St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-08
NOT A HIPPODROME.
q. M. Dufur stoutly Afirms That he
Does Not Know Who the Man
Dunbar Is,
But is Willing to Bet Big Odds That He
Isn't Flagg, the Vermont
Champion.
Prof. Barnes Locates the Ball Grounds
on West Seventh Street, Near the
Crossing.
DUFUR swEARs HIS INNOCENCE.
He Says He DON'T Know Dunbar,
but He Isn't FIagE.

but He Isn't FIagE.
The wrestling match that has been ar
ranged between IL. NJ. Dufur and Mystery
Dunbar Friday night furnished the sport
ing fraternity yesterday with grounds for
lively discussion and great deal of guess
ing. Mr.. Dufur was not pleased to learn
that the impression was abroad that the
affair was to be hippodrome, and when
GLOBE reporter met him in the Ryan ro-
tunda yesterday afternoon he expressed his
regrets that the morning papers had so
alluded to the match. In regard to the
matter he said:
IL swear upon my honor as gentleman
that l don't know who Dunbar is, but am
sure he is not Flagg, as l have wrestled with
him several times. So has Col McLaugh-
lin, and he will tell you he is not Flagg.
never saw this man until he rose that night
and ch alenged me- L then thought he was a
man who had been brought here by Lewis.
but / can't prove this and am as ignorant OF
the mans identity as you are. have agreed
TO wrestle with Dunbar whoever he is, and
so far as am concerned the match will be
square one and for blood. l hate TO have my
name mentioned III connection with hippo
droming, as il is something never was guilty
of, US my record will show, and if my friends
in the East get the impression that L am out
here for the purpose of dipping the citizens of
st. Paul it will shake their confidence in me.
Consequently, want the people TO under
stand that i know nothing about this man
Dunbar never saw him before and have not
been in collision with him, and that the
match next Friday night will be square
one"
s.Mr. Dufur" said the reporter, "don't you
think that the manner IN which the affair was
conducted Monday night when Dunber chal-
lenged you and subsequent proceedings had
the appearance of being previously arranged
dodgey'
.'Yes sir admit that it looked that way"
Then you think the people had some
reason for looking with suspicion on the COM
ing match?"
''If ] had been in their position don't
doubt that l would have looked upon it in the
same way. / can't blame them for being
suspicious. You see it isn't necessary for
me to hippodrome. I'm not in the business
for the money there is in it. have good
business at home that gives me comfortable
income. I'm not Vanderbilt, but 1 have
money enough 10 live on without getting
what / can out of wrestling. L have a good
record and a clean reputation, and couldn't
afford TO injure either by mixing myself up
in crookedness before the public"
Mr.. Dufur certainly does bear a cred
liable reputation, and those who are
acquainted with him can testify to his gen.
tlemanly bearing and his apparent innocence
of anything like the practice of deception.
WHO Is DUNBAR
AS to Mystery Dunbar, he is as non
committal regarding his true name as he
was Monday night. He claims that he is
a professional wrestler and has met Duncan
Ross. When asked when he met Ross he
made the astounding" revelation that he
met him sin the United States" He says
he proposes to keep his name to himself
until after the match, when he may give it
out. He may not. He says he never met
Dufur before Monday night and only knows
of him by reputation. He's going in the
ring Friday night to win if he can and if
he can't he'll lose and do it gracefully. The
suspicion that he is John Farley of San
Francisco is still unfounded. and his hands
certainly show no signs of his having spent
many days pounding an anvil with a
Sledge hammer. Undoubtedly Dunbar
would have been able to arrange match
with Dufur just as quickly under his own
name as under nom de plume, as there is
no wrestler on earth that Dufur is afraid to
face in a straight collar-and-elbow contest.
As yet the men have not agreed on a
referee Frof. Duplessis will be unable to
come down from Minneapolis Friday night,
as he has business engagement that even
ing. Mr.. Dufur said yesterday that il
made no difference to him who was chosen
to referee the match, so long as he was well
acquainted with the rules and was fair
man. 1t is more than probable that Prof.
Barnes will be selected.
+ Col Mclaughlin and Mystery Dunbar
were talking together after the match Mon
day night and Mclaughlin is said to have
made the remark:
Dunbar, / don't know who you are and
can't wrestle you for money or in public,
but l will go into u private room with you in
the presence of six men and wrestle you for
fun. and if l don't throw you three straight
times I'll give you the best suit of clothes in
St. Paul"
All the reply that Dunbar made to this was:
"By gosh, guess I'll get measured for them
clothes now"
1t is not probable, however, that Nc
Laughlin and Dunbar will meet either pri-
vately or in public.
In regard to accepting Lewis challenge,
Mr.. Dufur said yesterday that he would
not wrestle a mixed match with him, but
would wreStle straight collar-and-elbow
match with him any time