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...current issue of the Week's Sport ably handles the action of Harvard's Athletic Committee in withdrawing from the intercollegiate contests...
...subject of intercollegiate tug-of-war has been pretty thoroughly discussed during the past year or two, and the question as to its continuance as an intercollegiate sport Las been brought up more than once. Several years ago the sport was very popular, but as its really dangerous character became recognized, it lost, to a great degree, its place among athletics. I, myself, think that the colleges should abolish the sport without doubt. In an experience of several years I have found it almost invariably the case that at some time in his career every tug-of-war man receives...
...Ninety team, had much the same views on the subject. To many men no injury seemed to come from tug-of-war contests, but on the other hand many were seriously harmed. Under any circumstances, however, Harvard should keep a team in the field as long as the sport continues to be intercollegiate...
...DeNormandie, of the Ninety one team, said that he thought it advisable for Harvard to take no part whatsoever in tug-of-war contests in the future, no matter what should be the stand of the other colleges. There was no doubt that the sport is an injurious one in almost every way, and the sooner it was abandoned the better...
...college athletics first came into prominence at Harvard, and was copied from us by other colleges. Until within two years our teams have taken, almost consistently, first place at the Mott Haven games in this event. Now, however, there seems to be little or no interest in the sport and no attempt to prepare a team for this year's contest. Our men seem to have been completely discouraged by the defeats of last year. Meanwhile Yale and Columbia are putting forth every effort to put a winning team into the field...