Tug of war at the 1912 Summer Olympics 8, 1912. In the first pull, the Swedish team steadily pulled the British squad across the center mark. After a five-minute break, the second pull was started. In this one, neither team gained the victory through pulling the other across the line, but after a prolonged stalemate a couple of the London men succumbed to exhaustion and sat on the ground, disqualifying them and giving the Swedes the victory. Tug of war at the 1912 Summer Olympics The tug of war contest at the 1912 Summer Olympics consisted of a single match, as only two teams entered the competition. Sweden
Baltimore (tug) the repair period to replace "Baltimore's" boiler. In her capacity as an official welcoming vessel for the City of Baltimore, "Baltimore" met the German unarmed merchant submarine "Deutschland" on her first voyage to America, prior to the United States' entry into World War I. "Baltimore" and the city quarantine tug "Thomas F. Timmins" patrolled the vicinity of "Deutschland's" berth to ensure American neutrality. In 1956 the Baltimore Harbor Board was dissolved and its assets, including "Baltimore", transferred to the Maryland Port Authority. In 1963 the state sold "Baltimore" to Alexander Luckton, Jr., owner of Baltimore's Poe Bookstore. Luckton proposed to