The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-04
A WRESTLING MATCH.
ssrtseo- Roman wrestling Match Esetwesn
ssitier ami NcMagnm

ssIAseF ann HEWahnn.
:, ,BALTIMoEE, April 3.-The Academy Of
assie aadience to witness the mixed wrestling
inaben. HIaheo- Roman, with the use of the
legs, best three falls In five, between Prnf.
" wv Varnet M1,lef Of THIS q city and Jno. McMahon
Miller and G. II. MINI. Jr.. for MaWahan m
The. referee selested was Mr. Forbes. and
Prof II. " johnson was chosen ag tirne-
Keeper There was quite sprinklinQ of the
sporting element present and considerable in
terest was manifested from the outset.
The contestants appeared on the stage ali.
.45 o'clock, each presenting an excellent ap-
pearance and each confident OF success. After
the usual hand and wrist work Miller got In
his neck hold on MeMahon's body and threw
him to the fioor The Vernonter succeeded
IN breaking loose and booth regained their
feet Both fought warmly. MeMahon got
In ON trip and threw Miller over his head.
lhis was not successful. Miller retalated by
toss over his shoulder. He laid his aratagon-
lst on his back, but the fall was not allowed
Mcmahon was on his feet again with the
agility OF cat. After considerable by.play
me s.s Vermonter tripped the Haltimorean, and
following up his advantage, gained the first
fall In IL minutes amid great cheering.
second BOut-Both men came on looking
fresh. Miller began TO play with the meek
nold, which was broker. He next tried the
arm movement, and by d quick motion fhrevv
McMahon over his shoulder The yer1nonter
landed on all fours and quickly regained his
feet. Miller once more tried the neck grin
and with persistent energy dragged his oppo-
el1s heaa 70 the carpet, and gradually, but
Mahon'ssefferts, he was made TO measure his
length On the stage, both shoulders touching
ground. The fall was hailed with loud cheers.
mingled with misses from the audience, II pors
lion oI Whlcn claimed that it was no fall. IL
WAS allowed BY the referee. Time-13 min
utes
When the curtain rang up for the third
bout, cries Of Foul" came from the audi
ener and McMahon's appearance was
freely, but Miller was becoming accustomed
TO his tactics, and guarded against them The
latter again used bis ueck- hold, throwing the
Vefmonter o complete somersault. This
movement was repeated several timea, with
neither gaining the advantage. MeMahon
got trip, but Miller hung dead weight,
s.1 md after brief struggle got clear Of him.
lhe continued strain on his neck was be-
ginning. to tell on Mcmahon, and he began to
show signs Of weakness. The Vermonter
threw the giant by . trip, but before he could
disentangle himself the old neck-hold was
brought into practice, and resulted in d SEC
ond fail in favor OF Miller, amid deafening
shouts; time minutes.
Fourth Bout-McMahon came on the stage
az I'D O'Clock, looking somewhat fatigued,
while Miller was as fresh as ut the beginning
OF the match. Both began with neck move
ment, McMahon In the meanwhile getting In
plenty OF feet work, which was futile Com
siderable energy was displayed during the
bout. Both clHng to each other until Miller,
BY beautiful action, threw his antagonist over
his head, pitching him square on his back.
There were cries OF "asftlI from the audience,
which was not recognized by the judges and
umpire. Miller continued forcing the fight,
and it became evident that he was to be the
victor. Mcmahon tripped Miller ag
in the preceding bout, and the same tactics
were followed by the Baltimore giant, which
led to his success In the last round. Ihe YER
monter WAS thrown on his baek, but made b
terrific struggle to get from his grasp, but the
effort was TO no purpose, Miller cfnging to
him with fearful tenacity till at length, byg
sheer strength, he forced the Vermonter ta
the stage and held him there till both
shoulders touched the ground, thereby VII
ming the fall and match. The audiaAce
cheered voeifarously and was greatly exaGed.
The time OF the last round was nine miuEites,
and time OF the match was one holX ard
present. IN