The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-26

The Germans were first to score n lead.
and by hard and persistent pulling of the
rope they gained few notches on their
opponents.
The betting In the hall favored the Cana
dams. 1t closed At $50 to "a, but when the
Germans had begun to gain on their Op-
ponents il veered round TO even money.
Slowly the Germans gained cleat after
cleat until they had won two feet Of ground.
Then there was q stop, and the Canadians
who were drawing their opponents or"
put their shoulders TO the wheel, so TO
speak. and actually walked away with the
indicator until the diamOnd-shaped dial
struck against the gOal-board. The time of
the pull was % Minutes p seconds.
The second teams 10 appear were the
American and Swedish. both winners of the
first evenings contests. Thomas Nolan was
anchorman for the Americans, and tile
anchor for the Swedish team was +. Free
man.
1t was 9:OT o'clock when the signal was
given. and in jiffy the Americans gained
couple of inches.
The Swedes held their own pretty we'll
against the powerful Americans, who out
classed the Swede5 considerably in weight
and size.
Slowly the indicator moved toward the
men who wore the stars and stripes on
their breasts. The Swedes made several
fruitless attempts to win back lost ground
but their efforts were met with stubborn
resistance on the part of the Americans.
Now and then the Swedes would gain few
cleats, but their successes were only tenn
porary, as the Americans invariably cap
| tureG the inches their opponents had won
| by stealing march on the boys ia blue.
! The Swedes made gallant struggle, but
| they were clearly oyermatched in weight
/ and strength.
| The Americans won in Is minutes sec
onds.
| When the banners announcing the CON-
| ing of the English and Irish teams were
| hOlsted the cheering was so loud that the
band could not be heard three feet from the
musc-stand.
There was great interest manifested In
| this bout, as both teams had lost on the first
| nights pull. and the English were deter
mined to turn the tables on their opponents,
| who defeated them In the last tournament.
NJ. Casey, who capitalized the Irish team
on Saturday night, took a position 10 the
team and his place as captain was filled by
james Smith, with E. Ma!oney as anchor.
The English team was capitalized by 7.
K Ford. The betting was $50 to So in
favor OF the Irish team.
AT $40 o'clock the pistol shot was fred,
and it was a minute before the indicator
moved toward Ireland. II soon came back
to Its original position and then took
| another start to Erin's side. Ii was never
stopped. The Irish were bound to win, and
| with one terrific effUrt they pulled their OPP
ponents off their feet and won a victory in
3 minutes q seconds. 1t is needless TO say
that their victory was enthusiastically re-
| ceiyed.
The Scotch and Norwegians, to the ma
tional airs of their respective countries, en-
tered on the platform. Handsome Alexan-
der Sharpe, dressed in full Scottish regalia
and covered with medals. led the stalwart
hghlanders TO the scene of action. He
must have felt like a prize beauty, as his
face was bes ming in smiles when the crowd
cheered bis arrival on the platform.
The Norwegians wore shirts over their
oh Ltl lnr IN hot n A
on the Scotch. 1t was exactly 10 o'clock
when the signal was given for attack on the
rope. The Scotchmen gained half an inch
on their opponents al the start and then
| gradually yanked the indicator inch by inch
along the pole.
Occasionally the Norwegians would win
back some lost ground. but they seemed M
able to retain. any advantage they had
gained On ''the enemy" The Scotcnmen
invariably won some ground when signaled
by their captain. They worked very method
ically and proved by their style Of pulling
that they were thorough masters Of the
game.
The Norwegans never lost heart. how
ever, and contested every inch of ground to
the finish. The bout was won by the Scot
fish team in Ia min. 81 sec.
The Danish aud Slavonian teams were
the last TO take positions on the platform.
The betting was at even money and several
| thousand dollars changed hands on this con-
| test.
1t was 030 o'clock when Eddie Koib's
blank cartridge pistol cracked and the Slav-
onians stole q march on their antagonists
by gaining. on the jump, five inches. De-
termined tugging on the part of the Danes
reduced the lead gained by the Slavonians
several inches. The indicator stood "a,
ease" when it reached the center and then
1t was that both sides pulled like Trojans
TO bring the diamond to their side of the
stick. The Danish captain left his post for
few seconds to instruct some OF his men
and during his absence the Slavonans
gained half a foot Of ground.
The great effort on the part of the Danes
reduced the lead OF the Slavonians consider.
ably, and after a most desperate struggle
the Indicator was again brought back to ITS
original position. 1t then looked as il thi.
was going to be the best contest of the even.
Ing. and, like all athletic events where con.
testants ere evenly matched, the excitement
was very great.
the Danes by persistent pulling sue.
ceeded 10 finally getting the Indicator ovel
TO their side OF the margin. and then the
struggle became torrid. Inch by inch The
Danes gained on their hardy opponents un.
Til they had won two feet of territory.
The Slavonians strained every muscle Il
turn the tide. but their Efforts proved O.
little avail, as the Danes gradually increased
the lead, and by obstinate aud determined
pulling won bard-earned victory In q
minutes and 10 seconds.
Summary OF the second nights tug: