Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-07-05

re Declared the Winners in Worlds Championship Dr

2d the Winner.
his seconds. Both lads had griev-
ance against each other, and in
fighting they mixed it during the
three brief rounds.
Belmont Team Wins
Tug of War Contest
The tug of war between the Bel
mont and Extension teams was held
at the intersection of Main and
Oddie avenue, on the return of the
fight fans from the ball grounds
and the former team experienced
no trouble in winning that event
after pulling for five minutes. The
Belmonts secured the advantage on
the first pull and then after a short
rest the captain gave the word for
a second pull and this time the
marked section of the rope was
hauled past the winning mark.
Small sports for the benefit of
the boys and girls were held during
the afternoon by Will Evans and
events were furnished that kept
the youthful spectators employed
for several hours. Whenever a lull
appeared in the program the small
sports would be called and dozens
of entries were always to be Sc
cured.
Terrible Swedes Win in
First Days Drilling Contest
The worlds championship drill
ing contest started at o'clock with
Lundquist and Dahlin of Victor,
Colo, on the rock. Four entries
were received for this event and
in the drawing Lundquist and Dah-
lin, and Goddard and Porter, were
| selected to drill yesterday. Page
and Pickins and Ross and Vucano-
vich were placed on the program
for this morning.
The Terrible Swedes" set a good
pace for their followers and after
drilling for the Is minutes, it was
| announced that they had penetrated
the granite for a distance of Al "
inches. Goddard and Porter nego-
tiated Al 5-16 inches.
Lundauist and Dahlin put up the
best appearance for the first day,
especially in making the changes
which were of the lightning order
ahlin made all the changes and
never missed in one. The two
started off at rate of 76 strokes
to the minute and at the end OF
the fourteenth minute were striking
| 72 strokes. They speeded up fol
the last minute to the 76 rate an6
fir ished amid roar of cheers. Al
oie time Dahlin was sending the
eight-pound hammer down at the
rate of so strokes minute, but
he did not keep up this pace fol
more than one period Neither o.
the drillers scored miss and theil
work was excellent throughout tn,
time they were ON the rock.
Goddard and Porter
Meet With Hard Luck
Goddard and Porter were some
). what slower in striking, and ais,
experienced a little bad luck. Wha
. they lacked in speed they mad
up in strength. Goddard started
, eff at a rate of 6S strokes a min
! ute and Porter was two stroke
slower On one occasion both mel
! lost fully five seconds in changing
! positions and on two other ooea
sions poor changes were made II
t substituting drills. The time los
, can be accounted for their losin
a the honors of the first day. God
) dard made one miss but the ham
| mer did not hit his partners hand
. At the end of the Is minute
$ Goddard was striking Sc blows t
the minute while Porter was work
s ing at a rate of ga to the minute
}. Many wagers were recorded in tn
i crowd that Goddard and Porte
/. would not beat the hole driven b
r the first team.
! Page and Pickins
+ Win the Championship
: Page and Pickins of Bisbee, Ariz
) were declared the worlds chaml
ions at the conclusion of the drill
; ing contest today. The Arizon
d team drilled As 7-16 inches in tt
Rocklin granite and their neare
n competitors were Lundquist an
Ie Dahlin, the Colorado team, tn;
a drilled Al Y inches yesterday.
D. When Page and and Pickins wei
Ie on the drilling rock this mornir
Is supporters and admirers of the pa
Ip started wagering that the ArizoI
'f champions would beat the thr'