The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-05-17
STRUCK OIL.
How Amateur Wrestler Unger.
man Was Amounted.
An Internecine War in Wrestling Ranks Lets
the Cat Out Of the Bag-0il or Lini-
ment f-Reprimanded.

cocoanut OoZes out, as 1t were, and with the flow
of chor, TRUTH like a cork, rises TO The surface.
The recent discussion about the Lean -Kolb
amateur wrestling match at the olympic Club
as TO whether IL was or was not fake has set
all the amateur wrestling fraternity by the ears.
and stories OF long-past funny little tricks have
been circulated worry freely the past few days
Once that start was given TO hints about past
Irregularities and each amateur exponent Of
the slam on the-p pad and double back aclioned-
wrench-his-neck holds We'd with his fellows In
trying 10 tell the most romantic tales.
The circulators drilled all over the wrestling
arena and finally struck Oil-and sweet-Oll at
thar, in the amateur wrestling tournament at tho
Olympic Club about two years ago. This was
somewhat OF back number date and the oil was
somewhat rancid from age, but when the bottle
was shaken up last night, il Snellcd just as good
and strong as ever.
GREASY RUMoRs.
Last evening the Directors of the Pacific Coast
Amateur Athletic Association held a meeting at
the Olympic Club, to Investigate the rumors as
TO fake" amateur wrestling. Four Directors
answered tile roll call and they decided 10 hear
what a number of the amateur knights Of the
double Nelson seml-demllock could tell them
about cr0Okedness
Amateur Gus Ungermau was the first TO be en-
amned. Mr.. Ungermau has been credited with
The statement thai what he knew about the use
oil oil 10 amateur wrestling would I'LL book.
Having procured the book he was going To NIL IL,
publish 1t aud then 1t would be-stsnd from
under.
1t may be mentioned here as well as at any
other time that while tile witnesses examined
last night were not sworn. all professed their
Willingness 10 take an oath as 10 The truth OF
their stories.
Mr.. UDgerman was questioned as to what he
knew about grease OF oil apart from their cu.-
lnary, artistic OF commercial purposes, as
factor IN athletic contests. He answered very
fofcibly that lie knew nothing about the use OF
grease or oil al any amateur wrestling contest,
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sports" He admitted SAYING in the California
Athletic Club that lie thought the Lean-Kolb
wrestie Z fake" as he believed Lean could
have done much better
Two years ago l wrestled with Lean from
an amateur standpoinD and was. after the first
bout, rubbed with some llnlment by my seconds"
TALE OF OIL.
II Mr.. Ungerman's testimony was not startling,
the statement OF the next amateur called in
T: K. Mertes-was; He went down TO bedrock
like gopher digging his hole. Mr.. Mertes told
the following plain, unyarnlshed. but oiled, tale
as straight as string. During TIE tourna-
menI Two years ago In the Lean Ungerman
bouts, UugeFman was seconded by one Patsy
Hogan, retired pugilist. Hogan, after the
FIRST bout, sent me out OF the Olympic Club when
the affair took place; first, 10 get some witch.
hazel stun. and, secondly. TO joys drugstore
for some sweet Oil lie told me 10 have 1t put up
in bottle that must be labeled 'liniInent' l
got the oil, had IL labeled liniment' and gave II
10 Hogan. L saw Hogan grease Ungerman's
back with ii. My idea is that Hogan aud his
friends had money bet on Ungerman, and when
Hogan saw his man was getting the worst Of l
he used this plan TO cause pOstponement to
future date don't know if UngermEn knew it
was oil That was rubbed on him, but know he
saw the bottle. did not al the time know what
the oil WAS 10 be used for, as was green in
wrestling. tried TO rub the oil OF Ungerman's
back with towel but Hogan showed me away.
Quinn, professional wrestler, was tie refereeil
heard Lean say when he took hold OF Ungernan
that lie had been creased"
VERY SLIPPERY.
W. Rayner, friend OF Mertes, stated that he
saw Hogan send Mertes out for oil which he
brought back and Hogan then rubbed it on Un-
germans back.
Al Lean, KoIbs recent opponent, stated: I'm
my wrestlc with Ungerman felt he was creased
and spoke about It 10 the referee. Don't know if
Ungerman knew there was oil on him, but Ii was
there all the same"
George Mertes said his brother Peter told him
two days afterward about getting the oil for
Hogan.
So far the oilmen had had it all their own way,
and as turn about Is fair play, The anti oilists
were given a show A freud of Ungenman's.
who was with him ali the evening Of The wrest-
ling aud whose name, besides being somewhat
hard TO spell, he earnestly desired should not ap-
Helped rub Ungerman all the time. A little
liniment was rubbed on bis shoulder and lie re-
moved II with towel himself, saying he pre-
ferred water. Am positive 1t was IMMINENT aud
not OIL"
Ungerman recalled said: KNOW that either
Mertes or Hogan rubbed some llniment or
something on me. Lean, when we grappled,
claimed was creased, and l appealed 10 Quinn,
Leans second and President Harrison II was.
of again. This was done, and then Lean was
satisfied and the wrestle went on. 1 saw no bot
lie at all used by my rubberS or seconds"
STRONG EVIDENCE.
Mr.. RATIO Leans second on tile memorable oc.
CASTOR under discussion said lie had felt MIR.
Ungerrnan, aud he did not feel greasy. He had
also smeit Mr.. Ungernau's back and could not
detect any oily perfume, but only healthy odur
OF persplr ration. As Leans second II he thought
there was any oily suspicion around Ungerman's
person lie would certainly have objected aud
claimed tile winning decision from the referee
for his man.
This ended the investigation, and the Directors
on motion, by unanimous vote, decided 10 rep
rimand both Ungerman and Mertes, and notify
them that Oh the least suspicion of cTookedness
In the future both would he Immediately expelled
from the asso citation.
The main object of the meeting. however, was
al first The consideration of the charges pub
lished In morning raper that the recent Lean
kOlb match at the Olympic Club was a pure and
simple fake" and had been carried out on
Leans part entirely for pool-bOX ends. The
Directors, however decided to turn the matter
over to the Olympic Cub Directors for investiga-
tlon, as the match had taken place in their
rooms aud, as II were, under their auspices.
Next Monday evening the ease may como up il
the writer OF the charges is present to offer the
proof Of bis theory, which lie probably Will be,
as lie claims 10 have large number Of witnesses
and whole gripsack fun of evidence TO estab-
lish his charges that the affair was most papa-
bic fake"