The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-10
WRESTLING CONTESTS.

Upo1r At o1LMoRE's GARDEN--HoRAcE W.
SOULS vs. PRANK INQUIRE AND JAMES
OWENS va. MATT. GRAcE-souLEs AND
OWENS THE wINNzRs-oRAcE BADLY IN
yURED.
Five or six hundred persons gathered at Gilmore's
Garden last evening towitness two wrestling contests
sscollar and elbow' style The first OF these was Dc
tween Young men from Vermont, although one OF
them was announced living In New iorh'
the little subterfuge being adopted IN oroer "
awe the exhibition something oil sectional charac'e''
The principals were Horace W. Soules 23 years
height, IT. 81 in.; weight l40 Ids anu rranN
Mcclure, 10 years; height IT. H.; weight lou
In. 7, was stated TINT the snatch" was for $3.50
AIDE: but Judging from tho easy manner in which the
conditions were changed during the progress OF the
contest. It was believed that the ''pooi box"
VIVA the controlling element IN the matter
The "best two out OF three falls' was gwen
In the early evening as tho agreement, but wheh on
OF the contestants In the second event was n)urea'
was changed 10 the ''best three out OF ive ihese
young men do not appear to have great doai oil SCI
encs but each Of their five bouts were well and STUB
borny contested Ssulss proved the winner throw
ing his opponent the second third and fifth rounds
The second exhibition was between James owens OIL
Fairfield. w.. and Mutt Grace, of New York, ''best
won by Owens, was said to be depending on
aho result but Of this there doubt Owens
IA twenty.ciqht years of age Ave feet nine inches
IN height and weighs IT'S pounds Grace IS thiry.nve
years old Two feet seven and a half inches IN beght
aud weighs about l65 pounds. There was only ono
bout m this owing TO having his sho ulder BLADE
fractured when thrown BY owens. Physicians were
called and injured wrestler attended TO without ae
lay.
First Bout lillian Austin, OF New York, acted as
H.. I'd Gov at
Soucs and Charles Murphy consented 10 serve a. rel
cree The Inter was defeated by owens on Wednes-
Gay pep nerV and in
she contest preterring TO sucr and lose rather tnan
disappolnt the audience Only game man w ,,ora
with his arm in a sing was the slgnaI
for . hearty cheer soues commenced the fighting
out eject, when Mcclure made an attempt to get tho
swinging hip the other, but failed. Dancing aoout
opdel when Mcclure esssycd an outside grapevine
worry pretty, yet not successful Moro hip ventures
and outside and inside ock' a sOn~e wore anu IN
order, whom Mcclure got an old.fashione ea
cross.buttock on Soules which lock landed
allowed. Work again commenced at short order, NC.
Cure venturing the inside grapevine, which proved
successful as Soues was landed thumper on MS oacK'
Second Bout Betting to on soues. Vast deal
Of back work was early gone through with, the boys
having rested we'll After several essays by each,
Souies got in the 'catch back and TWIST on McGutTe
throwing him very heavily Time minutes.
Third B0ut.-An inside grapevine was tried ny
MCGUIRE but failed, Soules returning with ruiuess
attempts ut the swinging hip In their efforts both
men were frequently the edge OF the platform, and
IN danger of falling Off Soules once succeeded IN
putting his opponent on his side, and Claimed the a
but It was not allowed. Then, with little ieintng,
Soules got the inside grapevine on Mcclure and tho
latter went down. 1t was not fair fa but the rel
erec decided was, and SO gave It Time III minutes
Fourth B0M.-Attempts at swinging hips ana OUTSIDE
and inside clicks were numerous. the contestants
Jumping around like schooboys. soules had Mcclure
partly down by outside stroke, and the latter re.
turned the Vmpliment by getting IN 'dog fall.
given with the Swinging hip. and again McGulre had
SCulss begging by right outside trip and twist, not
allowed, though claimed by Austin. Finally, IL was
settled by Mcclure giving Soules fair back heel,
which sent him his back all In lump Time
minutes.
Fftfh Bout The had two falls EACH The bet
ting was 8 10 on Soules. fairly fought round
ended with Soulcs giving Mcclure trip and twst,
which brought him fairly down In heap. Time,
IL minutes. This gave the "match" to Souies, tho
Vermont lads retiring with applause.
GRACE
First Bouf.-Owens named Edward Cox as his Judge,
and Grace selected James Kioran as his ''best man.
Murphy referee. The New Yorker was greeted
with cheers. He commenced business with attempt
Ing an outside click, and failed Owens returned
This they repeated several times, varying the essays
with the INSIDE click. when Grace becoming slightly
careless Owens gave bim right-handcd twist without
using mis- feet, which placed him on his back-an OK
ceedIngly s'cheapn fall When Grace got up his
shoulder blade 'out OF sorts" examination vi
which found II to be fractured, as stated Tine
6m. 10x