Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-24

The third winter meeting of the Yale
Athletic association began at the gymnasium
yesterday and will be concluded on Saturday
afternoon.
The seats were all occupied yesterday af-
ternoon and the number of spectators pres
| emit was quite large. OF course the trial heats
are not as exciting the final heats, but yet
there was much enthusiasm several of
| the events.
The first event of the afternoon was the
tug of war between teams of six hundred
pounds from ,S2 and 'S4. The juniors
got in the first muscle and pulled the fresh
men over nearly four feet. The latter then
braced and recovered half of the lost ground
| The teams were as follows:
'S2-Cuyler, captain, Farwell, Wight
| Hebard
's4-Scott, Blodgett, Cain, Bishop, cap
| tain.
Won by 50; distance, 9 feet time, 5 min
| ules.
The tug of war between teams from 81 and
'83 followed and was the most exciting heat
| of the afternoon. Both teams strained their
utmost, while the building rang with cries of
"'8l" and "'S3'' The rope scarcely moved
gain little rope-just enough to secure the
victory These teams were composed as fol-
| lows:
's1-Johnes. captain, Merrill, Manning,
| Hill
's3-Parrott, captain, sBuel, R. Rogers,
Latham.
Won by 's3; distance, inch
The next event was an individual tug of
| Grnifh
| '83, which was won by the latter, the distance
| being feet 10 inches.
The light weight sparring between Halsey,
's3, and Pollock, 'S4, was next on the pro-
| gramme This was very interesting and
plucky encounter and many fine hits were
| made by both gentlemen. Pollock seemed to
do the best work in the first round, but in the
other two Halsey warmed up to work and was
| declared winner of the heat.
The fourth event consisted of fencing
bouts between Lamb, 81 and M. Welles,
's2, also Wetmore, L. S., and Weeks, '83.
Lamb won the first bout, securing two points
and his opponent none. Weeks won the sec
ond bout, gaining one point and his rival
none.
The remaining bouts resulted as follows:
Lamb VS. Smith, 'S3, the former three points
the latter two points. Welles VS.. Weeks,
both one point. Smith vs. Wetmore, both
three points =
In the light weight sparring, Olcott and
Griswold, both of '81 S. s., entered, and the
latter won.
The next event was the heavy weight spar
ring, and Dodge, '84, won over Porter 's4.
The light weight wrestling was quite inter
estiug, Weaver, 's2. and Brown 's3 S. S.,
first meeting. The former secured the first
fall in 81 seconds and the second in 80 Sec
onds. G. Smith, '83, then tried his strength
with Durand, 81. The former secured the
first and third falls, and the latter the Sec
ond The next event was the feather weight
wrestling of Fl. S. Griggs '82, and Wilcox,
'83 s. s. Griggs won the first fall and Viii
cox the second, but after repeated trials
neither could secure another fall and the heat
will be decided Saturday.
The last event of the afternoon was the
middle weight wrestling of Thompson, 's3
s. s., and Terry, 's2. Thompson won the
| first fall in % seconds and the second in 81
| seconds Mr.. Fred Wood acted as referee
and Messrs W. G. Camp and DIR. 81. A.
| Cakes as judges. The timer was Mr.. VIII
liam Pollock. The success of the first meet
! ing was due in great measure to the efforts
| of Mr.. Walter I. Badger, the president of the
Athletic association.