St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-06
BOTH were DRAWS.
There We're No Victories Last
Night in the Interna-
tional Tug.
The Irisnmen VS.. Swedes and
the Norwegians VS..
BohemianS.
St. Paul's Whist Team a Trifle
Too Much for Mime
apolis.
Mccullough Wins at Curling
Company E Ahead
in Ball.

The teams were so evenly matched
that no victories were scored in the in
ternatiOnal tug of:war tournament last
night. The pulls were between the
Irishmen and the SWedes aud between
the NOrwegianS and the BOhemians.
and both contests were draws. The Irish
team did excellent work and have ap-
parently won the esteem of the au-
dIences as the strongest in the tOurna-
ment. The anchor worked ike a fiend
last evening. The Indifference of the
night before was rot shown. He took
up every fraction instantly and effect
lively. and the result was fourteen
inches of rope to the credit Of ireland
when the contest ended.
The French team refused tn go on.
although they had been scheduled for
Tie first pull Of the evening. There
seemed TO be 4 misunderstanding with
the management. The anchor claimed
more pay than the others were TO re-
ceIve because of the additional respOn-
siOillty, and would not 60 on unless
Tie amount demanded was forthcoming.
Irish vs.. SWedes.
It was Just 9:O5 when Capt. Jimmy
Banning marched his stalWaIt Irish
lads around the hail. upon the stage and
70 the platform to the "Wearing OF the
Green" Then Capt. johnson followed
with his aggregation Of big SWedes.
The Seyen-fOOt anchor" Andrew Lar
son. brought up the rear. his mobile
face Illuminated with 4 Sangulne smile.
a hot debate eBsued over the choice OF
ends. ana Tor the first time in the tOurn-
ament the question was decided by toss.
The SWedeS won aud chose the
end towards the stage. The lever
was raised at 9:20. and the gal
lT9t irish boys won three inches
on the drop. Then began a desperate
battle. These two teams have been
considered invincible, and each have
considered the other the most danger
Gus rival in the tournament. The Irish
men heaYed soon after and added an
other inch 10 their prestige, but the
sturdy SWedeS soon recovered. and then
followed a series Ofinteresting seesaws.
and the audience cheered. The Irish
team worked we'll in unison. New
changes had been made in the team,
and the new men seemed to inspire con
1idence. The Swedes went on TO the
defensive now and fought out stub
stubbOrnly to the end. The time half
up found the ribbon foot on the side of
ireland. As the referee announced that
there were but ten minutes more, the
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and the bunting moved a couple OF
inches on its refractory road towards
the scratch, and the cheering was deaf
ening. Fer five minutes every effort by
either team was futile. Both anchors
seemed 10 be helpless in their endeavOrs
10 take up the slack. Larson. who has
been accorded the sObTiQuet OF Goliath.
got his knOtlntO an interminable tangle,
and. while he could not take in. he was
big enough and strong enough 10 pre-
vent any from getting away. The pistol
shot at the expiration OF forty minutes
found the cOloTs just fourteen inches
away from the scratch and towards Ire
land S side. 1t was a draw.
BOheInians vs. NOrVvegians.
The Bohemians refused to march be-
hind anything but the stars and stripes.
although the band PLAYED a Bohemian
national air. Then came the hardy
sons OF the vikings without any cOlOrs
at all, led by Capt. Louis Olberg. An
other veXauOuS delay occurred in the
anchors getting on their belts. The
NOrwegians won an inch on the drop,
and for ten minutes they hung on with
bulldog tenacity and succeeded in
gaining three inches. There never was
a more stubborn battle. They pulled.
each OF the fourteen men, like IrOianS
Ibe hardy sciOns Of the vikings
had shade the best of it for
half the prescribed time. Then
the herculean BOhemians settled down
TO steady work and recovered all lost
ground. The silk came back slowly hut
surely to the scratch. and the enrire au-
dlence was on its feet and pandemOnium
followed for i've minutes. Meanwhile
the color lowered over the center piece.
The Bohemian anchor had the muscle
but he lacked the skill, else he might
have won. He didn't know how to
slip the knot forward. and consequently
sat back in his belt helpless. II Was a
draw with the ribbon. two inches To-
ward the BOhemianS' end.
Other Matches.
= matinee viii be given at 2:3O this
afternoon. when the programme will be:
Denmark against Germany; America
against Sweden, and Canada against
Norway.
This evening the teams will contest
as follows:
Bohemia against Ireland: Sweden
against Canada. and America against
Denmark.
a special purse will be gwen this
evening for two colOred teams-one
from Minneapolis and the other from
ST. Paul.
Inc tug Of war spirit seems to be in
IectlOuS. The following team has been
organized. ana the members declare
themselves ready for all corners. and
they challenge any team in the present
tournament: John Z. Dougher. cap
tain; DR.. lbs, anchor; Herman Math-
man. Thomas Arden, Gust Schmidt.
Herman PeglOw, Charles Peglow and
Charles Champaign. Correspondence
should be addressed to Herman lbs. 81
Martin street.
Subsequents to the contests last even
Ing the French team called at the GI.oRF
office and made the statement that the
management had agreed to pay the
anchor twice tue sum paid the rope men,
and when he refused the team declined
TO 90 on.
ST. PAUL WINS.