up quick!" I shouted. "The bucket's gone, and we're hanging by the rope...