The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-12-26
HAWAII IN FIRST PLACE.
Tho Britons Pull Over tho
Teutons.
Anne rica to Try Conclusions with
Germany rht- Evening.


enthusiastic but orderly crowd of
people, the elite of Honolulu being
conspicuous for the active interest
they took in the pulls. The
HAWAII VS.. AMERICA
pull was the first contest and when
the teams appeared the shouting and
yelling was deaiening. Shortly after
1880 o'clock Referee Chas. j. McCar-
thy gave the order ready and his
toy-pistol cracked. AT the first pull
Hawaii's muscular sons sneaked the
rope a shade on their side and there
it stood for several minutes. Ten
minutes after the start the ribbon
hung sixteen inches in favor of Ha-
waits sons. The Americans gave
hard pull and pull together and the
rope came back at snail's pace, but
it was not destined to stay there, as
at every struggle of the natives the
rope would move. "Get q horse"
someone shouted from the crowd.
you're pulling against donkey
engine" shouted another. Twenty
minutes after the start the Hawaiian
team swayed to and fro and the rope
had to come, although the Americans
Strengthened themselves out for the
honor of the Stars and Stripes. Ha-
waits stroke, powerful native,
ordered the next squirt and it brought
the hemp painting in their strong
hold 81 feet Captain Kela gave the
command for another squirt and they
started on the home run, reaching
the mark at 1920 O'Clock. Time
365 minutes. Cheering and congra-
tulations followed and it was long
before the enthusiasm died out.
ENGLAND VS.. GERMANY.
The Sons of Albion appeared first
at 1885 O'Clock and without any
formalities dropped into their posi-
tions. The Teutons marched on the
platform seven minutes later. A
hitch occurred at this stage. The
Germans had entered a new anchor
and, under his understanding of the
rules, the referee decided that none
not entered originally, as of the team
or substitutes, could pull, and he
gave the Germans ten minutes in
which to prepare for the fray. They
marched on, however, with the
Objectionable anchor, whereon Cap
tain Thos. Wright of the English
team entered protest. The referee
consulting the judges the latter
ruled against the former, when the
English marched off the platform.
They were given ten minutes to come
on. England entered again at 9
o'clock and were accorded plaudits
by the audience. They took their
positions Immediately and pulled
under protest. At 9:02 the battle
began and when the struggle relaxed
the rope stood three inches in favor
of Germany. 1t was nip and tuck
between the burly sons of England
and the brawny Teutons, and at 9:15
o'clock the ribbon hung at the 16-
inch mark in German territory. Fiji
teen minutes later it hung painting at
the notch. After that the rope
travelled back and forth, but it was
easy to be seen that it was only a
matter of time and that the English
were playing waiting game. And
so it proved when the watch dial
registered two hours. England lay
back and the rope crept aboard the
St. George. The anchor, muscular
man, sat riged and motionle,s and no
exertion of their opponents moved
him the slightest. AS the hour hand
neared - o'clock midnight someone
cried out, Christmas is coming"
and the English gave a persistent
drag, pulling the rope over the six
foot mark in 2 hours 573 minutes.
Enthusiasts shouted themselves
hoarse and the excitement was in
tense. 1t was dangerous to stand
near the cranks, as the waving of
hats and hands resembled a riot of
windmills.
The schedule for this evening will
be as follows:
Portugal VS.. Scotland,
Germany VS.. America,
England vs.. Scotland,
America vs.. Portugal,
Scotland VS.. Hawaii.
THE WINNERS ENTERTAINED.
After the struggle was over friends
of the victors crowded into the dress
ing rooms to congratulate them on
their triumph. Messrs. w. M. Ora
ham, Walter Hill and Fred. Wunden-
berg individually invited the team to
the Hawaiian Hotel for refreshments,
and with Capt. 7. Wright jointly
conducted them there. Captain
Griffiths, Messrs. Harry Congden,
Thos. Rawlins, Fred. Harrison and a
BULLETIN representative Joined the