Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-09
A GREAT SURPRISE.
The Spanish Team Beats the
Germans.
A Remarkable Pull, Lasting
Over Two Hours.
The Americans Defeat the Police in
Thirty-One Seconds.
Tho Irish Have Walk over with the
French-The Fight Now Thought
to be Between the Spanish
and Irish.

the grand stand. All day nothing but
tug of wariwa talked about at all pub
lie places, and on the street cars the
great struggles OF Monday night were
rehearsed over and over again. The
gallant pull made by the Spanish was
the principal topic of conversation, and
nothing but praise was spoken about the
strength and staying qualities displayed
by the native Californiaas.
"Who is going to win ?' was the ques-
ton often asked. The invariable
answer was, 'It is between the Ger
mans and Americans" The patriotic
citizen fancied the American team, but
three out of every five expressed con-
fidence in the Germans on the ground
that they would be able to stay the
longest.
''If the Americans cannot win in
twenty minutes it will be all up with
them," said well-posted man to the
HERALD representative yesterday.
"The Americans are great on the rush.
They will make a terrific try at the
start, but if the opposing team can
withstand them for twenty minutes it
will be all up with the Americans.
Hutchinson is wonderful anchor man
and works like horse, but he will
never hold out"
THE PULLS LAST NIGHT.
In the pull last night it was generally
thought that the Germans would beat
the Spanish in canter. The Americans
were thought to have walk-over with
the police team, and the Irish were
looked upon as easy winners against the
French. How we'll these expectations
panned out is told in the following re-
port:
The Germans weighed 1886 pounds
an average of 1881 pounds. The light
est man was w. Paul, 100 pounds, and
the heaviest G.. W.nsiow, 22i pounds.
F. Rademacher was the anchor man for
the Germans. The team last night was
as follows: A. Shultz, 200; F. Tappert,
1893; F. Hoffmaster, 100; r. Weyse, 176
II. Gerkens, 167; F. Rademacher, 1888
G. Winslow, 22l: W. Paul, 100; Chris.
Kiesner, 167; Chas. Knobloch, ia.
The Spanish team weighed 1889
pounds. an average of 189 pounds. The
team was as follows: Aguilar, Campuz-
ano, Carrasco. Garcia, Rico, Busta-
mante, Asumigo, Arvallo. Lizalda,
Ybarra, Childs (captain).
The individual weights were published
in yesterdays HERALD.
THE PISTOL SHOT SIGNAL.
At S:45 Referee Thayer cracked his
pistol and the contest between the
Spanish and Germans was on. The
Germans gained about four inches on
the lay back. The Spanish soon got it
back. The Germans adopted the same
tactics as they did with the Irish, but
they could not budge the Spanish team.
1t very soon became evident that the
Spanish team was not the easy victim
for the Teutons that many had pre-
dicted. At the end of ten minutes
the Spanish had little the
best of it. Then began one of the
most determined pulls on record. After
pulling twelve minutes the Germans had
three inches the best of it. Three min
utes later the teams were even. There
was great rally after pulling thirty
minutes. Both teams pulled for all
there was in them. The rope was then
about three inches in favor of the Ger
mans. 1t had not varied nine inches up
to this point, and every cleat was stub
bornly contested. The band struck up
lively tune, and the Spanish gained
four inches. After pulling forty minutes
neither side had gained six inches; in ten
minutes the Spanish team began to
gain slowly.
THE SPANISH GAINING.
After pulling fifty minutes the Span
ish had gained two feet and the excite
ment reached fever heat. The Ger
mans made effort after effort, but could
not make any headway. At the end of
the first hour the Spanish still had two
feet to the good. After pulling an hour
and thirty minutes the Spanish still had
twenty-iour inches margin, and it began
to dawn upon many that the Germans
had shot their bolt. The spectators were
next astonished to see the Germans
gain. They made foot in ten minutes,
and the admirers of the Germans began
to look more hopeful. Their Joy did not
last long, however. The Spanish made
a rally, and the contest was never after
wards in doubt. Slowly but surely the
Spanish gained amidst the plaudits OF
the spectators. The Germans were
clearly in distress. The anchor man was
in difficulties. 1t was a great struggle
for him to hold his own. After pulling
one hour and forty-five minutes the
Spanish had twenty inches advan-
tage. Ten minutes later they had in
creased their lead to forty-two inches.
The spectators kept their seats and
did not show any uneasiness. They
wondered when the pull would ever end.
The stamina displayed by both teams
was the greatest surprise. The Spanish
team was very popular and the sympa-
thy Of the majority of the audience was
with them. They appreciated the fact
that they we're making the gamest kind
of an uphill fight, especially after their
long pull the night before. At the end
of two hours the Spanish had three
feet. They then made remarkable
rally. In response to the signal from
their captain they began to stretch the
rope, pulling like little demons.
The Germans could not resist.
They were close to the limit and
the excitement was intense. A pistol
shot is heard, and pandemonium breaks
cut. The cheering and shouting was
deafening. The Spanish team had won
one OF the most remarkable tugs on
record. Their defeat of the Germans
was great upset to all calculations.
A LONG PULL.
The tug lasted exactly hours and s
minutes, The Spanish captain worked
his men much more judiciously last
night. The Spanish anchor ie dandy.