The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-12-21
Germany Gets Away with
Scotland.


| nasium Saturday evening. The at
tendance must have bordered on
800. Music was furnished by the
Hawaiian Quintet Club. Ladies were
present, several of whom encouraged
their favorites by waving handker-
chiefs. 1t was 8 O'Clock when Referee
Chas. j. Mccarthy, followed by the
Judges, j. II. Boyad and j. ii.
Fisher, and the captains Of the
respective teams came on the plat
form. The referee read the rules
under which the tug-of-war was TO
be governed. He then announced
that the initial pull of the tournament
would be
GERMANY VS.. SCOTLAND.
Captain C. w. Ziegler who entered
Germany brought his men in at
seven minutes after eight and was
greeted with loud applause. Captain
VIM. Eadie OF the Scottish team
entered two minutes later, being also
warmly welcomed. The respective
teams were not long in getting into
position, and then the music began.
When the crack of the pistol
sounded at 8:09 O'Clock and the
lever was raised off the rope the men
lay back as if their lives depended
on the outcome. With the releasing
of the rope the Germans gained two
inches. The indicator stayed there,
however, for seven minutes, when
by squirt on the part of the Scots
it travelled back and hung over the
notch at lis O'Clock. The Germans
who were by far the heavier team
exerted themselves at this point and
tried to draw the rope over but
failed. The Scotch team lay back
we'll, their stroke man making des-
perate efforts to gain point of
vantage for their side. At 1926
Germany made squirt, gaining two
inches but losing it again, the red
band standing over the notch, not.
withstanding Germany's mighty exer-
tions to pull it over. rhe Scotch with
desperate effort yanked the rope
into Scotch territory, when it stood
two inches in their favor at 1892
o'clock. The Quintet Club at this
point struck up Highland tune
and the applause of the audience,
whose sympathy was with the Scotch,
was terrific. At 1886 the rope travel
ed back and hung in the middle.
The German stroke curled himself
up and pulled for Faderland. A
few seconds after Germany gained
one inch, but stayed and no amount
of exertion on their part would make
it 90 further. At 1853 the rope
hung in the middle and two minutes
after the Scots curled themselves up
and with a Trojanlike pull gained
four inches, and little later six
inches. At 9:07 the indicator hung
at the 9-inch mark in Scotland's
stronghold, being the farthestgalned
by any one side up to that time. Az
9:15 O'Clock the rope gradually
travelled back and stood in the mid
die. The Germans at this stage
spurted and inch by inch the rope
crept over until it stood at % inches
in their favor. The Scotch kept a
heavy strain on the rope and by so
doing the fairly exhausted "mein-
beers" again lost what they had
gained and the mark stood at z
inches beyond the Rhine in exactly
two hours from the start. The
Scotch captain now gave his men the
order to move, and was obeyed. Inch
by inch they gained until at Ops
they had covered q inches and
mighty cheer greeted their efforts.
The exertion had proved too much,
however, and exhausted humanity
was depicted on their faces. The
Germans seeing the condition of their
opponents made desperate effort
and slowly carried the rope to their
side. The tug ended at l0:44 CLOCK,
exactly two hours and thirty-five
minutes from the start. The referee
announced the victory of Germany.
AMERICA VS.. ENGLAND.
The next tug was between the rep
resentatiyes of America and Eng
land. The toss Of corners resulted
in England taking the "hoodoo" side
and America the one vacated by the
victorious Teutons. The moment the
pistol went off, at 1857 o'clock, the
English who were exceptionally stur-
dy, well-bullt men assumed the ag-
gressive and when the struggle was
relaxed the indicator stood six inches
in British territory. At LILO, how
ever, the ribbon had travelled back to
its original position. 1t was noticed
that several of the English had great
difficulty in holding their feet against
the cleats, especially tn stroke man.
The Americans pulled well and
braced themselves in good style when
they saw their opponents settle down
to business. The coaching by the
Yankee captain, Wltherspoon, was
comical in the extreme, as well as
skilful to a degree that fairly bafiled
Thos. Wright, captain of the oppos-
ing forces. 1t was desperate pull
when one side would let up the other
would pull and so it was till 1l:25
O'Clock, when the red band stood4
inches on American soil. az Ten mia,
utes later the ENGLISH recovered 2
inches, There it stood till II Ar
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