Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-01-24
WRESTLING
The WARREN AThA-ETi CLUB
GIVES RARE SPORT.
Jumping. Wrestling. sparrIng. Som or.
sau,tlng and Exercisss on tho Hort.
zontai Bat the Orde., with some
Plantation Meiodt and fine
Clog DANCING.

sports, scored grand success last night |
"a It's indoor sports In til, Opera House.
Before O'Clock the houss was full and !
programs were at dlacount. Quito o
son BY their presence.
BY the assistance of the SchuylkIll |
Navy Athletic Club, tho Warren Club |
was able to present sti )ng combination |
Tor the entertainment o, the audience,
and to these visitors must be ascribed
inu nucn OF the credit fnr tho grand even.
ing's ENTERTAINMENT.
Quite number OF .se members Of
tho Schuyikiil Navy Athletic Club, be-
sides those who took sn active part in
the entertainment were pr,sent and oc-
eupied the pioscenium boz to the right
OF the stage. The whole affair reflects
The highest credit GU tso managers and
especially upon w. r. Kurtz, master OF
ceremonies, who was ,ae right man in
ths right place. Mr.. &urtz Is mem.
Der OF the executive toard of the ANA
teur Athletic Union. Instructor Coupe
Of the SchuylSill Navy vas judge of the
wrestling; w. J. Phill IS Of the A. z. &.
y. was referee Of the sparring, while
Edward MulliKan Of the same club otfi-
ciated as iime-keeper. A. J. Neider-
mairc OF the Warren Club acted as stage
manager.
The spor;s commenced promptly at 8
O'Clock with the running high jump, in
which J. !. Hudson, 2. II. Lohan1, Il,
Z. Springer, W. p. Spoerl, Lewis Nc.
Call and Samuel Jones Of the Warren
club teos part. The jumping was good
LodAnd winning. He cleared FIVE feet
two ilcdis Samuel Jones took o. d. Il
place, making . Jump Ct FIVE ieet.
Tho second event was the wrcstl ing be.
tween j. b. OConnell of tho Athletic
Club OF tho Schuylkll' Navy aud W. +.
Spoerl OF the Warren Cub.
The limit was ten minutes, aud durin :
that time tho men went through all kin IS
Of contortions. Some times they were
on their feat catching mt each oIher ia
catch can and then they were down on
cushion on their knees, on their sides
locked up with each other. rolling, tum-
bling aud squirming Ike skinned eels.
They were several times In almost every
position except tue Gu. desired. which
was nat on the back with shoulders aud
hips touching the floor at the same time.
fAvorite position To- the under man
In the struggle WAS to spread himself out
lat with his face to the floor and with h's
legs and arms extended. To turn Liu
over on his back was something like
turning over hat rock But these two
men, sweat and pulled and tugsed unit
l
bout WAS declared Q draw.
/, / Then came another W wpesting bout, bu,
q this time 1t was betweeP,Dr. u. X. Scbei
= athletic Instructor al i-'l-.I thmvre CoileR
= aud q. w. Hoskins Of the. A. G. $ N
Schell proved that he has lost more OF II
! old time vigcr, as ho downed his oppc
mont in 3 minutes and Al seconds.
i Tho exercises were then varied by
!, fne exhibit II OF Indian club swinging
by john X. Mccoy OF The Warren Club
Hls performances brought down III,
house, His two clubs seemed to be
e everywhere ut the same time, within
It radius of four feet of his head wilhou
II touching each ether.
b Then came something new, q sparrinl
bout between Harry Pr timer, A. q. g. N.
and 7. L. Shields. Of The Warren Gu
Of two two m mute and one three minut
d rounds. Shields W 10 tho lighter man o
!, the two, but he made an a1mirab!
9 showing and both retired amidst lou,
IS plaudi!s. No decisions were made Ii
d sparrine matches.
4 The plantation song and dsnee was n
d appreciated variation OF the exercisss
d and though not exactly athletic,
@ required some very quick movements
e The work was clcyerly done and servet
!. to break the continuous line of athletic
4 contests. In the dance Messrs. Turner
r. McSorley and McIlvsney took part
Is Their dances aud songs were receivet
i. with much applause. McIlvarey did
l. some very excellent work.
1 Then came another wrestling bout,
e with q. S. Powell OF tho A. q. s. N, aud
/ j. q. Spocrl as the principals. Powell
: was the heavier man OF the two, but ht
. was well met by spoeli. Powell blowe
like u porpoise. but at .he end of thee
,t,,,, hal hal
, his back.
i This was followed by another wrest.
, ling match between ID. l.. Ches:erman OF
tho A. G. $. N. and James Willing of the
/ Warren Club, Wilding made very good
. stand, and il took Chcsrerman 5 minutes
aud seconds to down liiw.
Then came some very good 'umb .ing
by Meesrs. Watson, Babb, HuIe5 and
, | Wesley.
After an iutermisson the second part
0 Of the exhibition opened with n sparring
. bout between l.. b. Py fer OF the A. C. 4.
> N. and &. II. Ruth OF the Warren Club,
Q rounds this was rather tonc, but in the
Y wind-up both men were In earnest, and
c there was some hard Ysrk. Ruth seemed
v to have the better of the contest.
i. Walter Campbell and "Biiiyn Teas,
10th OF Philadelphia, IA @ things very
lively In well-eontcsted three rould d
bout, alter which Messrs. Haney and
Wesley delighted The audience with an
Irish song and clog dance.
Q The.next event was The most exciting
s Of the evening. II was a wrestling even,
/ between j. Y. Cooper, the promising
t young athlete OF tile " arren CLUB, and
/ j. B. Reilly, the ,aainpion amateur
I bantuin- weight of tie United States.
Mr.. Reilly is amernber %! the Schuy Xii
1 Navy. Everybody tS. eeted that tie
, visitor would have an lasy victory. Bui
: he didn't. Cooper made splendid
6 showing, and when he gained au advan.
e tsgc the audiences woud shout their mp.
= proyal. Reilly aetId Ou the defensive
throughout. For ten minutes tho meI
o wrestled like tigers, but neither ono wai
able to threw the other and 1t ended In I
o draw.
Q The next event was wr'stl'ng toii'
Q between Instru tor Coure, OF the A. g
is. ~, ano fi5S,rann WI, OF the sam,
q club. 1t WAS a Hell.cpnLest.d Tout, but
o Coupe managed to wiz III minutes aud
10 stconde. 4r
e TIE horizontal bar exercise that fol
10 lowed, and which was part cpaled 10 by
70 Fred. L. Grriner, Genrgo H. Dill,nar
: and Harvey Wake, was Of the mos
% thrilling tutersst. A great many IL th'
audience never saw a horizontal bSl
r exercise before, and they were amazed u
y the agility with which the performer
whiried themselves around the bar. hum
by their chius, their toes aud feet.
The next bout was a very interesting