The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-08
CORNISH WRESTLERS.
End Of an Exciting Tournament Of
Three Days Duration.

The grand wrestling at Key
nolds & Jobs Arena on Broadway com
menced on Saturday, July 4th, and was
continued until last night at a late hour.
! The wrestling was all Cornish style and af-
forded considerable amusement for. a large
number who were present to witness the
sport. If there is anything more than an
other that the average COrnishmen likes
it is a wrestling match. What the bull
fight is to the S%paniard, or the baseball
match is to the American, SO the wrestling
match is to the Cornishman. A wrestling
match conducted on purely Cornish styles,
is as interesting and manly, and yet can
be made as cruel a sport as a person wants
to witness. The tournament, just conduct
ed by Messrs. Reynolds & Job was a very
quiet and harmless affair generally, al
though there were instances where the per-
SOM interested allowed their tempers to
get the best of them and, as a consequence,
some little -unpleasantness ensued. The
Union Guard band was present and inter-
vened the proceedings with some very
sweet music.
Messrs. Sam Hoar, Sam Smell and J..
| Bughes acted as the committee of the wres-
thing, while r. Johns, VIM. Hawk and
Charles Borge performed the duties of
| Sticklers. The following was the order of
the wrestling as carried out:
FIRST ROUND.
Vim. Martin and Joe ~Polkinhorne, which
resulted in P%olkinhorne very quickly, being
thrown,
VIM. Mitchell and Joe Nichols next en-
tered the arena and the contest soon
showed the superiority OF Nichols.
John Gray VS.. Ed. Edwards; winner, Ed
wards.
Sam Martin VS.. Rich Francis; winner,
Martin.
Thomas Bolitha VS.. George Jacka; win
ner, Jacka.
Edward Rodda VS.. John Gray; winner,
Gray.
Joe Luckey VS.. Fred Johns; winner,
Luckey.
Nailey Giles vs.. Larkey Hodge: winnor,
Giles.
James L~ittlejohn vs.. Rich Giles: winner,
Giles.
Joe Nichols VS.. Joe Richards; winner,
Richards.
Dick Thomas VS.. Ed Redda;; winner,
Thomas.
Ben H%oneychurch VS.. James Stevens;
winner, Honeychurch.
George Clark VS.. B. B.. Johns; winner,
| Clark.
James Pascoe VS.. Hy Truscott; winner,
Pascoe.
William Marks VS.. John George; winner,
Marks.
Henry Truscott VS.. Larkey Hodge; win
ner, Hodge.
SECOND ROUND.
Joe Richards VS.. Sam Martin; winner,
| Martin.
Joe Luckey VS.. William Marks; winner,
Luckey.
William Martin VS.. George Jacka; win
ner, Martin.
Richard Giles VS.. Ben. Honeychurch;
winner, Honeychurch.
Charles Penhall VS.. Joe Richards; winner,
Richards.
James Stephens VS.. Larkey Nudge;
winner, Stephens.
James Pascoe VS.. Dick Thomas; winner,
PascOe.
Ed. Edwards VS.. Dick Thomas; winner,
Thomas.
HIR ROUND
William Martin VS.. Joe ukey. This was
a most interesting bout and at the close,
when Lukey, who is a mere boy, was
thrown, two gentlemen entered the ring,
and to show the appreciation in which the
youthful wrestler was held, took up a col
lection for him that amounted to some
thing likes$2O.
James Pascoe VS.. Ben. Honeychurch;
winner, Pascoe.
Richard Thomas VS.. James Stephens;
winner, Thomas.
Sam Martin VS.. Joe Richards. This bout
lasted over three hours before a fall was
recorded and ended by Richards gaining
a fall.
James Pascoe vs.. Richard Thomas; win.
'ner, Pascoe.
VIM. Martin VS.. Joe Richardson's; winner,
Martin.
James Pascoe VS.. VIM. Martin; winner
Pascoe.
David Thomas VS.. Joe Richard were next
called, but owing to the fact that Richard
had been wrestling for several hours, he
"'gave his back" to Thomas.
The prizes were therefore announced as
follows: First prize, 1925, James Pascoe
Second prize, $50, w. Martin third prize,
$50, David Thomas; fourth prize, $25, Joe
Richardson. Deputy Sheriff Tonkin and
Police Officer Reynolds were present and
succeeded in preserving good order, Every:
body is pleased with the management oil
the affair and hopes are entertained that
Messrs. Reynolds & Job will shortly give a
repetition of the performance.