The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-06
ROUND ABOUT GOTHAM.
LATEST FADS AND FANCleS IN
THE METROPOLIS.

~ Is-Thc cracco- Roman style Mis-.
Named tutumn Honnet~ Fashion and
color. The Russian Craze.
NEW YORK October D. Especial Cor.
responder &C. 1t is a very common
mi..kc Co suppose that great pugilists
atc Wrcstlcrs They are nothing of the
sort. sud Billy Edwards. whom | met
% ihr noiIm IN House yesterday. I'm.
der ,itncr the London or Que-nsberry
rules an they need to know II how TO
fan easily aud safely. This Is the limit
of their education IA wrestling. There
rs not "a great pugilist of the day who
could successfully wrestle against any
one Of the men whom 1 have named.
There j. "a popular rumor going around
that Salival OF kllrain can meet Null
doom in his own field. This TO any man
whoundcrstands boxing and wrestling,
ls ridiculous nonsense.
Tuc greatest of all modern wrestlers
wiin 20 may bee. the exception Of
Clarence Whistler. Is the present cham
pi0u. William MuldOOD. 1t may be
seriously questioned II there be "A man
auNein Che world to-day Who can meet
hum nn tolal terms Outside Of Hnl-
doom. however there are any number
of great athletes iu tins field. William
Johnson. AN oId timer. is stu superb
arl-f. Naior Mclaughlin. Of Detroit.
is sfl I'd formidable man. although he
Dos rclrcd permanently from the bust
ness. So. too. Of remarkable skill and
strength ls Butcher Martin. Of Tysi-
auu DE. I believe. has als) retired
from Cine profession 4 greater genius
tlaa either of these two Is Joe Acton.
who I- known as the "D,mon, who -
now employed hv the California Ath-
letc Club. Were his size and
strength equal to his skiii,
hc would DE the gre itest wrestler in the
world. HIS speciality Is catch as-Catch-
f4u. ln which hc is closely followed by
Evan Lewis. better known as "Strang
Per Lewis. from tw0 new and original
utch.hp0s. winch the latter has in
vented Lewis De- still a Young man,
and takes very good care Of himself. ]
10 400 probability he viii take a much
higher place thau be- now has. and will
some iiy nil Toe place now occupied |
hy NI.io1u. Professor William Mil /
ler i- oNc of the greatest athletes now /
living and ls good IN every possible /
une Though comparatively AN old /
mtn. hc i- ole of the best men ia the /
world i1r allrOund work.
Protest. nal wrestling is a good re-
nlmerauvc business and pays far bet /
Ter ODD the average than the law. pulpit /
or medicine. Of our great lights Mul- /
doom eD So, superb inc mo from ms !
exhibitions. while Prot. Miller, Andre /
ChfI-iol. Btuef. stranger Lewis, I
Greek George. Duncan &. Ross aud that /
J. fY...l.. lot. J..
S0rakIchi seldom. If ever. make less
than nso thousand dollars year apiece
for their professional work. In fact. II
may be safely said that iirst-class
wrestler is ALWAYS sure Of "a irst-class
living
WHAT WRESTLING IS.
sit is very hard TO define accurately
VIA, wrestling is. In the course
of tle yclrs SD many arbitrary systems
have been evolved that no one defini-
ti1n can cover the lot of them II may
DE- roughly called "a sport IN who h two
men endcavor 20 throw each other
down in some prescribed way. without
gong down ln the same way them
selves. ln Gaor0-R0man wrestling.
brfn hips and one shoulder. or both
sh ulder- and one bip of the van quish
el party must boz put IN contact with
tine ground at the same time. In this
stvlcof Niesthug the contestants are
.i.'.,...l, ,'..,.r sim, ,ba cloreh,d ar the
1..t. ~ ,h.. b.nJ an anv ,.,rt ~ the
I.'.i. l..,,,..'.,, ,l... tbroot ana fbo l,pee
/ l.r. ..on .rcn .,reat masters as
r.,,,.,.f ft,,,r~,.d Miller make h,n6- I
b.i's ., v,.,9rnu-lv that The blood Z
a ....I t.o.., ill.,. .,.,o nf nh. man they '
'......il .,,,.. d, t... o-lar h,nd in &
.ol.,- All .l,.v wrestling nlbl1ws /
.,r.. 4..aa,l. and th. initial holI must :
,n. n. hr,k.n mill the round is de- e
s.r.n...d '
81, -Ivsti O. tine F,,uch system. }
.l....n ...Inl,n-lv r,ilfiystaJ bv the I
.,,..I.....,...rI naval au,horit o.. of that +
r.t.., Is n.r,ntlr az home and is /
r..Il, 4.,ff..I he oar race. IL c.n- a
.,.t....0... ftin ei.,inr. and s iislug and y
1..r...t.- .rth..rf.tf n,u-cl.. OF the {
f..I.. ...... flnli-D Tine Cornish and Y
y....i.,,.f..r.,ii .l,x hacking. 80 {
...... .i...s i.-. cousin If the sayote. b
anil .I-, .i.i,nb-r If b.dv throws s
-.f.t ...lr.t p. t..cfth.d I'm noItte II
rt.,.a..cat.h. can exnlaius I
.. I'D .e D.. own u,ue. and N in vogue Ii
..,..,..r ,ur rae. is Tue restrictions 7
..,. f.o hnt mo- striking or Hi. king Is a
,.roUeI There Is nD restriction as 10 d
IA. method If eraswug. pulling OF
throwing au antagonist, excepting those D
which common decency dictates.
l.. measuring the values OF the D.
styles or schools OF wrest- u
Iur. unhesliatingiy give prefer a
.nca % the collar and elbow as b
being ihe mos. scientific and 0cauti- a.
rul ol them all. Next TO il. aud very fl
.lo-o behind. is the Graeco-Roman. e'
THIS lass school II wrestling does not X
belong to the Auglo-SaXOn race at oil. fo
and has come into vogue IN England x,
and America within the last twenty 81
wears Us name is "a fIighttul mlsnO- III
0er. as DO has nothing whatever TO do OF
VIII he methods known in Greece or h
3nme DO ought To be called France cl
D fmtu. Tor. "a, far as can be learned. III
. l- an old German style of wrestling ot
winch Was developed and flushed 10 ie
france. IL came into vogue 10 England ei
ome fifteen years ago. and three years CT