Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-08
MUSCULAR SCIENCE.
The Wrestling Match Last Night Between
Ross and Whistler.

Ross and Whistler.
The wrestling match which took place at
the Athen@um last evening between Duncan
C. Ross, of Providence, r. l., and Clarence
Whistler, of Kansas City, for $3.50 side, will
probably be the last that will be witnessed in
st. Paul. Not that the sport is not interest
ing, for the large and respectable audience
attested the fact that there is a large
element of our population who admire ath.
letic sport. But the miserable fiasco of last
evening will serve to deter any audiences from
| attending any future matches that may be an
nOunced.
In the first place it was nearly o'clock be-
| fore the curtain rose upon the athletes. There
| was good deal of trouble as to the selection
of judges and referee. 1t was finally decided
| thad George Allen should act as judge for
R ,ss and John Ahern for Whistler, while E.
R. tombstone was chosen referee. At S:5(
time was called in the catch-as- catch can bout
Both men appeared and tackled each other.
In less than half a minute Whistler had go1
his opponent on his knees. He labored hare
| for an hour and thirty-five minutes to get his
shoulders to the platform, but without sue
| cess. Ross made no effort to wrestle, bul
| simply guarded against being thrown himself
Whistler was always on top, and made frequent
| splendid exhibitions of skill and strength
| but Ross was cunning and agile, and defeated
all efforts to throw him while making no en-
deavOrs to throw his antagonist. Finally,
Ross declared that he would give fall rather
than prolong the contest any longer. After
brief struggle, the fall was given to Wits.
tier.
The twenty minutes allowed by the rules
| had elapsed, when Mr.. Whistler announced
that as Ross had been so magnanimous as to
give him the first fall, he would reciprocate
| with inter. st, and give him the two falls,
collar-and-elbow. Ross protested, and insist
ed that the match should take place according
to programme. Loud calls from the audience
supported the demand. but the referee decided
that Mr.. Whistler had the privilege of surren.
dering. Ross then claimed the rest of twenty
minutes between each bout, which was al
lowed by the referee, and the audience was
compelled to wait for forty minutes longer.
During the intermission Muldoon appeared
in the hall, having arrived on delayed train,
| and was received with applause. His left arm
| was CARED in sling, his shoulder blade hav.
| ing been dislocated in a wrestling bout at
Oshkosh, Wis, last week. He carried wal
| let, however, the contents of which he offered
to bet freely upon the success of Whistler
There were no takers.
The next bout, catch as catch can, was OF
brief duration. Whistler had but little diff.
ChN III ui0 OpPOhOuU AhO Adil
was very pretty one, and the contest lasted
only four minutes.
The twenty minutes rest having expired
time was called. Ross raised the point that
according to the rules of the Gr@cO- Roman
| wrestling fall would only count with three
points down. This was disputed, and news.
aDer copy of the rules was presented. This
Ross refused to accept as final, and insisted
upon his point The referee decided that the
rules only required that both shoulders
should be down. Then Ross demanded that
he articles of agreement be read. This was
done, and they specific that the match should
lake place between the hours of 8 and IL p. m
Ross then claimed, amid shower of Kisses
that the match was off, as the hour of IL
had passed. The tme-keepers watch was
consulted, and indicated that it was two min
utes from 10. The referee de.
cided that if Ross refused to pro
coed he would declare the match won by
Whistler. Ross donned his coat, while the
aud euce Kissed and hooted. He entered 8
protest against any money being paid over
liter which Mr.. Johnsone declared Clarence
Whistler the winner of the match and stakes
There was but one opinion among those
present at the close. While Ross was largely
he favorite at the start, and Whistler had ap
parently but few frieuds, the tables were com
petely turned before the end of the entertain
ment, and Ross could not reckon upon a sin
gle friend. 1t was universally considered thai
he had shown the white feather, and he was
denounced generally as lacking pluck ant
science