St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-03
ALL PULL TOGETHER,
The Big International Tug
Of-War to Begin at Mar
ket Hall Tonight.
Teams Of Eight Nationalities
Will Vie With Each Other
for Supremacy.
Weights OF the Men Who Will
Pull and Rules Of the
Contest.
Trotting Meetings for 1892
and the Big Purses to
Be Given.

At S:15 tonight the international tug
of war will commence at Market hall
and continue seven nights. The team
winning the most victories captures the
first prize and will pull the famous Nor
way team of Minneapolis for the champ
fonship of the Northwest. The teams
selected for the opening pull will be
Sweden VS.. Denmark, Ireland VS.. Nor
way. Canada vs.. Bohemia, Germany VS..
America. At SIS the referee, j. NJ.
PottgieSer. will direct the teams
to get ready. The lever will fly
up, the gong will sound and
the struggle for supremacy will begin.
All the teams entered in the ST. Paul
tournament have been carefully Sc
lected, and each is confident of captur-
ing the big prize. 1t will be Greek
meeting Greek, and the rivalry exist
ing between the contesting teams is
nearly as great as that in the famous foot
ball match between Yale and Prince
ton.
The Teams and weights.
The German team will be captained by
Messrs A. c. Feise and j. Z. Meili. Their
team has been selected from the best ath-
letes among the turner's They are muscular
tory. The following will compose the Ger
man team: Captain. j. E. Meili, weight I65;
". Smith 249; D Arnold, 243; W. Tackle, 1870;
+. Newman. 225; J. Mawrv 100; A. Evans
1SS: ". BuShman, 1872; substitutes, Phil
Kuhn, 201; L. Huss 16S.
The Swedish team is composed of large
men, and the captain. Charles 6. johnson,
will march them on the padded platform
tonight with an air of confidence Their
names and weights are as follows: Capt c.
q. Johnson weight 240 pounds: a. Larson
"a Gus Nelson, 203; A Erickson. 1913; Gus
Malmstrum 233; L. Anderson l7g: John
Anderson. 2l5: Gustaf Halen POI: substitutes,
Carl Linde, POI, and Emil Gustafson, POO
Inc Denmark men are somewhat lighter
than their opponents. but are composed of
Drawn and muscle. Here are the names and
weights: Capt. Louis Olson. 1855; William
Gale. I72; p. Olson, POI; T. Carlson. 223; II.
FOrgenson, 2O4; L. FOrgenson, POS; T. Yesper-
son. 2O0; l.. Nelson, 213.
The irish team viii be captained by the
ball player, James Banning. and although
hghtweights, they are all athletes and are
confident they can uphold the honor of old
ireland. The following are the names and
weights:
James Banning, 165; J. Walsh. 100; W.
Mills, 195; W. Gibbs, 223; j. Hatton 1872: c.
schall, 2l0; D. O'Neil. 100; T. Carbit, IFS
The Canadian team. which is to go against
Norway in the send-Off pull tonight is also
composed of some well-known athletes of the
SANITY city. and viii no doubt give the lads
from Ice bound Norway hard and stubborn
contest hey viii line up as follow:
D. +. Ward. captain. I75: J. Castella 1913;
p. Commings, 2I7: E. Bruggerman, IA: ]
Ryan. l9I; b. Cox, l6S; 5 Ryan, 1914; S Com
ors. 2G5
The American team wifi make them all
hustle. and Capt. Will Kleinholz will march
them out TO the time of Yankee Doodle
The team is as fellows: Capt. Kleinholz les:
W. Mabin, ISL; c. G. Allen. 1S6; Thomas
Howard, 2JS; George Baker 222; ID. Walker
%l9; A. Wilson, 10; W. Redmond, 1874; F.
Clark, 178
The Norway team under Capt Louis Olsen.
and the Bohemian team under Capt Frank
PIcha are thoroughly organized. but owing
10 an unavoldable accident, their names are
omitted today. They are, however, composed
OF men capable of defending their couutry's
homer and Will be Oh hand tonight at the
proper time.
The Rules.
The following are the rules adopted for the
tournament:
]. Seven men and a captain will coneti-
tute team.
,. Teams viii not start to pull after 1O:45
). The referee shall have full control of
teams on the platform, and his decision shall
be final.
!. Captains must have their men ready to
pull at the time specified, and they are al
Ioweo as many substitutes as they choose
but in no case are they allowed to select men
from any other team i'll the tournament.
s. The length of pull will be five feet
D. Two feet shall constitute draw if the
center Knot on the rope Is hot pulled TO eX-
coed two feet in the specified time of 40
minutes
z. should any team fail to be ready to pull
IN respective order the referee can declare
the pull forfeited TO The opposing team.
8 All captains must have their teams
ready TO pull within five minutes after the
preceding teams have left the platform
Q. When the eight teams have pulled with
each other once the pulling must be con-
tinued by teams which have not been op-
posed before.
10. When an odd number of teams are
left in the contest the pulls must be arranged
so that the teams will each have an equal
number Of pulls.
Il. In case cleat or the rope breaking the
teams must begin over.
- ANY kind Of footwear free from spikes
or nails is acceptable.
J3. The competitors shall be allowed the
use of any substance to strengthen their grip
II. The rope shall be fastened in the cen
ter by a lever until ready TO start, and the
start and finish Of each contest shrlI be regu-
lated by the referee by pistol fire.