The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-17

Tokyo strong boy, engaged him as the star Of
the company. He landed IN san Francisco
early in lss1, unable % speak OF write q word OF
q wrestie-E sash, and his black hair hanging
over bis shoulders like Sarnson's A tour across
tie continent vas great succezs- Ja
Ms;sads and his Wrestling mate were
engaged by BarnuEn ard made the feature CT
his great eiEeEs- AZ the close OF the show sea
son the bronze Hercules dE0ppe1 into the sew
YORK Police Gczgts ofzce and was shown the eel
ebratei Richard < Fox Indian club, standing
higher than the Jsps head and weighing 20
van and Xuiaoon down had esssyed in vain TO
put above his hesd As JOKE &c IVES asked 20
Try his strength. The hystandgrs were Es'9u-
isbe6 wien Mstzsda, without removing his
coat, seized TIE clumsy club and held il high
above MS bead, and were stsIl moTe amazed
when he rzlsea AMI lowered Il nine urnes u
succession Ihenceforth Richard x: Fox p
came bis friend Through the PoI5cs Sa5Tte
so-skiehl challenged sEy man IN tie world 20
wrestle mixed match. one bout Jap style. one
bout catch ss-csieh -can. and the third 70 be Of
tie style selected by the man winning sbe pre-
yious fall in the shortest time The CHALLENGES
was accepted By Nal6oou, Duncan
B RS Il 81 and. and 'T e se osas5.
for he Wonsd alSsys win the Jap boni IN ; few
seconds and thus secure the same styIs for the
third When no longer able 20 get matches On
these terms be decided 10 sfudy the Caucasian
styles OF wrestling. and put himself under
competent instructors IN q few months he
challenged the world in Graeo-Ro aud
estch-as eGtch-ezn. be Won the middle weight
championship OF the world, and wore TIE
cham psoDship badge 70 TIE day Of MS death
he had wrestled IN nearly every clty OF the
United states, and earned more uaoney 4 al any
wrestler except xGldoon- IN . famous chai-
lenge tour Of thirteen weeks with a minstrel
troupe be defeated hundreds Of men.
Matsasa arrived IN Seattle In Mar, 1853. and
gave wrestling exhibitions with jimmy Fs1ik-
Der, the ehsn5 pioa lightweight The dsy before
tie FIRE q match arranged IN the Posi- Is
TELLGGZScEE ofEsee between the JAP and Peter
Schumacher. which took pace Inontn later al
the Ar.nory sorskiehi won with ease
His next nsfeh was with Quinn,
whom ne defeated st Turner hall
soon after this the strong man contracted Sc
we're cold ahieh led To an Ettafk Of pneumonia,
which confined him 70 the hospital 1oT several
weeks. This proved 10 be his Geath bloE, and
though he ra.iieS. and for q time Il looked as II
be bad regaine9 MS old-tinls form, the hectic
Hush Of consumption sooD appeared, and the
Tokyo st-ong Boy was doomed fOr q permanent
deieat. Mstsada participated in several mat hes
before leaving seattle. and il 1879 went 70 Mon
be went 10 lis home IN New YORK. where BE
finally died During Matssdas stay in Seattle,
he WAS visited " bis wife. white woman.
whom he married IN New YORK City several years
ego she is Intelligent and handsome, ara
devoted 10 Der japanese husband. she was
possessed OF fortune of $1,000 or s33,t00, and
this, with ss much more which Mstsada has
saved from his winnings, leaves her IN comfort
able circumstances.
Mstsada could read. write and speak japanese,
Chinese and English, and was well informed
His handwriting was excellent and pat 20
shame the wretened scrzwas of the white aia-
leIes with whom he signed articles u agree
mezts- he read tbs newspapers regularly, ana
az the time OF the biz Seattle IRE mailed many
COPIES Of the fire edition Of the PosT-IgTELLI-
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