Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-16
mulnooa.s v.cr,m.
A Large Crowd Witness the wrest-
ling Match at Turn vsrcin Hall
in Which the Champion Defeats
Bauer in Six Falls.

A large and enthusiastic audience
gathered at Turn verein Hall last even.
ing to witness the wrestling mat,h be.
tween William Muldoon, Of New York,
champion of the world, and H. G.
Bauer, Of Los Angeles, the conditions
Of the match being that Muldoon would
throw his opponent ten times within an
hour Greoo- Roman style. the most diff
ficult mode Of wrestling in vogue ut the
present time. The rules prohibit any
hold beneath the naked part Of the
body, and to gain fall both shoulders
must touch the carpet.
Herr A. voegtlin was chosen Judge for
Muldoon, and D. v. Waldron for Bauer.
the referee being II. Schroeder. At a
few moments after eight o'clock the
contestants appeared on the stage and to
an Impractical eye presented equality OF
physique sufficient to give . close COM
petition. Muldoon weighed 200 pounds.
stood 5.9i; and Bauer weighed 235
pounds and stood SOL. The solid
and closely knit muscular development
Of Muldoon was greatly admired by
the audience, and was . contrast to the
fat and Aabby appearance Of Bauer.
Time being called Muldeon caught
Bauer by the arms. and in neat man
nsr threw him to the floor, and with ap-
paront ease rolled him over, gaining a
fall in one minute.
Bauer on regaining his feet rushed at
his opponent as II to annihilste hin,
and by an adroit movement Muldoon
gained fall In fifteen seconds. The
third fall was q splendid illustration Of
physical science over equal weight, and
Bauer went to the floor from Muldoon's 3
arms with heavy fall In thirty seconds.
By this time Bauer was blowing like q
porpoise, and in the fourth bout Mul.
doom played with him, even going down
on one shouldsr, yet Bauer was unable to
place the other on the carpet. firing
Of this amusement the champion lifted
the heavyweight in mid air and threw
him with force straight to the carpet
in 2:3O, amid cheers from the
audience. The fifth fall was &C.
complished in fifty seconds by
the neck lock, Bauer being thrown clear
over Muldoon's head and striking the
carpet square ON both shoulders. At
this iuncture Bauer gave up the contest,
and only by the solicitation Of his friends
could be induced to again appear. In
the interim Muldoon gave an illustra-
tion Of the perfection to which the mus
clss can be trained, and the complete
control attainabls over them by the
mind. His workings Of the bicep, tri.
cep, breast and thigh muscles was par
ticularly interesting. He explained his
advantage over his opponent ~ being
the power to throw the mind instsntane.
ously to the muscles, which acted in
conjunction on the impulse; that Bauer
thought before he acted, and he knew
what the amateur was thinking about.
The fifth fall was simply an exhibition
Of tho superior wrestling Of the cham.
pion. He lifted Bauer bodily from the
stage. threw him over his shoulder like
. sack Of potatoes, and walked around
the stage, to the great amusement Of ths
spectators. and then, turning him over
in the air, laid him down Is gently as 9
mother lays her babe to rest in the fam.
lily cradle, and indeed Bauer proved q
veritabls baby in the hands of the well.
trained champion. The defeated can
didate for sporting honors was complete
ly knocked out Of time, and the match
closed, Muldoon offsEing 500 to
any man in the audience who would
wrestle with him for ten minutes with
out fell.