The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-03-21
INTERNATIONAL TUa-oF-wAR.
To Begin at the Beretania Street
Armory this Evening.

Armory this Evening.
The initial pulls in the Interna-
tional tug-of-war tournament will
take place at the Beretania street
Armory this evening commencing at
o'clock. Six teams representing
Germany, America, England, Japan,
Portugal and Hawaii have been en-
tered and an interesting series of
exhibitions of Drawn and endurance
will be displayed. During the latter
part of last week teams were hard at
practice day and night accustoming
themselves to the rope and cleat.
Seats will be reserved near the
platform for ladies and their escorts.
The amount to be given in prizes is
$l75, or medals of equal value as the
winning teams shall decide. The
schedule for tonight will be as fol-
lows: y
So, Hawaii VS.. Germany.
America VS.. Portugal.
England VS.. Japan.
The following are the different
teams: !
E. Moeller (anchor),. 1872 lbs; w.
Peapkorn, 173; H. Furgens, Ia; H.
Tilling, ITO; A. Beer, 1863; g. Ander-
sep, III; j. Sodenburg, 40; subs: G.
Hauser, 173; j. Hirschbeig, 100;
Albert Walt, $50; gross weight, 1871
lbs. Z
| Domingo j. Lobo (anchor), 1876
lbs; j.. Medeiros, 1856; Henrique
Ignacio, 1855; Antonio Jardim, l61;
V. Vasconcellos, 100; Joaquin Fer
reira, 159; NJ. Punental, l54; subs:
A. Medeiros, 16S; j. Gouveia, 1913;
M. Fernandes; gross weight, 1850
lbs.
Lii (anchor), POS lbs; Kula, 235;
Palau, 243; Hokii, 1853; Daniel Hau,
2O6; Ioane, 1853; Sam X. Pal 1872;
subs: David, 16O Pa, l65; Ekela, 145;
total weight, 1887 lbs.
ENGLAND.
j. Sweeney (anchor), 1SS lbs; j.
Curtis, l7S; j. Mccoy, 1855; J. Olsen,
1855; A. Pelger, 100; p. Murphy, 100;
HI. Koastield, 200; subs: j. Sutton,
1855; Jones, 165. Nine men, aggre-
eating 1896 lbs.
The weights of the other teams
have not been given, but according
to the rules they will have to be re-
corded by the teams before mount
ing the platform.
AMERICAN.
G. Behnecke, anchor; w. A. Lin
den, j.. E. Nygren, f. Hassen, T,
Wilson, j. j. O'Meara, j. P. CORR
gan; subs: E. Knudson, Bohlin and
w. Ahlfred.
Gingiam, anchor; Imagan, Ia,
motto, Nee, Kuamotu, Akama, Tisi-
naka, Miamoto, Korota. Imagnata.
, The following rules and conditions
will govern the tournaments:
l. That upon the conclusion OF
: the tournament, the sum of one
hundred and seventy-five dollar:
C$175) will be paid or gold medal:
distributed to the winning teams a
their option, one hundred anC
: twenty-five ($125) for first place, ant
| fifty (S50) for second place.
| 2. That each team shall consist o
: ten men as follows: six men and on
k anchor, three substitutes and cap
n tain.
3. That after the signal to star
has been given, no person but tn
d seven men shall be allowed to toucl
/ the rope or any competitor until tn
l. pull has been decided by the referee
i 4. That the weight of each ma
]. of every team, including substitute
J. shall be handed to C. j. Mccarthy
4, before II o'clock noon, March 2
\. 1898.
5. That the weight of each team
including substitutes, shall be limit
o ed to nineteen hundred pounds.
IT 6. That the team drawn for tn
q first pull on each night shall be o
IS the platform and ready to pull at
p. m.
y Z. That ten minutes shall be a
n lowed between the close of one pu
q and the beginning of the next, eac
1. team to take their place in the orde
drawn.
8. That the tournament shall /
10 pulled on a level platform, laid wit
u battens one and half inches thic
lp two inches wide, and beveled thre
81 quarters of an inch on the outsid
III and placed six inches apart.
a, 8. That the length of the pu
IS shall be six feet.
It. 10. That any kind of footwe
lC may be used, but must be free fro
IT, spikes and projecting nails.
or II. That the rope shall be fo'
inches in circumference.
II. That the competitor shall
allowed to use any substance thu
choose to strengthen their grip.
En- ID. That the rope shall be fasten'
W. in the center by a lever until reaC
to start, and that the referee sh;
he signal the start and finish of ea'
en- pull by firing pistol.
or ID. That the captains OF the CO..
pc peting teams shall sign these rul
iis and conditions.
al Is. That the position of teal
nd shall be decided by lot to be dra'
Ill. by the captains of the respect
to teams.
a 16. That each team shall be weie
on ed before the commencement OF
as pull in which they are to compete
no Chas. w. Ziegler, Germany.
ere Timothy Dinneen, American.
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