Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-06-09
NATIVES Aas tNv,>ciuls.
Tbcy pail over the Two American
Navy r-su-.

Navy Teams.
There was a largo crowd in
Bristol's pavilion last night to see
the tugs Of war. Three finely
contested matches made up the
exhibition.
First came u. s. s. Marion and
Makani Keoe teams. AT the first
settling down, on the crack of the
pistol, the natives gained an inch
or two OF rope, and never allowed
the longer end to their opponents
afterward. BY repeated squirting
the Marion lads were pulled a foot
inside of ten minutes. Then soon
another foot was gained, but some
of the rope had to come back into
the navy yard. There were
repeated tussles with the
indicator fuctuating between
one foot and two and a half
feet for the native welfare,
until. at the end Of half an hour,
the Hawaiians with a pull alto
gether broke all resistance and the
Marion team had to pay out the
rest of the hawser. The official
time was 81 minutes.
Next was Hawaiian against Ha.
waiian, the teams being Waikiki
and Honolulu Iron Works 1t
was for the most part a waiting
match and very stubborn until
the last minute. The teams we're
we'll matched, and there was a
strong expectation that Waikiki
would prevail. Not three inches
either way did the rope move the
first half hour, and it was more
hold than haul most of the time.
1t looked in the final result as il
the iron men had feigned that tir-
ed feeling, their coacher giving
them more water inside and out
side than spurts. While Waikiki
was snoozing, however, the why
foundry men arose like giants
and, with rapid succession of
spurts, drew in the requisite five
feet of rope quicker than the
marker could show on the scale.
The time WAS 40 minutes.
Lastly came a team from the U.
s. s. Philadelphia and the Pakaka
or boatboys' team. The Americans
were of fine physique, uniformly
large in build. They seemed to
be in the pink Of condition. The
natives were more varied in
size and weight. Their lead
ing man was slender but sinewy,
and their anchor man must have
weighed $50 pounds at least. At
the first settlement the Americans
held an inch to the good, and, in
frequent struggles, gained seven
to nine inches. Now and then
the natives would recover one
to two inches by terrific
strain, and it gradually came to be
seen that the Philadelphia men
found holding safer than hauling.
There was far less lying down on
the rope, however, than in either
of the preceding matches. At 45
minutes the naval lads heaved
again, good and strong, the result
being a foot more rope on their
end. Everybody could name the
winners then, but everybody was
mistaken. The natives suddenly
threw themselves back and in a
tremendous burst Of power re-
covered their entire loss. Scarcely
waiting to take breath, but inspir-
ed by their advantage and the
loud cheers of their friends, they
went at it again and again. Every
time told foot and, faster than
the account can be written, the
Americans yielded up the rest
of the hemp. 1t was done
in 50 minutes. Both the
American and the Hawaiian an
Choir men were completely used
up, the big native fainting dead
away in the moment of victory.
Contestants for the next tugs,
on Saturday evening, are announc-
ed elsewhere.