Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-10
RECORD BREAKERS.
The American Team Still In
vincible.
They Beat the French Team in
Unprecedented Time.
The Spanish Team Meet With Their
First Defeat.
The Germans and the Police Make the
Longest Pull of the Evening.
A Large Crowd in
Attendance.

Sixteen and half seconds is not a
very long space of time. 1t was long
enough, however, for the Americans to
haul the French the necessary seven
feet last night. This is now the shortest
pull on record, beating the best previous
record made by the Los Angeles Ameri-
can team on Tuesday evening by just
fourteen and half seconds. There was
also another sharp and decisive pull
last night. 1t was between the Irish
and the Spanish. 1t lasted just one
minute and forty-seven seconds, and re-
suited in favor OF the irish. This short
pull was quite unexpected, although
there was strong tip out on the Irish.
This was very evident as the pools sold
ten to seven in favor of the Irish. 1t
was known that the two terrific pulls
that the Spanish had had would of
necessity tell against them. The Irish
were fresh, having had but two short
pulls.
ANOTHER LARGE CROWD.
The big pavilion was again crowded
last night. and the way the interest
keeps up is something remarkable. The
ladies enjoy the test of muscle and grit
with as much zest as the most ardent
devotee of sport. The crowd was as
good natured as ever. The small boy
was Oh deck. They gave the sheep
nerders great reception, and their cries
of "Bah" made more than one in the
audience smile at their cutting up. The
Basques took everything good naturedly,
and defeat did not appear to perturb
their serenity. They expected to be de-
feated, and needless to state they were
not disappointed, as they drew the
American team.
The drawing resulted in the French
drawing the Americans, the Irish the
Spanish, and the police the Germans.
FRANCE AND AMERICA.
The French and Americans took up
their stations on the platform. The
Americans were weighed for the first
time. Here follows the weight of this
thus far invincible team: s. V. Gray,
203; j. Reimer, 1874; j. Gray, 203; T..
III. Hutchinson, 257; G. Elton, 202
Balkemar, 1888; r. E. Doan, 1877; Ii. f.
Sheltas, 203; j. G. Douglas, 1856; G.
Gray, 206.
The total weight is 2O34-an average
of 2031s pounds.
1t is next to impossible to give very
long account of this tug. 1t was a to-
boggan slide affair, and 161a seconds
after the pistol was fired there was
another pistol shot.
The HERALD representative held
stop watch on this tug, hence the pre-
else time was secured for this record
breaking performance.
IRELAND VS.. SPAIN.
The next tug was between the Span
ish and the Irish. At the signal both
teams laid back for about forty seconds.
then the Irish tried the toboggan slide
tactics. Their superior weight told, and
as soon as they got the Spanish team
started they kept them coming at
lively gait, until the pistol shot informed
the audience that the Spanish team had
lost their first pull. The Irish element
went into ecstacies over the rapid VIC
tory of their team. The tug lasted one
minute and forty-seven seconds. The
Spanish team received an ovation when
they came out last night. The gallant
fights made by this team have made
them very popular with the crowd.
GERMANY AND THE POLICE.
The two previous pulls were over SO
rapidly that it began to look as if the
large audience would not get very much
pulling for their money. The police
came to the rescue, however, and made
a great fight for over half an hour.
They worked like beavers but they
could not beat Germany. The first five
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team. The Germans made several
efforts but they could not shake off the
police, who were pulling like grim
death. The police had a foot advantage
at the end of fifteen minutes. Once
they came very near getting the to-
boggan slide on the Germans. The
police had shot their bolt, and the Ger
mans began to gain slowly but surely.
The police made stubborn resistance.
The Germans had fifteen inches on them
after pulling 25 minutes.
Captain Roberts worked his team for
all there was in them. Their pull was
very jerky, however. They did not act
in unison, and it was quite amusing to
watch the cops duck with the rope. At
the end of 80 minutes the Germans had
AZ feet the best OF it, and it was all
over but the shouting. At 35 minutes
the Germans had 81 feet to the good.
Two and half minutes later the pistol
shot came, and ten tired and distressed
policemen got up from the floor. They
made a hard fight, but their energies
were wasted by their unsystematic at
tempts at pulling. The tug lasted 371a
minutes, and the Germans were cheered
by their admirers.
The following table shows the stand
ing Of the teams up to date: