Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-20
Boxing and Wrestling Champion
ships of the Amateur Athletic .
Union Contested For.
STUCKY WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Jack Murray Defeats P. McGaryey in a
desperate Prize Fight
Near This City,
LATEST ABOUT THE BASEBALL DEAL.
The holy Ghost College Football Players Defeat the
Butler Team in Coed Game.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-About 5000 mer
and a dozen women saw the boxing and
wrestling championships of the Amateur
Athletic Union decided ip the Metropoli
tan Opera House this evening There were
few vacant eats in the great red and gilt
auditorium, and the interest was SO sus
tanned that few thought of leaving until the
last bout was decided. The cleverest anna.
teurs from Pennsylvania, New York, New
jersey and Massachusetts, met and contested
for the honors. All the bouts were spirited,
many of them particularly so, and the as
semblage showed its approval when par
ticularly scientific pair came together wit h
the gloves or struggled for the supremacy
on the mat, and Referee Beaumeyer's de-
cisions were very satisfactory.
The boxing bouts were called promptly
on time, J. d. Millin, Westside Athletic
Club. New York, and C. J. McHugh, Ath-
delphia, appearing McHugh gave Millin
As Good as He Sent
until in counter he was crossed by Millin,
who put his opponent TO sleep BY smash
on the point Of the Jaw. Millin is the
DaHlNn Weight pun Vi &Ai.AcliCS 1"I
the ensuing wear. T. L. Connolly, Of The
fremont Athletic Club, Boston, and B.
Mullins, Westside Athletic Club, New
York, then met for The feather weight
championship. Connolly is champion
ol New England and Mullin is the
local champion. The judges were
undecided at the end of four rounds, and
the referee ordered another round of two
minutes. There wasn't much to choose be-
tween the two, both being very tired. The
judges then agreed on Connolly. The Bos-
ton boy had the house with him. w. II.
Horton, A. C. S. N, Philadelphia, and j,
McTiernan, downtown A. c. n. Y, came
out for the 125-pound special class The
men fought for all they were worth, and the
bout was an exhibition Of cleverness well
worth seeing The judges disagreed, and
the referee gave the bout to Horton.
The Middle w eight Champion.
J. J. Van Houten, Westside Athletic
Club, New York, and w. II. Stucky,
Wcstend Athletic Association, Newark,
then came out to fight for the middle-weight
championship. Stucky always had the
advantage and keeping such winning lead
in the final round was declared the winner.
1t was rare go, though, and brought the
house down.
The next fight was between Cyclone J.
hennedN, OF the 1OnkerS A ", anu a.
Isaacs, Pastime A. c., New York. II was
fiercely fought bout, and The judges de-
cision was that Isaacs had won. With
good left hand Kennedy could whip Isaacs
hands down.
j. Hannegan, Westside A c., and o. H.
Ziegler, a. c. S. n, concluded the finals
in boxing with a contest for the lightweight
championship. 1t was an interesting en-
counter all the way through, and the con-
test waged fercely until both men fell in
the center of the ring from pure exhaustion.
Hannecan was the weaker of the two, ard
Ziegler fought him on The ropes Until the
Westsidcr was unconscious .
The VSrestIers.
Sturdy Hugh Leonard again looked after
the falls, while Robert Stoll, New York
Athletic Club, and Harry Dimse, Bank
Clerks Athletic Association, held the
watches. The final bout of the middle
weight class brought on w. C. Winter, New
York Turnyerein, and P. Won Boerckman,
ST. George Athletic Association. 1t was a
foregone conclusion that Won Boerckman
would win the bout, and he quickly turned
Winter over in IL 2-5 seconds, a half Mel
son-and-arm lock doing the business. The
final bout of the bantam class brought to-
gether the two Newark midgets, Bertoch
and kesSler.
Bertoch was the favorite and justified the
preference by throwing his townsman in
minutes 80 S-5 seconds BY half Nelson and
arm lock. The 1l5-pound championship
was won by E. Brech, of the Southwark
Turnverein, Philadelphia, who had drawn
the bye in this class.