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Manchester K. of C Team Shows up 
the Stronger in Tug-of-War Contest. 
The Tug-of-War contest last Friday 
evening at Parish hall, Manchester, be- 
tween the champion “* Yannigans’’ of 
Beverly Farms and the K. of C. team of 
Manchester was pulled off according to 
schedule, anda pretty lively contest it 
was, too. ‘[ug-of-war contests are 
usually very interesting, but this particu- 
lar contest had been looked forward to 
for along time by Beverly Farms and 
Manchester suppporters of the two teams 
and much enthusiasm had been aroused. 
The result was that a big crowd was on 
hand to see the two teams get together 
to settle honors once and for all. 
By previous arrangements the team 
winning two out of thrée pulls was to be 
the winner. Though it was intended 
that the pull would be at 8 o’ clock sharp 
it was after 8.30 before the first pull was 
called. It was a pretty contest. Man- 
chester seemed to geta little the better 
of it at the start, and when the three 
minutes were up Manchester had won 
by less than half an inch. 
Enthusiasm run high. It was the first 
time that the Yannigans had ever been 
beaten. They had won from the K. of 
C. team twice before, and from other 
teams they had won, also. “They came 
to Manchester that night feeling pretty 
sure of winning again, but when the bar 
went up Friday night they realized right 
off that they were pulling against a differ- 
ent team than that had met on July 4, or 
Labor Day. ; 
The second pull was a little. different. 
The Farms seemed to have it on the 
K. of C.’s from the start. When time 
was called they had about six inches of 
the rope. This caused the crowd to go 
wild with enthusiasm and naturally now 
that each team had won a pull, and the 
next pull would decide the winner of the 
contest everybody was boiling over with 
enthusiasm. 
‘* Bunnie’? Woods, the popular ath- 
letic instructor of Boston, who summers 
at the Farms, had come along as referee. 
He did referee the first two pulls, but 
when the last pull was delayed so long, 
he took the 10.09 train back to the 
Farms and when the time for the pull 
finally came Peter McLaughlin and 
‘* Curly’? Donovan were agreed upon as 
the officials. 
Everybody watched the preparations 
for this final pull with interest. When 
finally Donovan counted the pecine, 
**Two,’’ ‘‘ Three,’’ and the bar was 
raised the crowd was boiling over with 
enthusiasm. The instant the bar was 
lifted Manchester took the lead. First 
they had about half aninch. “Then they 
got an inch, an inch-and-a-half, two 
inches, then they seemed to be held _ for 
an instant, and again they went ahead 
still more,—four, five, six inches, and 
the time was almost up. It would be 
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impossible for the Farms team to get 
that back. While there was a chance 
to get back the six inches in the short 
time remaining, the chances were very, 
very slim,—not one in a hundred. 
The crowd was wild, cheering and 
jumping around. 
the Yannigans was pulled completely 
over. His face was almost touching the 
cleat in front of him. He could never 
get back in position again. Some 
thought he had fainted. But he seemed 
to pull himself together again. He got 
his knees, instead of his feet against the 
cleats, but he was pulled over again, and 
just then an unfortunate thing occurred. 
A spectator along side Hansen thought 
the fellow was being hurt, and seeing 
how he was being pulled the fellow put 
his hand on Hansen’s shoulder to sort of 
lift him out of his predicament, thinking 
Hansen was being injured, he told the 
reporter afterward. Someone pushed 
the spectator aside and as a result of this 
Donovan afterward declared interference 
and no contest. 
Whatever may have been the tech- 
nical decision, however, Manchester 
won as far as the merits of the two teams 
were concerned. Anyone who saw that 
last pull and could say that Manchester 
didn’t win it must have been blind. 
Capt. Gaudreau thought they were 
beaten and shook hands with the captain 
of the K. of C. team. Manchester put 
it all over the Farms team on the last 
pull, but as long as the unfortunate oc- 
currence referred to above did_ take 
place, of course it gives a chance to say 
there was ©‘ No contest.”’ 
Everybody who saw the contest, 
whom we have asked about it, says that 
Manchester won. “The Manchester 
team did not recognize Donovan as 
referee. They say it was their under- 
standing that McLaughlin was referee 
and Donovan was to give the count. 
McLaughlin declared the contest won by 
Manchester. Donovan declares “‘ No 
contest.’’ And there you are. 
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GNIAR ALLA LALLA AAD ALLA ALADDIN: 
The colleges of New England are 
uniting in having a big torchlight parade 
in Boston next Friday, Oct. 30, and 
Councilman A. P. Loring, jr., has ex- 
tended the West Beach ‘Tars, together 
with the other Beverly organizations, a 
cordial invitation to parade, and if the 
invitation is accepted, they will probably 
be in line following the Harvard Repub- 
lican club. It is very likely that the lo- 
cal boys will accept. 
The Misses May D. and Gertrude 
Connolly in response to the demand will 
have a boys’ as well as girls’ and ladies’ 
classses in gymnastics this winter. “The 
first lesson will be given on Monday 
The anchor man on‘ 
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CHAS. HOOPER, Manchester 
Location of Fire Alarm Boxes 
Manchester, Mass. 
31. Electric Light Station. 
33. Telephone Exchange Office. 
34. Summer Street, P. H. Boyle’s Stable. 
41. Corner Bridge and Pine Sts. 
43. Corner Harbor and Bridge Sts. 
52. Fire Engine House, School St. 
54. Corner School and Lincolu Sts. 
56. School St., opp. the grounds of the 
Essex County Club. 
61. Sea St., If. S. Chase’s House. 
62. Corner Beach and Masconomo, 
64. ‘Lobster Cove.” 
Two Blasts, all out or under control. 
Three Blasts, extra call. 
Directions for giving an alarm: Bieak the 
glass, turn the key aud open the door, pull 
the hook down ounce and let go 
JAMES HOARR, Chief, 
GEORGE S. SINNICKS, 
CLARENCE W. MORGAN, 
Engineers of Fire Department 
22 at 7.45 a.m., no school at Juhu Price 
Primary School; 10. 45 a.m., one session. 
22 at 8.00a.m., no school at any of the 
buildings 11.00 a.m., one session. 
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invited. 
