Red Wing sentinel., 1860-05-30
WRESTLING MATCH.

lno IOllOWlIS dCSOuut VI WRESTLING
match is from the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Quite an exciting wrestling match
occurred yesterday afternoon on Scran-
tons Flats, between two well known
colorcd wrestlers named respectively
Matt Skinner and Nose Summons. 1t
is believed to have been the great
rastle'' of the age. Mr.. Skinner is
an employee ofthe &C. & G. Railroad,
while Mr.. Simmons is identified with
the G.. & T.. The contest therefore,
may be said to have been between
these gentemanly railroads, in meas
ure.
Mr.. Simmons had been in active
training for some time under the i'm
mediate direction of Josh Tyler, while
Mr.. Skinner had been put in condition
by variety of other gentlemen.
The purse was So 90, and the bet
ting was quite animated, going as high
in few cases as twenty-five cents.
In the first round the men, after sha-
king hands, ,playfnlly bunted their heads
together for a few hours. This having
no effect they embraced and sat down
on the grass, Mr.. Skinner making an
impromptu sofa Of Mr.. Simmons sto.
mach. Great excitement and cora
cio,ss cheers for Skinner.
2,,d Rou,ad-The men came quickly
to the scratch, and again embraced.
They swayed wildly 10 and fro-espe-
cially fro"---for short time, when
Skinner put Simmons left leg in his
pocket, causing Simmons to descend
to the ground with considerable rapid
ity. But he arose instantly and jump.
cd affectionately on to SINNERS back.
Skinner summoned all of his tremen-
dous strength and threw Simmons
down the bank. He fell some sixty
feet, shrinking a grindstone on his
head. He was unhurt, but the grind.
stone received an injury from which it
can never recover. Wild excitement
and cheers for Skinner. Skinner the
favoritc. Two to one on Skinner.
After being brushed off with roll
ing pin the men came to the scratch
for the third round. They embraced,
and Mr.. Skinner, to show that he en-
tertaincd no ill-fee;ing towards Mr..
Simmons, put his nose into that gentle.
mans mouth; while Mr.. Simmons
gracefully returned the compliment by
placing his stomach suddenly against
Mr.. Skinner's left foot. This act of
kindness so overpowered Mr.. Skinner,
that hc made a spittoon Of his face for
Mr.. Simmons special benefit. They
sce-sawed some twenty rods from the
ring and fell exhausted under a two
horse wagon. Cries of foul'' on both
sides, and considerable confusion en-.
sued, in which an intoxicated gentle
man threw his hat on the ground and
acknowledged that he was I" an origi-
nal Buchanan man, and had as leves
be hung as not.'' This disorderly per-
son was chained to a wheelbarrow,
and the men prepared for the fourth
round.
They embraced, and Mr.. Simmons,
for the purpose of ascertaining whether
Mr.. Skinner had strawberry mark on
his left ankle, gracefully applied his
teeth to that gentleman's left pantaloon
and gently tore it to the suspender {;
while Mr.. Skinner, with the view of
assisting Mr.. Simmons in his praise
worthy search for information, vigo-
rously placed his head against the seat
of Mr.. Simmons pantaloons. The eff:
feet of this generously conceived move
ment was contrary to Mr.. SINNERS
Expectations, for Mr.. Simmons head
rapidly descended into the ground So
nothing, in fact, being visible of him
but his heels. He was extracted with
considerable difficulty. Great cheers
tor Skinner. Skinner ahead. Every
thing was now passing off agreeably,
but the intoxicated gentleman at the
wheelbarrow threw a wet blanket Oil
the festivities by offering to bet four
cents that Buchanan was a second old
George Washington. He then called
for stockingfull Of quick poison and
burst into tears.
The fifth and last round consisted
principally of what may be classically
termed kerbanging, the parties pros
trating their proud forms upon the
grass and showing their heads together
with remarkable precision and force.
They then arose and clasped each 9TH
er to their respective bosoms and mad
ly careened into mud-puddle. The
seconds of both parties at this exciting
|juncture threw up their sponges 1.-THE
sponges being furnished for this occa-
sion by several we'll known chemistsl
and both parties were defeated. 1t
was probably the greatest rastal''
ever witnessed in this city. The par
ties were done up in champion and
conveyed from the field in a matched
span of washtubs.
a. A man never knows what he
is capable of until he has tried his
power. There seems to be no bound to
human capacity. Insight, energy and
will produces astonishing results. How
often modest talent driven by circum.
stances TO undertake some formidable
looking work, has left its own untried
and hitheto unconscious powers ris-
ing mp to grapple and afterwards stood
amazed at its own expected success.