Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-01-24
ATHLETIC EXHIBITION.
GRAND SUCCESS OF THE WARREN
CLUBS SPORTS.


ment in the Opera House last evening
The audience was the largest ever present
at an exhibition by the club. The
various events excited great, yet orderly
enthusiasm.
William r Kurtz was master Of cere
monies; Professor William Coupe Of the
A. G. s. N, was referee OF the wrestling;
N. W. Phillips. @. 8. N, was. referee,
and Edward Miligan, A. G S N, was
time keeper in the sparring contests. A
large delegation from the A. @ s. N. of
Philadelphia, assisted in the program
AMI the affair was success from the
start.
The exercises opened with high jump.
ing by half dozen members Of the War
rem Athletic Club. w. II. Lofand won,
jump feet, inches; Samuel Jones,
second, feet.
Great wrestling Bouts.
Six wrestling bouts were given. and
the interest during them was intense.
The bouts were limited to ten minutes
each, and the rules were catch as-catch.
can. ] II. O'Donnell, A. G. S. N. and
w. P. Spoerl, w. A. G. were matched
against each other. OConnell acted on
the aggressive but only once did he
bring his man near down. Spoerl was
sly as a cat and his successful defence
won applause The bout was undecided,
no fall having been made IN the ten
minutes allowed. Dr. j. X Schell aud q.
w. Hoskins, both Of the A. G S. n,
were the next contestants. HOskins
seemed to be doing the most work at
first, but DR.. Schell gripped him firmly
and won down in minutes and 40 sec
onds. The shortest bout Of the evening
I hat A q
and ]. G. Spoerl w. A. @. Spoerl went
down in 3 minutes. d L. Cbesterman,
A. G. s. n, aud James willing w A.
G. were a wellmstched pair, and their
appearance was applauded. The Warren
athlete has the longest reach with his
leg, but this did not avail him much.
He assumed the aggressive, aud when
well winded his opponent found an easy
victim, and Willing went down in
minutes and seconds. The most ex-
citing wrestling match was that between
J. B Reilley of the A. O. 5. n, who
is the champion amateur bantam weight
of the United States and John T. Cooper
of the Warren Club. Reilly was the
heavier man but he found his match In
activity for once. In the FIRST minute he
had Cooper almost down, but almost is
not quite. Then Cooper became the ag-
gressor and he worked with his man for
FIVE minutes, giving him some sudden
falls. but he was q little too heavy.
Every person in the big audience was
aglow with enthusiasm, as Cooper
seemed to be nearing victory, and the
applause was greater when he had
+; eluded the fate which his opponent at
tempted to bring upon him. Reilly
worked on top for the last
l inn trta tl.n III
trick but Cooper was alert and the
bout closed AS time WAS called, and
neither had gained fall. A beautiful
J exhibition was that given by Professor
! William Coupe and Herman Wolfe both
: Of the A. G. 3. N. Their methods were
!, entirely different from those of the
I previous pairs, and their wriggles and
spins made the audience hold its large
i breath with astonishment When Wolfe
had little advantage, he would lift his
! opponents legs high in the air, but
then Coupe would hold himself up by his
neck muscles and spin like top. When
: they Rugged each other for a few
seconds and then unwrapped themselves
4 In the most surprising manner, the ap
! plAuse was tumultuous. Coupe wal
a winding his man and threw him in min
4 utes and Is seconds. This ended the
A wrestling.
o Four SparrinR settos.
{ Four sparring settos were given, snt
& as they were closely contested made tina
II portion Of the program as interesting a
the rest. Harry Pritner, A. G. S. N.
% and P f. Shields, w. A. c., were th'
y first pair. A ring was made on the stag
for these contests. They were for tire
rounds, the first two for two minute
} each and the third three minutes
i. No decisions we're made Shields wa
lighter than his opponent, but he stoo'
=. his ground bravely and made as man.
= points as Pritner made, E. P. Pyfer, A
@. S. n, had a bout with @. II Ruth
= w. A. G.. The latter was the taller an
= seemed to get the best Of the match, blu
his opponent was as plueky and neve
y finched. The next bout was between
:. Walter Campbell, instructor in sparrinl
= at the Warren Club, and William Teese
is &c both of Philadelphia The hardest rap
"a did not shake Campbell and the setto wa
!. worked out scientifically. The last bou
= and wind-up was between Jack Fogart
Is and Jimmy Ryan of Philadelphia, gam
y men. Fogarty forced the fighting an
~ had the best Of it, so that it was not s
y rafting and interesting.
NJ Gymnastics and speciaIties.
IN Beside the wrestling and sparring
a. there were special features. John r. Nc
IS Coy, srrayed in a pure white costume
rp gave his unparelled exhibition Of clu
Yo swinging and received merited applause
John Y Cooper and Alfred Davidson
w. w. Watson and Maurice Babb pre-
sented unique tumbling feats altei
de nately. The former was the more pictu
mt esqe and difficult, the latter, more grace
re full
Us Professor F. G. Scannapieco and w.
RS Van Leer, both A. S. N, bad eonteI
az with fencing foils, an exhibition seldol
al If ever seen in this city.
lg, Fred L. GIeiner George R. Dillma
ie- and Haney Walker gave large numb'
ic. of difficult feats on the horizontal bar
Turner, McSorley and McIlvaney rel
dered plantation song and dance in q
ice amusing and finished manner.
ed An Irish clog dance was rendered
St. Haney and Wesley, and they won sever
sll recalls by their excellent stepping al
nd clog. The program was not conclude
in until IL O'Clock, and the large hou
at made the exhibition a'success financial