The morning call., 1892-04-24

met with powerful resistance by their on
ponentS. who looked as if they wouId GER
talnly win victory.
Alter 70 minutes OF drag, during which
Time neither side gained much advantage.
the white star-shaped wand that moved
afong the Indicator took move toward the
Sanucks' stronghold. and the shouts ef the
Canadians almost raised the roof of tba
memorable old building.
Slowly the indicator slid along the poIe
and In 80 minutes 81 seconds Referee
kOlb's little pistol made another noise.
which was almost drwnoed by the shouts OF
the exultant Canadians.
The next teams to put In an appearance
were The Americans, dressed in blue fer
seys and wearing on their breasts minia-
ture American flags. They got great
ovation. Immediately after they took posi-
tons on the east wing of the platform the
German tug-of- warSmen entered and took
positions facing "the enemy"
1t was 9:25 O'Clock when the start was
given. The Germans were first to start the
indicator and they pulled it about six
1nches away from their opponents. Ernest
Bohlen, who was anchorman for the Ger
mans. pulled for all he was worth.
put after the Americans had thoroughly
settieu down to business the indicator
moved backward ana toward their side,
anu anu aS men py inch it slid along the Ger
mans seemed pOwerless TO stop 1t, though
they struggled hard 10 turn the tide of vic
tory which was slowly moving away from
them.
The cheers of the immense crowd were
dea1ening when the Americans looked to be-
sure winners. a grand pull, a mighty pull
and pull altogether brought the Indicator
With rush under the wire" with the
American colors in the lead, and the team
winner In minutes and 26 seconds.
Inc next teams to the front were the
Irish and Swedish.
1t was 9:54 o'clock when the signal was
given for pulling. The Irish were the first
to start the diamond indicator It slid along
lew Inches and the sons of Erin who
WaIched the contest shouted themselves
noarse as their countrymen shot in to the
lead. Their success was only temporary,
however, as the diamond slowly came back
again to its old place. Then the excitement
grew Intense. The Swedes struggled hard
and pulled with a vm but they could not
gam any further advantage, and the indi-
Gator moved back to Ireland's side again
and gave few inches in their favor.
Ihe Swedes could not relish the idea Of
defeat, and, all pulling as if one man, the
diamond shot suddenly away from Erin's
hold and dashed along the rope speedily
toward the Swedish side. it was never
checked IN Its movements, aud in 9 minutes
and 19 seconds after the pistol cracked the
Swedish team had won a grand victory, and
their backers reaped big harvest of money
in the pools,
TO the tune of "The Campbels Are Com
Ing" the fav0rite Scottish team marched on
Tue platform ana took position. Captain
Alexander Sharp, in full Highland dress.
and various medals won at Scottish games
in feals of athletic skill. stood Immediately
over the famous anchorman, H. Atkinson.
Their opponents, the English team, sat to
their right The betting in the pools was
$40 to So i'll favor Of the Scotchmen.
After preininaries were made ready the
sharp crack of the pistol proclaimed the
start at 0:20 O'clock. The Scotch took mat
ters easy and abided their time to catch
their opponents mapping. 1t was only a
few seconds when the opportunity came and
the indicator set out for Scotland where it
arrived i'll Minis. and 9 secs. from the time
OF starting. England was not "in il" from
the start.
at 10:40 O'Clock Kolb's little gun was
discharged for the last time aud the con-
testants went to business. The Danes were
the first to assume q winning position. They
gained few inches on their antagonists
and after tug of ten minutes duration
they won two feet On the powerful Nor
wegians.
After a hard struggle the dial slid along
toward frigd Norway, and the Danes
friends showed unmistakable signs of lost
heart. The struggle, however, was a grand
one, and in 43 minutes and % seconds the
Norwegians won the victory, which was
well earned.
This closed the inaugural nights pull OF
the great International tug of-war, which is
unquestlOn ably great success so far.
The following is summary Df the avout.