Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-08-25
ARTICLES OF
AGREEMENT FOR
TUG OF War
RULES AND CONDITIONS THAT
WILL GOVERN MONTANA
BELMONT CONTEST.

Articles of Agreement.
This agreement, made and enter
ed into this 9Th day of August,
1911, by and between w. B. Evans,
as the authorized representative of
what is known as the Montana
team, and C. l.. Theuerkauf, as
the representative of the Belmont
Iteam.
| Witnesseth That the parties
hereto, as said representatives of
said teams, agree that the said Mon
tana and Belmont teams, shall en-
gage in a tug-of-war contest, at
such place as said representatives
shall agree upon, at 8 o'clock in
the afternoon of September 4, 1911,
in the said town of Tonopah, Nye
county, state of Nevada.
1t is agreed that the members
of each of the teams shall be the
same persons as list of names at
end of this contract The Montana
team to be the same with the ex-
ception of two men. The Belmont
list to be in the hands of Epstiue
not later than August 18th, at G
O'Clock p m.
| 1t is also agreed that neither
team shall pull without these same
men unless any member, excepting
the anchor man, shall become sick
or injured, in which event each
team, or its representative, shall
select duly qualified and practic-
| ing physician to examine the all
ing member and report on his con-
dition, and if both report the said
man sick or injured and unable
to pull, a substitute shall be pick
ed from the city of Tonopah, being
a resident of not less than two
months. The decision of said doc
tors must be unanimous; if not
they shall select third doctor to
examine and report, and his re-
port shall govern and be binding
The entire membership of each
team must be on hand and ready
to pull at o'clock p. M, Sep
TENDER 4th, 1911, at the place Sc
lected for the match, otherwise the
team failing to do SO will forfeit
its forfeit deposit of 5000, now in
the hands of the stakeholder.
For the contest it is agreed that
the platform upon which the teams
will pull shall be three feet wide,
of substantial lumber, and as near
as may be and still be level at
an elevation of two and one-half
(2k) feet above the surface of the
ground. the cleats not more than
two and one-half (21s) inches high,
well set, and the distance face to
face between the cleats shall be
eight inches. The rope shall be
what is known as Stretched rope
and shall be one and one-half
Il VI inches thick, and hemp rope.
The platform upon which the
contest shall take place shall be
enclosed within a rope railing,
which railing shall be twenty feet
from the nearest point of the plat
form on all sides thereof, and no
person besides the nine contestants
of each team shall be within this
enclosure except the captain and two
coaches of each team, the three
judges, stakeholder, and such peace
officers as may be necessary to en-
force this provision.
The pull shall be one pull OF
twenty-four (24) inches from the
starting point.
The decision of the majority oil
the judges shall decide the con
test, and the stakeholder shall be
governed by that decision in award.
ing the money in his custody. The
judges shall also by pistol shot star
the contest, and declare the same
ended when either team shall have
pulled the required twenty-foul
(24) inches from the starting point
There shall be a clamp on the
rope at the starting point, which
clamp shall not be released by tn,
judges until the pistol shot is free
to begin.
The judges shall be three in mum
Der and shall be chosen as follows
One by the representative of eael
team, and the two so chosen shall
choose the third. The judges shall
be as nearly as possible, disinter
ested parties.
The judges and captains of eacl
team shall search all members O
both teams before the contest start
and the belts of each anchor ma,
shall also be searched.
The members of each team shal
deposit with the stakeholder, Il
p. Epstine, on or before 6 o'cloc