Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-28
PLAY OR PAY.
Time Called on Messrs. MuldOon and Whis-
tier by Duncan C. Ross

Time Called on Messrs. MuldOon and Whis-
tier by Duncan C. Ross
by the noon train yesterday from Chicago, Dune
O. Ross, the champion athlete and wrestler
reached st. Paul. Mr. Ross was accompanied by
Ned Morrell, his financial hacker, and their visit is
for the purpose of closing with Messrs. Muldoon
and Whistler two of the ath lees and wresters who,
with ChristOl the French wrestler and athlete gave
couple of exhibitions in this city, in accor dance
with the challenge of Mr.. Ross, published in the
GLOBE Wednesday NJ Orning.
GLOBE reporter met Messrs. Ross and Morrell
soon after their arrival and satisfied that
they had come here prepared to make the matches
contemplated if the challenged parties would only
fulfill their promises made in their published re-
sponses to Mr. Ross challenge but they were great
ly surprised not to find either of those
their behalf, to meet them and complete
if possible, to have the contests come off in Chica-
go, but Mr.. Ross authorizes the GLOBE to say that
his preference in this respect shall not be allowed to
interfere, but that to insure the contests he will
waive his preference and accept st. Paul,
Mr.. Ross asserts that MuldOon and Whistler are
not entitled to the claim they put forward Of being
champions, and to demonstrate that they not,
he stands ready to comply with his challenge to the
letter. Further, if they shall decline to accept his
challenge he will meet them anywhere in friendly
bout, in free exhibition. He has brought his
weights and all his paraphernalia for his feats Of
strength and wrestling, and if the contests with Null
doom and Whistler should fall through, he
proposes to give free exhibition before his return
to Chicago to give our citizens an opportunity to
jndge for themselves whether bis claim to the cham
pionship is well founded or not.
Should the challenge be accepted, Mr.. Ross pro-
poses the contest shall consist of wrestling Greco
Roman, catch-as-catch-can, collar-and. elbow in
harness, sde-holts, weght-lifting, throwing
56lb-weight three slides, and throwing bar of iron
or tree weighing 200 lbs.
Mr.. Ross has magnificent physique, with .
clesr, ruddy complexion, denotng perfect health,
great strength, cool hand and great endurance.
He is well known both in the eastern
states and Canada as the champion
Scotland, November 16, 1885, is six feet four inches
in height, weighs 2O3 pounds, chest forty-four and
thrae-fourth inches, biceps sixteen and one-fourth
inches, forearm thirteen inches, thighs twenty-six
over 1,t0O contests open to all. He has defeated
every athlete of note in America and Europe, the
number being 30 great We are unable to publish the
names. Mr.. Ross is also o noted wrestler, having
engaged in impartant Matches few of which we
add: Defeated Capt. J. @. DAILY, Irish champion,
$500 side, mixed wrestling at Toronto, Canada
the French wrestler, three straight
falls, at Brantford Canads January 2, 1881, $780,
time seven minutes; defeated John O'Neill, (the
Trenton butcher) in falls, Nopanee, Feb. II,
1880, time 13 minutes; defeated 8. Jackson, (the
terror of Camden) at Napanee, April z, 1880, time
minutes; defeated n N. Mcdonald, Of the Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Qnown as the
Nova Scotia gisnt Kingston, Canada, time 5 hours
~ minutes, McDonald's collar bone being BROKEN,
Ganoque, Canada; defeated II. M. Dufm, cham
pion collar and elbow wrestler of the world, at
Providence, R. l., Oct. IL, 1880, $1,000 and the
championship belt, time hours and minutes |;
wrested two draw matches with Edwin Bibby, who
has defeated Muldoon, Whistler and Christol. His
last contest was with Capt Brady, of New York. at
Milwaukee, Sept 17th getting two out Of the three
falls. Mr.. Ross has standing challenge to box,
fence, throw weights and run-and Jump against any
twelve men in America he to contend sngly against
any twelve that will accept, for $1,000 to 81 900
side.
Messrs. Muldoon and Whistler were to appear In
exhibition at Chippewa Falls last evening, and it
Is probable they will return to st. Paul to-day to
meet Mr.. Ross and the final articles for the contest
signed. At least it is safe TO say they will find Mr..
Ross ready to meet them more than half way to &C.
complish that result.