Tug of war to compete sporadically starting in the 1960s and would become regular participants as sorority teams in the mid-1980s. The Hope College Pull is an annual tug-of-war contest held across the Black River in Holland, Michigan on the fourth Saturday after Labor Day. Competitors are 40 members of the freshman and sophomore classes. Two teams of eight, whose total mass must not exceed a maximum weight as determined for the class, align themselves at the end of a rope approximately in circumference. The rope is marked with a "centre line" and two markings to either side of the centre line. The
Tug of war at the 1904 Summer Olympics 2. 6 teams of 5, for a total of 30 athletes, competed. The host team had four teams, and two other nations each sent one. Patrick Flanagan <br> Sidney Johnson <br> Oscar Olson <br> Conrad Magnusson <br> Henry Seiling Max Braun <br> August Rodenberg <br> Charles Rose <br> William Seiling <br> Orrin Upshaw Oscar Friede <br> Charles Haberkorn <br> Harry Jacobs <br> Frank Kugler <br> Charles Thias Tug of war at the 1904 Summer Olympics At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a tug of war tournament was contested. Six teams from three nations competing, with a total of 30 athletes involved.