The morning call., 1891-01-23
GOOD WRESTLING.
First Evening of the Olympic's
Tournament.
Arthur Keller Is Champion of the Bant ans
Van Court Meets His Waterloo-A-
pine Club Election.

The President, William Greer Harrison,
Of the Olympic Club and the Board of Di-
| rectors were very highly pleased to see the
large gathering of ladies that were present
| to witness the annual wrestling tournament
which began last evening in the gymnasium
| of the club.
| The contestants were dressed in the regu-
| lation uniform and their bodies were not,
| as heretofore, covered by tight fitting shirts,
and the ladies offered no objection to the
| new style of costume, which has long been
adopted by Eastern clubs
1t goes without saying that the contests of
last evening were highly meritoriOus and
| decidedly pleasing to the large gathering of
| spectators. who will undoubtedly be present
| again this evening to witness the concluding
| bouts.
in the center of the gymnasium was
placed mating on which the contests
| were decided and the bantam weights were
! the first to be called to the front. The
| bouts resulted as fellows:
BANTAMs To THE FRONT
! Arthur Keller, ia pounds, defeated E.
B. Partridge Jr., 1871 pounds. Time IL
min. % sec.
| N l.. Williams had bye with Partridge,
owing to Kenney and Robinson not having
got to weight the bout resulted in favor of
! Partridge. lime Is min 50 sec.
Keller and Partridge then met for the
| final bout, which was won by Kelter in min.
50 sec. The same men met again for the
second final, which means best two out of
three events, IN finals, and Keller won in
| i min. This decided the bantam-weight
contests, Keller winning first and Part
ridge second prize.
Feathcr-weights round: Thomas
! X. Code. 124 pounds, defeated Eugene Van
Court. III pounds. Time, minutes 10
| seconds.
II. {. Russ. 121 pounds, defeated T. C..
! Wtguer. 124A pounds, in minutes %
seconds.
W. Il. nallett, 1881 pounds. defeated
| James Kenny, 12l pounds Tine, ~ seconds.
George EckhaTdt, 123R pounds, defeated
f. c. Gerdes 125 pounds. Time, ) minutes
30 seconds
Second round-Russ defeated Eckhardt 10
| minutes 50 seconds. Code defeated Hat
| lett in II minutes "a seconds The finishing
bouts between Russ ank Code will be con-
cluded this evening. The men will wrestle
best two IN three falls, which is really a
| most nUuSeusicai idea and involves only an
! unnecessary delay IN time.
NOW FOR TIE LIGHT-WEIGHrS.
Light-Weights - First round K. Y Cole
13g pounds, defeated John p. Casey, 1876
pounds (Lurline Club. Time, q seconds.
John L. Schuster, 1856 pounds, defeated
Thomas McEneany, l34 pounds alpine
CIubj. Time, minutes AZ seconds.
W. }. Belcher, 139 pounds, defeated j. ii.
WigmUIe, 1876 pounds. Time, % seconds.
Second rOund-Cole defeated Belchcr in
minutes "A seconds. SchuSter defeated
BelcheT in bye in minutes 40 seconds.
Cole tnen met SchuSter and defeated him in
minutes 10 seconds. The final contests be-
tween the two last named Viii be decided
Tonight
The surprise of the evening was the de-
feat of Van Court, who was looked upon as
an easy winner. He is one OF the oldest
wrestlers of the club The referee, w. b
Snort, is most active. and spry athlete, auC
keepers were NJ. Weed aud A. Treat
Judses-E. Short and /. Is. Seaman. The
sport viii begin tonight at 8 o'clock sharp
ALPINE ATHLETIC CLUB.
The first annual meeting of the Alpine
Amateur Athletic Club was held at Irish
American Hall last evening, with II. O'far
reli presiding, and about seyenty-hve mem.
beers were present. 1t was unanimously de.
cided that in future the club would iOstel
only outdoor sports. The following named
were elected to serve as officers for the en-
suing term of one year:
President. Philip \. Gafney; Secretary
Albert M. King; Treasurer, Mark A. Lang
Field Captain, Sol Choynski Delegates t
T.. G. A. \. A.-E. 7. Moody, John ID. Gar
rison aud e. W. Meyer. Delegates to the
Pacific Rowing Association-H. O'Farrell
Henry Tank and J. j. Larkey.
1t was decided TO hold cross country rur
from the rooms OF the Alameda Olympic
Club on Sunday, February 1st next, ant
all communications should oe addressed L
Albert NJ. King, care of 0'Farrell & Lang
II Montgomery street. Road runs anC
short athletic meetings viii be held every
Sunday from nov until March. when +
field day will be giYen, the event to be open
TO all members OF the p. c. A. a. A. From
the enthusiasm shown by the members
| present last night, it is safe to anticipate
| the future,