The morning call., 1894-08-10
PULLED TO WIN.
Good Nights Sport at
Central Park
Sweden and Germany Had Great
Struggle and the Danes Sur
prised the Scotch.

1t was within few minutes OF o'clock when
the heavyweight German team with the world
famous" Bob Smith as ancnMman put in an ap-
! pearance without protest.
Their opponents, the SWedes, came soon
| afterward and took the south side OF the plat
form. The betting was $40 TO 81 so on the
| SWedes and at these figures a good sum or
money was raked in by the booksellers. Before
! the teams got into position the pools shift
| and the Germans advanced lew dollars, $40
| 10 81 being laid on the TeutoaS. 1t was whis
pered arou nd that the Germans had sure shot.
which report was means Ot giving the short
! end an impetus.
| AT sos O'Clock Referee Sullivan raised his
| little gun without wnking az eye and sharp
report was heard. 1t was the signal for the
teams TO put their shoulders 10 the wheel, and
neither side gained an inch for at least min
ute. The Germans were first 10 make an effort.
The Swedish team kept close eye on their
captain, who was giving the signals at the Cd
poSite end.
minus his whiskers ION the moon," and there
were In the vast crowd some people who did
not hesitate TO say that lie had lost much OF his
strength by having dispensed with his hlrsute
covering.
Be that as 1t may. Smith proved quite an
acquisition to the TeutOn army OF rope
pulers.
The Germans were the frstto gain two cleats,
and then a long rest followed, neither side
making any attempt at eXertion. After half an
hours heavy strain Oh the rove The Germans.
by great effort, won few more inches OF
rope. Then both teams seltf down 10 easy
work watching their coaches for signals. The
SWedeS seemed perfectly At home on the cleals,
ana their system of battle Was TO keep heavy
strain on their opponents, which strain they
expected would eventually ire the cOrpuent
and we'll conditioned representatives OF En-
peror Williams land.
! They certainly did not calculate Sc wrongly,
! as after prolonged strain on The rope the
| Swedish captain gave his men the signal to pull
! Germany into their camp, and il certainly az
| forded no end OF amusement to the Specl atOrs
when the Germans, with their refreshed and
formldable-looklng anchOrman, went tumbling
| The Swedes had 1t all their own way, and won
grand victory in AZ min. 10 sec. The ana
! played something and the German archorm an
| said, milne gots vat tumbleE'
! AL nVe minutes past 10 o'clock, when Profess
sor Atchinsou side partner OF Bob Smith,
and his troupe OF Scotch warriors. WHO do not,
! by any means compare with The team that did
battle in the first tournament, marched upon
| the platform. They were quIckly followed by
the great Danes. who stand an excellent
chance OF winning first prize in The tournament
The betting was SO to 81 go with tie Scotch
on the very snort end. At a quarter past 1C
| O'Clock the rope-pullers settled down TO work.
The Danes gained the first inch and the bon
ME lads from The land o. cakes made a fearful
attempt 10 keep their opponents from splitting
the rope. Billy Jordan's glasses actually took
! standing jump from his nasal appendage
when the big and powerful representatives. OF
| Denmark buckled up like an over-haVored
| sausage on a hot fire, and then il was that Scot
boiled egg.
The Danes gave one pull and all was over
| The Scotch lads dropped the rome as II IL was a
hot brick and remained looking at each other,
| evidently wondering what IN thunder was on
the other end of the platform. The contest
lasted minutes and 10 seconds.
1t is now said that the Danes aud Swedes
have made up their minds upon teaching Scot
land and Canada game that the former teams
| knew very little of when tug Of-War was intro
| duced for the first time in this city.
Canadian Italian
| next 10 appear. The betting was $50 against
81, with the gentlemen from Italy on tile short
end. In the latter team were two youngsters
| who would have done good service TO them
! selves If they had remained at home and en-
ioyed good sleep. PhiIo Jacoby the veteran
| rifieman, had an idea that the fishermen had
Il ghost of show but be would not gamble a
nickel on their chances Of winning. The Cana
dans had decidedly easy contest and won
The walkover in 4 minutes without having 10
| turn hair or emit single drop OF perspira-
ton.
The last event on the evenings programme
was bout between the successful representa-
lives of Our Uncle, whose other name, accord
ing TO the boys, is Sam, and the subjects of his
Highness the Gar of Russia The betting was
SO 10 81 on the Americans, and at these iig-
ures there was very little money wagered on the
Russians. 1t was five minutes past IL O'Clock
when Referee Sullivan pulled the trigger of his
bulldog for the last time, and the rope stretched
and creaked under heavy pressure.
The LADS in blue led at The start by gaining a
cleat. The Russians struggled hard, but their
efforts were Of no avail, as the Americans
pulled them over In 4 min. 30 sec. The great
event of the tournament Will certainly be the
contest between the Danes and Americans
when they will next meet, and 1t will be strug-
glr we'll worth going miles 10 see.
Result OF contest: