The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-12
PITTsBURG wRpsrLERs.
Law ana Tuhey ED or the Rlng-Evcnly |
Ma'ched Cham ..ions-sNeither the Eng |
hshm"n Noy the Irishman Can Get |
"Fali, Ind, q "Draw'' IL Declared.

lehman Noy the Irishman Can Get a
"Fsh' and . "Draw' II Declared.
49, pITTsDURG Pa, August IL, 1878.
Ihls aterno.n wrestling match OF the "catch
as catch can*style, Tor purse OF 81 ,oOO between
Michael Tuhey, an lrishman, and Edmund Law, ex.
champioI Of England took place In the woods,
ABOUT ak miles from this city, on the Sharpsburg
roa'I The men attempted to wreste at Friendship
"rbve sbeut u week ago. but, as there were roughs
CT the worst description PRESENT, who cut the ropes
and rushed into the ring and crowded about the
men that they almost sunecated, they had given
up the thing for the time. The referee notified the
men to keep In training, ana fixed the day for re-
newas OF the struggle.
party numbering about fifty persons left the
city In carriages and reached the spot selected at
about three'o'clock, and in fifteen minutes alter
ward the principals were In the ring, stripped and
ready for work. Both men were in excellent form,
Tuney especially, who was the heaviest OF the
two, and whose muscles on the back and arms
stood out prominently. Law, who is sinewy,
trim built young fellow, was in nne condition and
supple as a ballet girl. John Grant. the referee,
then addressed the men, saying that either must
not resort to any unfair means to win; that there
should be no choking, biting or striking. The
crowd was also notified that the first man VINO at
the wicked countenances OF the ring keepers none
were disposed to try the experiment.. There was
this period, money being laid evenly. Law was at
tended by Ralph Wolfendale and Charley Mendoza,
while Dan Early and William Herring did the
h0nOrs for Mike.
At haii-past three O'Clock the men clinched, and
in an instant a desperate struggle 1Or the fall
sued, Law, who was the most scientific man Of
the two, trying the cr0ss-butt0ck on Tuney but it
was not success; and in turn he was shot on his
feet but fell on his elbows and knees and remained
there, despite the efforts Of the other to disOdge
him. There was no resting and no breathing spell,
but up they came again, painting for breath, and,
with the sun sending his fierce rays down on their
0verheated bodies, they clinched again and strug-
gled for the fall each grinding his teeth in vexa
ton and rage at the failure OF each others efforts
to secure fall. After wrestling for threequarters
OF an hour without fall on either side the men
asked for water to quench their thirst, but this
was refused by the referee, who would not allow
drop Of ythlng to either Of the cOmbatants.
Law ut this period was bleeding from wound on
his eye, and the blood was running from his breast
from the deep scratches in his neck, while his oppO
nents knees were raw as Deeisteak. They had been
wrestling now for one hour and in the Judgment
OF the crowd the men were SO evenly matched that
fall for either was hardly possible. Their bodies
legs and arms were wet with perspiration, and
good hold was out OF the question. they Kept at it,
however, and savagely, too, for another twenty-five
minutes, Wien the hackers Of the men came to the
conclusion that 1t no use to continue the strug
OF the contest said that in the fifteen matches
England, all OF which he won he never encountered
person who stood up before him like Tuney The
crowd, which was OF a bad stripe was compare
lively orderly and returned to the city quietly after
dark.