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@hfi §h‘atforb | Beawwfli eP alfi ‘ ; x4 is STRATFORD SETanEr a 821 _/ _ â€"â€"â€" N ils l m s d $ ONTARIQ FRIDAY OCTOBER 2, 1964 Foundedâ€" Daily, 1887 ‘ Didn‘t Budge In Tugâ€"Ofâ€"War..s _ n t Budge in â€"O)fâ€" x ,} LGIL b _ B 1US e««‘s By ARTHUR WILLIAMS these teams and was quite _ 1890, Due to a misinterpreâ€" _ The Meblang: wlood and EMBRO â€" Late in the COlllflghentA that they could __ tation of the starting rule _ brawn rose to the occasion: 1870s a group of men from pull the Americans. na fair contest took place and th» rope started to : Zorra got fogether to test .. On Augt“tSL Bd,ffllsss"l‘ l“!e as ~ the Zorra: team. was _ move, though‘ it. took . anâ€" their brawn as a tugofwar .. [JC4M Wenl °0 uffalo. Their _â€" pyiled before they took up â€" other 10 minutes before the team. From these men fn'l“ (:pponent “t’gs the EUfl _ the strain. As a result of pull wa:; decided. in favor five were chosen, Robert _ 20 elarp, a i6aM WMC2] 5_ this the supporters of the _ of the Zorra boys Mclntosh, as anchor man, rom their outward appearâ€" |â€" j : c y ic feoked tik x ocal team urged them to r c : William Munro, Ira Humâ€" ance loothe etalbured“;lfil- challenge the Chicago team orl ad es s1‘ a! ner as they outclasse wa rd :t ide i | mason, Robert I&’l.cLeogl es Canadians )i,n both size ang for a reâ€"match in Oxford pipsér lazr (:.hg ecl&eg.;ff.\she Alex: Clark, with James weight, The look of humiliâ€" County, The challenge was team was t s ; Sumeflandta\smgill‘efiligfnzow. ation was not easily deâ€" accepted.: The first date set as zhe asair]e\xl'l::(s)Strgg?ulgr evlefrw?tfaltmthey began to at. _ Scribed . when the Zorra _ Was Oct. 1 at Woodstock, cheers. While: it was Z trach attention, â€" Many of boys turned ‘out to be the ‘I;"lt,%(?.cométy Agl'ICU1tu1:e proud victory it was also a the teams which they pulled better team. The defeat of xT ition, but the Embro _â€" defeat in which the Chicago $ a their second opponent, the Fair Board felt that since s a against outâ€"weighed. them, team could be proud â€"as it but none were able to pull Rochefter '1tiea_u_1, ol iven the team was from ZOtTa; . is believed to be the longâ€" the Zorra feam. more humiliating as it hapâ€" they should pull in Embro. est pull on record. TH n As a result of this, ‘a groat pened so suddenly that the Finally it was decided that Oliv]er Mowatt thelemHezfii ' ; rivailry sprang up between Rochester team called a _ they would pull at Embro ber for Oxford is : â€"foul, but it was not allowed s * o prduoffered. his the Zorra and Dereham . }U, ? allowed.. __{Oct, 10. congratulations, team. The Deteham team n the second pull, the vieâ€" Over 4,000 gathered to The t o tory was even more decisâ€" ; ht : sopaiwo, fesmee ot outweighed the Zorra boys : For their off it cheer their favorites to again at the Chicago by 20 pounds apiece, yet in _ IV8 10t MNQT C orts tBEY â€"_ yictory § World‘s Fai A ons T7 were presented with a silâ€" a orld‘s Fair of 1893 when four years ‘of competition, The first pull wa â€" i o A vet tankard and a purse of â€"; ; st pu s a rou once again the Zorras deâ€" the Zorra team always pullâ€" f tine affair with the Zorr ; 5 oo hm Ascthein Feputs money. Following these deâ€" â€" r with the Zorra feated them in the finals to t op sprE.ad t rogs ioam cisive victories they conâ€" team_ pulling â€"their opponâ€" become recognizedâ€"as the wag challe’nge es amihy fined their activities to loâ€" ents in less than a minute. World Champions. A .cairn o nemeamscet Adnal o8 cal events, After all they The,-.second pull was . a was erected, in their honor bre, including the Lucknow were just a group of farmâ€" classic event in the anna}s in 1939 at the North Embro Giants, a Brantford team Z;‘tsefr'ldTlLagdo?\:s;m to 1.°°1§ ?fastuigfiiggr' Tl:rel s§ain celr\I;ete{Jy gate?. y | and several g.ood. local ic ies was jus on the rope, embers of the team teams. None of the opposiâ€" recreation. â€" both teams. now having were Alex Clarke, who was tion ever pulled the Zorra In 1890, Mr. Sutherland been pulled by the other six feet two inches tall and tearm recelv_ed a challenge.from apd each anxious for a weighed 206 pounds; Robert 4 co soutH _ the Highland Association of victory. For 25 minutes the McLeod, six feet two inches About this time two teams ChlcagO. for hls_ team to rope never moved more tail, 197 pounds; Ira Humâ€" in the Northeasterm States _ PW against a Chicago team than an inch either way. mason six feet two inches, were meeting with little opâ€" in August. Theâ€" challenge Then, a dramatic moâ€" 199 pounds; W. R. Munro, posxf:ion, and were receiving was accepted.. The place ment came. One of the six feet one inch, 188 con§1de;a.ble publicity for for_ the pull was to.be/ at local pipers, who could pounds; Robert MeclIntosh, their skill at the game. Elliott Pgrk, some distance stand. the suspense no longâ€" six feet two, 215 pounds .{tzlimes. Sutherland decided from Chicago. It was to er, started ~to play "The (anchor man) with Mr. at his team should meet take place on August 23, Campbells _ Ar%____ : i" y‘ . 9 > _ _ m _ l t .. {(4¢. 0 0 TT is . s Ts t & c o # uism """ oue 3/ ~ .o .. 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C bell, of Embro - 3 / _\ fore the turn of the century. Members of the famous The Beaconâ€"Herald by Clarence Campbell, or Embt 1. o . ©Augâ€"ofâ€"war team were: Back row, from left: Alex Clarke, whose fatherâ€"inâ€"law was Mr. Hummason, of the tugâ€"ofâ€"= ._ ] Robert McLeod and Ira Hummason. Front row: William war team. : â€"â€" R. Munro, E. L. Sutherland, the eaptain, and Robert Mcâ€" 2 ¢ yAkds 5 cmd nna . o ts in 1 mt old ie e Ae SE 7_ ... * on adiene 5. [ P nmasie Ey ,su);,.-u C i n ef sls sc , s * ; i &X a