The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-29
HAVE A
BIG PULL
Something About
Tug-of-War
Teams.

The tus-of-war tournament will be
resumed at the Aala warehouse to-
night. The first pull will be between
| the Portuguese and the AIl-Americans,
and the second between the Public
Works and Lumber Yard teams. The
| las: three teams are making their first
| appearance tonight.
| The feature OF Saturdays pulls was
the stand made by the Portuguese
team. The Pacific Hardware Co.'S ag-
| gregation were expected To pull the
| Manueis over in short order, but 1t
took them just twenty-four minutes to
do it, The Hardware team are likely
| looking crowd. but certainly did not
| handle themselves to the best adyan-
tage last Saturday. The Portuguese
| knew that their only chance lay In
| hanging on, and hang on they certainly
! did, some of them even digging their
| teeth into the cleats, and when they
were finally overhauled, great splin-
| ter OF wood was held in more than one
| mouth.
The Kani Ke Aus, who defeated the
| Iongshoremen, displayed the best form
| OF the evening. Their opponents were
| handicapped by being practically minus
an anchor, their star end man, keola,
| having gone into the camp Of the lum-
| bermen.
The pull tonight between the Portu-
| guese and the All-Americans should be
| won by the latter in about twenty min
utes. The Public Workers and Lum-
| bermen should furnish one of the best
| pulls of the tournament. both teams
hafner CRACKING GOOD The former
combination is mainly made up Of old
Wela Ka Hao puilers and they will go
into the battle confident OF victory. This
| team is said to be a shade stronger
than the Kani Ke Aus.
OF the Lumber Yard team but little
is known, but IL seems TO have a host
of admirers around town who refuse to
entertain the possibility of defeat. TAX
ing a line through the Kani Re Aus
performance last Saturday. the Public
Works team should have the best OF a
long pull
There Is some talk of an inter-island
tug-of-war tournament to take place
here on June 18th. when the victorious
team In the present contests Will be
pitted against the strong men OF the
other islands.
The receipts OF last Saturdays show
were In the neighborhood OF $500.
A movement is on foot to recompense
the members OF the teams for every
time they pull. according to present
arrangements. the only prizes in sight
are the $500 and $50 offered the two
teams which rank highest at the close
OF the tournament. The balance, and
IL should be a fat one. goes TO the Hon
olulu Athletic Club.
II certainly seems manifestly unfair
that the bulk OF the men who are to
furnish the sport should receive moth
ing at all for their pains. Only two
teams can win the prize money, which
means $3.50 divided up among perhaps
two dozen men. The remaining sixty
men. including substitutes. who have
gone through the contests. the majority
with no earthly show OF winning first
or second prize. get soup.
Every man who by pulling on a
teams helps to draw n crowd to Aala
warehouse. Is entitled to a days wages
at the very least. The tournament is
to last a month and IL costs both money
and time to keep in condition and at
tend practices.
Also the sport is by no means a mild
one and the risk OF rupture not incon
siderable, and a bursted blood vessel
may mean empty mouths at home for
many a day. For which reasons II is |
small wonder that the majority of the |
members of the teams are asking one |
another where they come in and are
clamoring for an arrangement whereby |
they will receive something more sub |
stantial for their pains than the empty |
plaudits OF an amused multitude.