Tug of war - A form of Tug of War using 8 handles is used in competition at camps, schools, churches, and other events. The rope is called an OCT-O PULL and provides two way, four way and 8 way competition for 8 to 16 participants at one time. Puddle Pull is a biannual tug of war contest held at Miami University. The current event is a timed, seated variation of tug of war in which Fraternities & Sororities compete. In addition to the seated participants, each team has a caller who coordinates the movements of the team. Although the university did host
Baltimore (tug) the repair period to replace "Baltimore's" boiler. In her capacity as an official welcoming vessel for the City of Baltimore, "Baltimore" met the German unarmed merchant submarine "Deutschland" on her first voyage to America, prior to the United States' entry into World War I. "Baltimore" and the city quarantine tug "Thomas F. Timmins" patrolled the vicinity of "Deutschland's" berth to ensure American neutrality. In 1956 the Baltimore Harbor Board was dissolved and its assets, including "Baltimore", transferred to the Maryland Port Authority. In 1963 the state sold "Baltimore" to Alexander Luckton, Jr., owner of Baltimore's Poe Bookstore. Luckton proposed to