The San Francisco call., 1897-02-28
JUDGE CAMPBELL STARTS THE TUG

whiskers all straighlen out, looked the
picture of Judge. When not engaged in
supervising the contest he made himself
soclabe with knot of favored individuals
who were admitted into the inclosure
reserved. for members of the press by Of
fering small wager that the "pull" in
the corridors outside of his courtroom
could outclass the best team in the tour
nament.
Railroad Commissioner DR.. Stanton was
willing to go him one better with the
lobby In Sacramento or that said TO hang
round the National Capitol when the
funding bill was up for conside ration.
Those who attended the sport last night
were loud in their praise of McNeilrs in
dicator, by which the slightest loss or
gain of either team could be plainly seen
from the most remote section OF the
building.
1t was $3.50 o'clock when Judge James A.
Campbell raised his little silver pistol
considerable distance from his lovely
Whiskers and pointing it in the direction
'nf the big bell attached to the rafters
pulled the trigger, and that was the signal
for the opening OF the great international
tug-of-war tournament.
The first teams to ent er upon the cleated
platform were tn French and Cana
dians. The betting-and at this mention
the Judge blushed-was in favor OF the
Canadians, put the supporters of the
French team were not backward in their
coin, and as a result many dollars changed
hands.
The Canucks soon prove their supe-
riority over their able opponents. The first
tug brought the dial or indicator six
inches in the direction of Canada. Then
there was q stop, but each time the cap
tain of the Canadian team gave his men q
signal the indicator moved along slowly
but gradually TO the Canadian side. The
contest lasted exactly minutes As sec
onds, and was won by the Canadian team.
The Danish and Swedish teams were
next to put in an appearance The
6wedes came first and selected the west
end of the platform. Immediately fol-
lowing came the Danes, who were power
full aggregation of men. The pools sold
slightly IN favor of the Swedes, who in
past tournaments proved themselves
q. hard body of men to defeat.
Judge Campbell a sain appeared at the
starting-post with his little six-shooter,
which contained only blank cartridges. as
hrs Honor positively refused to handle
any implements that carried lead. He re-
marked that although his whiskers looked
hoary he was not ready to bag any ga me
outside OF the jurisdiction OF the court
over which he presides.
At 9:08 o'clock the Judge pulled the
trigger of his silvered beauty and the tug
was in order. Neither team gained an
1nC0 AT Ine SlarI DuL the uldl naQ6 q Jun p
to Sweden. The Danes buckied down and
the indicator moved back to its original
position. After q long rest the Swedish
team made one grand effort and the indi-
Gator moved along the stick until it ca me
bang against the end. The Swedes won
the pull in min. 26 sec.
The band played fayorlte Scottish air,
81 he Cam pbells Are Comins," and this
was the signal for the appearance OF the
HighlandeTs, who marched like troopers
on board the platform. The Scotch team
had as its opponents the Italians, who,
although small in stature impaired with
their husky antagonists, looked quite an
aggressive body of e-pulieTs. There
was no pool selling on this bout. as it was
foregone conclusion that the Scotch team
would win. Once again the Judge hoisted
his little weapon and it cracked. The con-
test Iasled exactly minutes and % sec
onds. and was easily won by the sons OF
old Scotland.
The Norwegian team marched to the
strains OF their national anthem to the
platform and then came the sons of the
Emerald Isle, to the music of Paddy
Land" They received a hearty cheer
from their countrymen, who were present