The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-27
From Thuraday's Isasly.
HB CORNISH STYLE.
first Days Sport It the
Wrestling Match.

rho grounds on which the wrestling
..,,an.ent is going On are In = high
.,o.ure hack Of the store room Of J.
" Mass / Co., on East Park street.
S.s,.rfay was the first day, and the
:, s,s were all conducted strictly ac-
ling to Cornish rules and In what h
Gown ~ the Cornish style. To anyone
>, familiar with the hold. it seems ut
~, rather awk ward, As each man, al.
.,rippin: "a much rs he deems prop
:. n,,,.t ,,ut on . loose canvas jacket,
'.r,ntiy three or four sizes too large
~ ~, NJ. and made not to fit to the body
-, - bang loosely from the sides. Ac.
.or.,ing 10 the rules all holds taken BY
-. xre.tlers must be on this jacket or
:, some part If the body covered BY It.
r.om thi, slight description It will be
..n that good collar and eltow, or
nr,,,r Roman, or catcb-as-catch-can
v,.,Ier is not necessarily an adept In
-. Cornish style. Another rule be-
,"n.;np to the sport Is that the contest
..,s must not touch the ground with
,h.r knees during the struggle and BE-
FORE fall.
ahout a hundred spectators were
s,oed on raised seats around the sides
.f,he arena, most Of them being Cor
.;.hu,en. of whom there are at least
t,r or five hundred working in the
,,;n4s here. A refreshment stand,
cher, beer, sandwiches. etc., could be
attained, was o.. the right Of the enclo-
.urx. and just next 1t the band stand
.,l ..,rvrs' table. The Miners Union
h.ud in their handsome new uniforms
orupicd the stand, and played at inter-
ya!-.
The Cornish style Of V rstling will be
n.,., until tomorrow, when the match
r;l, close will! collar and elbDw, VIM.
p,.,,.c and Mr.. Sal'in appearing. For
H., ;;r., two days three prizes Of SlOO,
S,anl $50 were respectively offered.
For tomorrow the prize Of $40 is Of
tered.
The first wrestlers were Walter Jane,
vr;s t ly4 pounds, and Fred Johns.
wight l4s pounds. Judges, J. +. P,<-
roe Vim. Thomas and Henry Roberts
Fall VOL, ly Jane.
Next James Yates, weight 1877 pounds,
Az, VIM. Williams, weight III pounds.
IN ,he fifth round the fall was awarded
to Williams.
Next Thomas Davy, weight lis
pounds, and Sam JcfIeiy. weight Isl
rounds. The fall was decided in favor
dJr:icry on the fifth round.
Next VIM. Smell. weight 169 pounds,
anil Sampson Jeffrey, weight 16l pounds.
Jelrry was awarded the fall Oh the fir-t
round.
Next Sam el Williams, weight 1S'
pounds, and Thomas White. weight 1'S
poun,ls, White throwing Williams.
Edwin Edwards, weight Us pounds,
anil Evan Lewis, l9l pounds, then en-
tered tie ring. After six sharply-c"n-
tested rounds neither bad won . fall.
Finally Edwards by q quick turn got
Lewis on his hack and vas declared the
winner. This was one Of the finest
struggles Of the day, the men being very
evenly matched.
Then came contest between Will
liam Pascoe and Ranny Richard, the
former being the well-known wrestler.
and the latter short, heavy-set young
Cornis!.n'nn, not more than q or =
yeagxof age. They wrestIcd for num-
htr Of rounds, Pascoe frequently throw
ing Richard, but not gaining . fair fall,
in the opinion Of the judges. At last,
neither apparently being able to throw
the other according to the Cornish rules,
they tossed for the fall, Richard win
ming.
Mr. Pascoe stated that he had never
betorc wrestDed according to this sys-
tenn. His weight was l6S pounds, while
that Of his plucky young Antagonist
vw 10.
WhA W. lhR~a0 DHAkCh.