The evening world., 1889-04-17
CROSS COUNTER EULOGY.
THE TUG.OF.wAR AT ONCE PRAISED AND
CONDEMNED.

Al CridGo VIII Act as stak eholder In the
bnllivan-Kilrain Fight-A sport Criu-
Ct ses sullivan's Condition - The CALI
fornia Clubs Generous Offer Must BE
Refused Lutbcg Wants 70 wrestle
Lenterwasser
An elaborate eulogy Of the tug-of-war APP
peared In a recent issue Of Q morning paper.
Yet the writer Of IT, Of course unwittingly,
really argues against II. For he says. directly.
that the chief benefit Of the tug-of-war is the
preliminary gymnasium training. He says:
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couraged rasher than condemned.
In the gymnasium works cited In the
article are working ut the perpendicular
poles, the pulley weights, work on
the ladder and bar and running. Thus.
according to the tug-of-wsr's own defender. II
is not the tug-of-war which gives health and
strength and increase Of weight, but the pre-
~paratory practice in the gymnasium. The tug
good derived from systematic and judicious
gymnasium training.
Of the s26, 600 stakes in the .Suiliyan-Kilrsin
This decision o. kkiiss Is an n eminenti y salts actor;
one to all concerned.
In speaking of Mr.. Cridge as stakeholder,
Frank Stevenson says: / do not know. him
R RsSnssRt MAN s%s . q 'fsl EnS ONE, h'R &i z R h : Rfls e iSsEy
Ing Tor Is i%ustiSe;" Regarding the same gentle
man f 6iPePR sy p % I '4f; was " dsIiSEEss 4 r !Sss ' BE
s%aiiiyan want Is isir play There seems 70 Be Be
Cridge on the part Of the two big fellows re-
One gentleman at the memorable meeting at
the Clipper office, and whose Judgment is en-
titled 70 the highest confederation, makes the
II noticed that his color was not healthy:look-
ing, also that his neck was far. thinner than It
when walking, Just % a man does whose kidneys
hurt him. don't think Sullivan weighs within
forty pounds, as much as he did when he met
The offer Of . $50 900 purse by the Southern
sullivan:Kilrain fight, II the great ,pugilists will
fight at their Club instead Of near New Orleans,
Be no doubt but S'f that the offer ne wit irf Be sefais T.
But this would make the winners total $40, 900
An unheard-of sum in pugjlstic annals.
It 10 highly probable that when. Cal Mccarthy
has fought Johnny Murphy at the private club
in Boston q match will be made between
him and Eugene Hornbacker. of this city, for o
finish fight at ZIG pounds.
The Hornbacker Athletic Club, by the way,
has thrived very well indeed since its inception
some seven months ago. 1t numbers, be1ides
Eugene Hornbacker, some, notable, athletes
within its ranks, Among, them are the. follow
ing. who intend competing In the N. four AS
annual amateur boxing and wrestling tourna-
ment. TO be held at Tammany Hall May 13:
Otto Cramer, 1856 pounds. wrestling; Tom
Kelly, .l25 pounds Especial clasp, boxing; Abe
not yHst selected. CEamsr won the iS5;pognd
April 2.
Max Lutbeg, Of the Hornbackers, 10 anXiously
awaiting o chance to meet Al Lauterwasser, an
other 136-pound wrestler. These two men IL
viii be repembered wre,tled a forty-minute
HOUSE. The match between the two w~reStlers
will probably occur some time this month.
The Hornbacksr Club gives q ~gparring exhibit
varied and interesting. About thirty Of the
members will spar and wrestle, besides some
hrst-class outside talent.
The annual gymnastic contest. held last night
at the Young Mems Institute Hall, more than
met the yosiest-hued expectations. The atten-
the evening. The horizontal bar, parallel bars,
horse eXer0iae and c~lub-sWinQin0 were notable