The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-21
COLLfR And ELBOW.
Col. J. H. Mclaughlin Flooring the Local
Wrestling Champions Of Newark.

Col. j. II. Mclaughlin Flooring the Local
wrestling Champions OF Newark.
Col. j. II. Mclaughlin the champion
wrestler, gave an exhibition Of mis- skill in tho
Newark Opera House last evening, In presence
Of large audience.
A purse Of sO0 was offered, for the encour-
agement of local champions, to any one who
could throw the Colonel once in three fair falls
The first person to prefer himself as a CON
testant was an ambitious youth named Mcguire
whose slender neure made an amusing contrast
with McLaughin's powerful frame, aud evil
denllY seemed to afford much fun to the
spectators
"Oh, what an immense stand-o1v" exclaimed
a boy In the gallery, and the house roared with
laughter In which the contestants joined per
force. The lad was smart but was too greatly
overmatched. After twice laying him gently on
his back Mclaughlin lifted him up as high as
mans head. al arms length, and Mcguire con-
cluded that he mad hal all the contest he
wanted.
As the Newark wrcstcrs were slow in stepping
forward, Mr. Matt Grace, a well-known New
YORK wrestler was accented as contestant.
lie showed very fine athletic figure, of ahout
1856 pounds weight, and was very skllful
After some minutes Of cautious tanning.
feinting, dodging, and guarding, MCLAUGHLIN
got an inside quarter lock uuon him. whicn he
broke hy nue enort Of skill and agility, win
escape. Oncc he very nearly caught McLaugh-
lin on an inside trip. Tut in tho return was
brought to his knees In dog fall.
After some twelve minutes more Of a very
close and arduous contest, that really bro lght
Uut more OF the eraces and art OF collat-aud-
elbow wrestling than wa, shown IN the Nc
Laughln-Nartin match, Grace was caught 10y
an inside quarter lock, and thrown heavily on
his back.
At the moment Of Mclaughlin fastening the
lock upon him, his right foot became entaugled
IN the loose and torn hhlHe CHil et on the 81 ge,
and In the fall his ankle Was so severely sptaln0d
that he was unable % 10 on for second bout.
Nj Rubt. Reilly of South Orange next stcpped
ter by trade, OF large bpny frame, fully six feet
in height, Lnd is looked ~ on ~ "A champion In
and about Newark. At twelve minutes before
eleven o'clock he and Mclaughlin took huids.
At eleven and a half minutes before IL o'clock
he lay upon his back on the stage. lie had
made an ill-advised attempt to breast the Colo
nell and toss him over his head but his first
movement In that direction was met by light-
ning-llke return, Mclaughlin back -heelng him
with both foet at once, aud sending him down
as SUD denly as sack Of salt could lie
| dropped. Rellly got up in "a daZed, surprised
sort OF way, and remarked apolOgrtically to
those near him in tho wings" that " the loor
seemed to kinder slip from under" him. HIS
| second bout was aS quickly finished as his first,
lasting little less than hnlf a minute. for Nc
Laughln gave him a slngle back heel, with the
right foot, and sent HIM sDraNling ON the lotr.
Ihat was enough OF that sort Of treatment for
Reilly, aud rs nobody appeared 10 serve as
fourth victim, the entertainment ended. To-
night Col. Mclaughlin is TO encounter the cham
plons Of Paterson.