Poosh-pull at New Haw

"Now, mates," grunts the No. 1 man, John Brogan, "poosh!" and the eight members of the New Haw and Woodham tug-of-war club push with their feet and pull with their arms against the might of a churning tractor. In practice the tractor generally wins; but in real competition against humans, New Haw and Woodham's burly aggregation of plumbers, farmers, bricklayers, linemen and riveters has heaved heartily enough to win the 100-stone (1,400 pounds) amateur tug-of-war championship of Britain for five of the past seven years.

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GERRY CRANHAM

TEAM ROPE IS STORED IN "CLUBHOUSE"