TUG-O'-WAR CONTEST.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 November 1924, Page 8

TUG-O'-WAR CONTEST.

MANAIA TOURNEY. WON BY TIRIMOANA. ‘ ./The concluding pulls in the tug-of-war.. tournament organised .in support of the sports, candidate contesting the Manaia queen carnival were decided, in •the Manaia Town Hall “on Friday evening, before a large audience. As was indicated hy the results of the preliminaries, on Wednesday evening, the tourney,..was rhon hv.'Tirimoana who maintained their unbeaten record and secured the maximum number of 10 points. Riverdale, who were defeated by the winners only, took second prize \yith 8 points, and Kaponga, who lost to both the winners and runners up, in-third position with 6 points. The order of the remaining teams w^si 4 points, Tanngatara 2, and Kaupokonui nil. The Tirimoana,aiid Kaponga teams on Friday were as published on ThursdayIn the Riverdale. team, G. Deakiri and C; MacDonald replaced W% Martin ,aiid W., McCook. Several alterations were made ihtlie Kaupokonui and Maori sides, Kauppjconui fieirig . represented by IT. W. McKaiii (skip), H. Stott, C. Evans, G. Taylor, R.. Cockerton,

ami J.. mcucuire, ana maoris »y ». itei (skip), ';J. Adamson, A. ! Parsons/ L. Apps, W. Opai, and H, Epjae. .j . .. ‘Mr. J. Russell again;.,.officiated . as 'judge.-. Mr. W. Slattery acted; as-time-keeper. ‘ In the first pull , of the .evening, Riverdale heat Maoris. •* Getting three inches at the, ; outset, Riyea'dale;,- held steadily for 4p seconds, when the real test'commenced. The Maori team re; sponded gamely, hut - unequal tp; the strain, and 20 seconds later Riverdale .had' secured 4he required 18 inches,./’ .. .... ... = LTirimoana defeated the light Kaupokonui side in one-sided contest, which earned the losers the popular opinion of the spectators, ;iwho appreciated the' sportmanship shown in essayipg I:t an apparently, hopeless, endeavour iii^tead;hf Kallowing the pull tb go by rlAfniil-h 5

Taungatara, who failed to attend, defaulted to Tirimoana and Maoris. Kaupokonui defaulted to Kapoiiga. Contesting second place,., Riyerdale, beat Kaponga after an (exciting bout ,u^ic^^untU i;; the,vconoluding,. ; sec Q nds, showed to the advantage of, the losers. •With; the first strain, the - ribbon showed slightly in favour of Kaponga, who held an inch at the call of one minute. At two minutes Kaponga’s lead had been increased to two inches, a fur- - tlier half-inch being gained during the ./next'minute) A fierce struggle in v the following thirty seconds gave no alteration, but the ensuing fifteen saw- the ribbon sway to within, half an inch of ceiitre, ; and with' three seconds' to go Rivcrdale’s final effort secured them the decision by half an inch. This was the last of the tournament pulls. In an exhibition pull of three minutes L. \ 5.. : Pepperellv, 0. : Gemhoefer and I/,' PepperelL .(Tirimoaria). defeated I J. Malone and F. Zimmerman (Ka- * ponga.) and O. Hunt (Riverdale). .Holding the advantage throughout, the winner's ; ;made a bid, to pull their opponents -off ;the boards, but wen* -met with -a stubborn resistance, and had to be ■dontent with a 9-ineh inar;;giri time sounded....; . ’ The v; first and* . : se,cond prizes were presented. •to ; Tirimoana and Riverdale 'respectively by. the chairman., Mr. E. Burke, who suitably congratulated the winning teams and complimented all -in v the- competition on their (worthy showing. Commending Tirimoana bn maintaining their unbeaten record, Mr. Burke said he felt sure that the (best wishes-.for their success in the New Zealand championship, which they -Were to contest; at Timaru next DeIcembor., /would bo extended by all followers , of. sport throughput Taranaki. -The. respective •captains, AY. Davies .and F. AVillcocks (Rliver,'dale) responded , on behalf of their teams. Mr. Burke also expressed appreciation of the public support ac-' .corded, and thanked all who had contributed items or assisted in the administration of the tournament,. making special mention of the services rendered as. pianiste by Mias M. Long. 'ln conclusion, he paid.a tribpte to the work pf the hon. secretafj', Mr* W. J. Hadley. 'T A short programme of. enjoyable 'concert items submitted at intervals during the Evening provided an appreciated auxiliary to the; entertainment. (Vocal solo's were contributed by Mesdames C. Burke (“Island of Dreams' ’ and,. “Old. : Erin’’) and L. R . Freeman (“Let the Great Big World Keep Turning”' and “Little Girl, Little Roy”), the Misses G. Bennett (“Wbpre. thfe Shamrock Grows’.’ and “Sleepy Seas”), and C. Vine (“Mother .Maohree” and “Waiting”) and Messrs T. \Cpleman (“Gra Madhree,” “Girl, from Glare,” “Irish Mother” and “Annie Laurie”), G. P. Cottrell (“There’s a Garden” and “Bulls;-Ml Bellow”) and J. A. Eilkington (“Mellow Moon”). Three instrumental items (“Hawaiian, NatonaL Anthem,’V “Taton .Tatou’/ and “Hie Rpsary”), pleasingly rendered by Mr. Elkington on his Hawaiian harip guitar, also l>roved exceedingly popular. ' ' Following the prize presentation, the floor of the hall . was cleared; and . a dance . programme . gave continued attraction until its conclusion in the small hours of the morning.. Air. F. Landers . attended to the M.C.’s duties, music being provided by Mesclamea L G. Mud ford. and )A. AlcCracken, who shared duties- as pianistes, and J. Co^rove (cornet), T. (Hotter (euphonium) and E. Lloyd (violin). i. The supper committee during both evenipgs included the followingAfesdanies E. Vine, C. Burke, E. Burke, H. Sutton, F. Mourie, L. C. Dahinder, AI. Brown, J. AVerder, B. Howell, G. Deakin, J. Landers and the ( Misses Munro. C.- Vine,. M. R.van.., ;F, Joyce /and J. Joyce, to whoni are. due the tlianks of the tug-of-war'teams and officials who;, were entertained as the guests of the' committee, and also the thanks of all in attendance; . The : sbft 1 drinks stall was conducted .by Mesdames ;R: Donald, IV.. Raeand Alias C. Hickey.