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Show 1 IMIItAIIIIAI, ll(,.)l-tUi: 1'ioiit who delight In wllneailng and reading atvounta of fraltof bjal cat ttrength and agility will In hit"' eMed In inilng lha dlipatcbee about tbe tug-of-war contetla tbat have len In progreta for three dayt lu Han I'ran-cl.co. I'ran-cl.co. The competition being Inter national, II hat been a grtat attraction, Ibeaudlencealn theiAVlllon rracblog aablgh a number at 10,tXI ai-rclalore Tbo tearua aro American, Kngbtbi Hcntch, Irlab, Oanadlana, Hwelea, Norweglana, lullana aud (Itruiana. The game la tlmplo. Three lloea are drawn on the floor, the two outer tnarka at equal tllalanre from the central one. The rir-l mart of each teamtwi tba roa-n-cllve outer llnea. Arolheld by the cwnalllora. A mark It ma le on tbla rope Immediately ovetlbecentral mark. The team whkh pull, thla Indicator over the chalk line uearrtt to them are Ibe vlrtort. Atlateat accotintl every learn ha I Uendefeatetl In boutt already eDgaged In rireptlng the Atnerlcati and Kotcli, an I tbo Itruggle bttweeil them waa Ulng ljokt-d fotword to with much enthualaam. Tbue It In moat men a krrnrellah for nthletlo t-oita of llila drtciltlon. A late dlaruitch, rrcelvol nrter thla waa written, ttatea tbat Ibe Krotthmeu beat tba Americana In 3) mlnutea and 1 1 tecoiidt. |
