The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-22
zUoeIso ron GLORY.
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l. Square Garden.
| Il was decidedly cosmopolitan crowd Al
| Madison Square Garden last night where the
FIRST installment Of the weeks international
| tuR-of-war between teams OF Canada, Scotland.
! America. Germany. ireland. Norway. Dem
mark. England. Sweden. and Italy was beihd
| held. -" - - si5n.o ;.
San Francisco and Chicago had taken To this
sport worry kindly. md Judging by chs demon
stration Of last nights 1000 spectators 1t may
prove 20 In New York. - "a.
The crowd saw q platform 8 feet high. i6G
feet long. covered with bunting. in the centre
Of the big amphitheatre. the top OF the platform
being covered with strong wooden cleats six
inchos apart The rope was 13e fe6t lonk. ana
each team was allowed ten men. In addition to
o captain to give instructions and helpers to
take care Of the men. A black ribbon
on the rope and white balloon sus-
pended from rail above the stage
showed the spectators how the battle was
waging The tenn first pulling the ropeseven
feet to be declared the winner Ola heat. A. ".
De Goicouria New York Athletic Club. was
referee. while J. E. Sullivan. New Jersey A. c..
and g. O. Austin. were the Judges. ,.,.''' :, y,
During the evening Charley Mitchell and
Paddy Slavin invaded the press enclosure and
uOuSuhbuIiy NioW0u tu0 btEuSkl0b kOE IN nOuE
and three-Quarters. Then handsome Charley
arose and said: Come on. dear boy. this
bloomin' things not exciting for mo-"
Perhaps Corbett and Sullivan can furnish
more exciting sport" interjeoted . bystandsr.
and there was general laugh. .,.. d.. .,:
Directly in the back Of Mitchell and Slavin.
sitting In one Of the boxes with q handsomely
dressed young lady. was Jim Corbstt unno-
tced. and the big Californian watched Charley
and Paddy closely. eontemptuous smile curl.
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the Capueks. were quite different crew. They
iaskess. The men ioofed The hard Ssrd.worEfin a9
ssssG sh II e. with rush.
az 5st few The
inches II rope to the
the Canucks At. this point the Norwsgians
took to t,s oh brace apd fhe ribbon EsmsIpsd
in answert TO some vigorous coaching the sail
ore began to take away the advantage Of the
lew hease 0H Then .S.ee
fss sGms strong pulling a9d Of sudden
seconds. Time. % minutes. :
Scotland IL and nd DenmaTk were next pitted
So S VIZ Ri's dSst rssss
S Sss ana aIs assF sS * Sss
ish oolors pinned on their breasts.
sna sssteSn1s %sss o ar Ssss
and although Denmark made game struggle.
two Sy The strain before he would give ' SLACK,
1t only took the sturdy Scots minutes Is az
seconds to bring the rope over into their ter
America and Ensland Xere billed 70, eppear !,
stars and Stripes on their breasts In addition
n the shape e Gana
tSa little %59 stood by the side Of
se
God save the Queen" was what the band
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sfsssss bssr sa
Es S Atms II IL pull srSp the yesy star.
.s Tha ls SSRe
Cne screen OF an East River tug and the toot |
yelled HeSysI' re electric iights sni::
little black ribbon showed by its travels. It |
was lO:lO O'Clock when the ribbon reached |
within an inch Of the seven foot mark. Then. |
as the crowd yelled frandcaly. Referee De |
Goicouria raised his pistol and the winning |
shot was family heard. Time, IS minutes.
Then the sweacs and Germans met Germany
fatheEland was checked. For, hours the men
gain more than an inch or two OF the seven
feet For an hour the black ribbon remained |
In the centre. O. slight culver now and then |
only telling OF the strain Of the ends Of sthe |
rope.
The struggle grew tiresome to. the specta-
tors. and the crowd settled down In apathy to |
witness the test OF endurance. After an hour
and half had passed the Germans commenced
70 gain. and when two hours was Checked |
Peter + poslgsrs men bad two feet Of the rope
. pull is hours 10 minutes. and at 1924 this
was broken, Fatherland having 81 feet the !
best OF IT. The Italians and lrishmen were Inn
patiently awaiting their pull.
At 1887 O'Clock, hours "a minutes "a SEQ
onds from the start. the swedes gave up the