The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-26
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Unsatisfactory Ending to the White
head-Herrick Match.
THE REFEREES DECISION.
It Was q Question Which OF the Wrest-
lers Got the FAN and whitehead Got
the Decision-Pigeon Flying Yesterday
Current Athletic Gossip.

The wrestling match at Woods Hall,
Olneyville, yesterday afternoon. was not a
success from any point ct view. IL was
more of the knock-down-and-drag-out
rough and tumble order than anything
that has taken place in this part OF the
state I'm many day. The people OF Olney-
Vile have protested strenuousiy against
allowing glove contests in their township,
but If they could have been witnesses OF
yesterdays events the unanimous verdict
would have been: "Let the boxing go on
and stop the wrestling matches"
The contest for supremacy on the pad
ded carpet was between Uriah Whitehead
of Pawtucket and Frank Herrick OF
South Providence. The stakes were sl5O
side and the conditions of the match
were that they should wrestle Lancashire
style, catch-as-catch-can, best two IN three
falls. Ashworth was referee.
Whitehead was the aggressor at the
start and essayed to throw Herrlck In a
jiffy, but before he knew what was hap
pening, the South Providence man
had him squirming on his back and held
him there. The referee could see but one
shoulder and one thigh on the floor and
would not allow the fall.
The crowd went wild with enthusiasm
and yelled like thousand demons. Pan
OcmOnelum tnSueu anu Dtcdillc hceco-
sary for the police to take hand III the
affair and try TO restore something Ike
order Three of the most demonstratlve
were dragged to the door bodily and drop
ped down stairs without ceremony.
All this time the wrestlers were strug-
Cling on the floor. Ashworth refused to
allow the fall and after much ssquirming
Whitehead managed TO get OIL the carpet
and the referee broke them apart.
They were at it n gain in the center in
minute and Whitehead was trying to get a
Nelson on Herrick which, if he had sue
ceeded, meant no good TO the latter: Her
rick S stock went up 200 per cent. when the
crowd realized how he was breaking every
hold that Whitehead got on him, and of
the many who had been for the Paw
tucket man, when the match started only
a few stood by him now,
Finally after twenty minutes wrestling,
came the deciding point. Whitehead had
hold on Herrick's neck, which the lat
ter tried in vain to break, and just as the
Pawtucket man thought he had it sure,
Herrick rolled him clean himself and fiat
on his back, at the same time bridging"
to keep his own hips off the carpet.
The crowd went wild with excitement
when the referee said "a fall, and every
body yelled for Herrick, but when it was
announced minute later that Ashworth
gave it to Whitehead and not to Herrick,
the cheers changed to Kisses in an instant,
and it looked for few minutes as if re-
feree Ashworth would come to grief, but
he held his ground and when Herrick re-
fused to continue, after waiting fifteen
minutes, he gave the match to White
head.
1t is probable that another match will be
arranged between the men for larger
stake, to come off sometime in January.
The pigeon fly of the Unity Homing
Club yesterday was like the weather,
rather mixed, and according to latest ac-
counts, will have to be flown over.
The fly of the South Providence Homing
Club yesterday was "A uccess, thirty-three
birds participating. The fly was from
Pawtucket to this city. j. Deignan of 80
Seymour street won the first prize, mar
blized clock, his bird making the fly in
SIN. los. William Shirley took second, L.
Mcdonald third and George Greene fourth.
The time of the last three birds was SIN.
20s., SIN. 25., SIN. 45s. Much int rest was
manifest, and large party witnessed the
homeward flight of the birds.