Omaha daily bee., 1884-06-12
TWO TERRIBLE wREsTLERs.
Details OF the Match Between Duncan
o. Ross and Matsada sorak-
SChi,

New York Sun.
About five hundred sporting men
gathered in Irving hall last evening to
see a mixed wrestling match between
Duucon G. Ross, the Scotch athelete, and
Matsada Sorakichi, the Japanese wrest-
Ter. The conditions were best three in
five, three bouts in Japanese style, and
two catch-ss catch ar Purse $500. Ross
was to receive $500 whether he won or
lost. They had engaged in desperate
bouts in Cleveland and Washington.
Matsada had broke one of Ross ribs, and
Ross had butted the Jap with such force
as to injure him internally. Matsada had
recuperated in the Bellevue hospital, and
was pronounced in sound health. Ross
said that he himself was as strong as ever.
Capt. DAILY was umpire for Ross, and w.
II. Harding for Matsada. Mr.. Edward
Mallahan was chosen referee.
The men appeared on the twenty-feet
square platform at 8:55. Ross was a
picture of muscular beauty. He is several
inches taller than the Jap and thirty
pounds heavier. His skin was rosy with
health. The Jap was darker, and at
least twenty pounds lighter than when
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They grappled at 8 o'clock in what
proved to be the ~fiercest bout ever seen
la New York at catch-as catches Ross
was the stronger of the two. But the
Jap proved why and tough and lasting,
He was as supple as a catamount. Ross
clutchhed the Jap with strong neck holds,
body holds, and leg holds. He threw
him 1. score of times. Once, in a twink
ling, he had the .Jap..s shoulders and one
hip one the floor. Only a few whose
eyes were below the level of the platform,
saw it. They shouted: IA fall" Con-
fusion filled the hall. The claim was not
allowed. At it the wrestlers went again.
Ross threw the Jap on the back of his
head several times. But the Jap squirm-
ed and twisted so strongly that he saved
himself each time. Twice Ross pushed
Matsada off the platform. Once the Jap,
in forcing Ross head back slapped his
face sharply. Ross returned the slap
with anger, and threw the JAP ~viciously.
Still it was no fall. At one time Ross
had the Jap's right arm twisted up over
his (the Jap's) back. He grasped it with
both hands. A brute in the crowd
shouted: 'Break it Rossl" Kisses ana
yells, and cries of "Put him out" arose.
Ross released his grip.
After a struggle of fifty-three minutes
Ross got a firm neck and leg hold on his
opponent, throwing him like a log, and
winning the first fail.
After a rest of fifteen minutes, the
men engaged in a Japanese bout, the
rules of which gave the man a fall that
first succeeded in getting any part of his
opponents limbs or body ON the plat
form. Inside of one minute, while Ross
was bending forward, the Jap sprang on
him and pulled him down so that his
right hand touched the canvas. Each had
now one fall.
At 1920 they grappled in the second
catch-as. catch. can. Both were active as
cats, and each strong as a lion. Ross
had the Jap down inside of two min
utes; but the swarthy wrestler squirmed
out of the grip and regained his feet.
Again he was thrown near the edge of
the platform. Before Ross could press
his opponents shoulders and hip to the
platform the Jap slid off to the floor
four feet below. The crowd laughed
heartily at this trick. Remounting the
platform, he faced Ross again, and was
soon thrown partly on his back. Ross
got his terrible shoulder and leg grapple
on the Jap, turned him over, and gained
the fall in eight minutes from the begin
ming of the bout. This made two falls
for Ross.
Ross hoped up the steps to the plat
form for the fourth bout, Japanese style,
as fresh as Sullivan at the beginning of a
boxing bout. Matsada mounted the steps,
wrapped in a richly embroidered Japanese
gown, with the dignity of a foreign am
bassador. Slipping off the gown hetackled
Ross in an instant. Each bent forward
with their heads together, and each had
his arms clasped over the others bare
back. 1t wa a hug to see which would
bring his man to his knees first. Ross
superior strength prevailed, and in quick.
er time than it requires to write it Ross
pressed the Jap's knees to the platform,
winning the match.
All the native and foreign boxers in
town, with many other sports, including
Arthur Chambers and a party from Phila-
delphia, and Col. w. F. Mccoy, of the
old Bulls Head, near Fulton market,
were grouped around the platform. They
all expressed the opinion that Matsada
was the most muscular man of his size
that they had ever seen.