Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-06
GER MANS AND DANES
WIN In TUG-O-W
Germany Wins Tight Tussle from
Sweden and Denmark Gets Easy
Victory Over Ireland.
BoHEM1ANs LOSE ON A FOUL

Germany and Denmark are the two
countries with perfect records In the
International Tug-of-war being staged
at the Auditorium all this week Both
Of these teams won their pulls last night.
Sweden. the other crew with clear
record yesterday, was vanaulshed by the
Germans.
And that pun between the Germans and
Swcdes was some pull. II was no dis
credit for the Swedes TO lose for they
put up mighty battle and the Germans
have one of the best little tug teams
ever assembled.
Tho match lasted the full twenty min
utes and Germany won by a scant six
inches. At tho start the Swcdes obtained
little advantage. but a few moments
later Captain Pete Loeb signalled for his
charges TO get down 10 work and work
they did. They regained the lost six inches
and gradually gathered in another half
foot. enough to win the pull.
Loeb shows spOrtnmanship.
After about fifteen minutes OF the pull
between the Germans and Swedes one of
the neatest bits Of workmanship ex-
hibited around these parts in many a
moon was shown by Pete Loeb, the Ger
man captain. During a spat when the
Germans were pulling their highest Neis
Hetland. the powerful anchor man for the
Swedes. momentariiy lost his balance and
he slipped from his position. In getting
back into position on the ladder Il was
necessary for Hetland TO brace himself
against the ladder. ono of the judges
declared he had grasped the ladder with
his hands. This Is against the rules and
the match could have been awarded TO
the Germans had the referee seen ut.
But Loeb stepped forward and said no"
we don't want to win by a foul" de-
clared Loeb. III we can't pull them, we
dont want to be given a decision. We
want to win by merit
So the pull went on and the Germans
did win by merit. But they might have
lost; there was still plenty of time to do
so when Loeb refused to accept foul
decision. and Loeb and his Germans
must be given due credit for their action
Victory IL Surprise.
The victory OF the Germans was more
or less OF surprise. The swedes were
favorites In the tournament, and IL was
thought the Danes would be the ones to
give them the real battle. But with big
Matt Simmer strong man. sitting In that
saddle. the Swedes couldn't pull the lads
from along the Rhine
The first pull was awarded to America
on a foul. The defeat was chalked up
against the Bohemians. Big Bill Hokuff.
anchor man for the Bohemisns was the
offender. Hokuff was caught by the
umpire grabbing the ladder. and the
jumps called him. Hokufs was accused
| OF the same offense Monday night and
after dispute match between the Bo-
hemians and Irish was called a draw,
The pull had been going on thirteen min
utes when the foul was noticed. and the
Bohemians were leading at the time. The
American team, the Omaha firemen. wal
considerably strengthened last night
when Teddy schutt was placed in tbs
anchor position.
English Lick italians.
The Scatch-English carried away a vic
tory over the Italians In eighteen min
utes and twenty-five seconds. One Of tn,
, Italians heavy men became sick durinl
a the pull and il was necessary to assis
n him off the platform.
e Denmark broke all records last nigh
. by yanking the Irish team the five fee
( in the brief and sweet time OF fifteel
n seconds. Captain Tolbads men caugh
3 the sons OF Erin unAwares and tn
+ match was over before the Irish laddie
= could get themselves set.
4 The schedule tonight Is as follows;
d America against Italy.
) sweden against Denmark.
u Scotch English against Bohemia.
Ireland against Germany.
d Much interest is being taken In tn
: match tonight between the swedes an
D Danes. These chaps are natural rivals
d and Il Is expected that the Auditortur
win be packed from top to bottom 70
the event.