Evening journal., 1892-02-20
WARREN wResrLeRs' woRk.
John Y. Cooper Throws His Adversary in
Five Minutes-Bims'n Marvellous Pluck.

Five Minutes-Bims's Marvellous Pluck.
The vast auditorium of the Academy OF
Music resounded with enthusiastic shouts
last night as the aspiring athletes Of the
Atlantic Association of the Amateur
Athletic Union struggled with each
other for gold medals. It was the first
annual boxing and wrestling tournament
given by this division, and It was an ex-
perimentsl undertaking In every respect
The preliminary bouts were disposed Of
last night, and the finals in all the classes
In both boxing and wrestling were re-
served for tonight. The audience was
not so large as it was select and apprecla-
tive, but the treasurer reported that the
receipts exceeded 81, 600, and this insures
the success of the exhibition from f.
nancial point.
The boxing events In which the Will
mington athletes participated were as
follows:
Sixth bout, 1876 pounds-F. ]. o'Neill,
A. c. s. N, and Fred Myers, Warren
Athletic Club O'Neill, by a clean right.
hand drive, put Myers out In the third
round in 2 minutes as seconds.
Seventh bout, 125-pound class-d.
Moriarty, Warren Athletic Club. and M.
Dee West Philadelphia Athletic Club
Moriarty knocked Dee out by chance
back hand Lablanche swing, In the third
round. in Q minutes SO sec )nds.
Eighth bout, l25-pound class--Ray
Murphy. Warren Athletic Club. and
Charles A. Hendrickson, A. c. s. N. In
the second round Murphy claimed a
foul, and leaving the ring before the
referee could decide. disqualified himself
The bout was accordingly awarded to
Hendrickson
Ninth bout. 1856 pound class-Frank
Bollen and Quigley, A. Q. N. At
the end of the third round the judges
were undecided and the referee ordered
another round OF two minutes. at the end
Of which the judges awarded the bout to
Quigley.
In the wrestling bouts, the Whining
tonians made 3 fine showing. Their
events we're as follows
Second bout, 105 William Cal
lahsn, Warren Athletic Club, and Charles
Highley Of Southwark Turn Verein. High
ley secured the fall in 8 minutes IL
seconds.
Third bout, 1O5 pounde-J B. Reilly,
A. G. s. ~, and w. Coucell Warren
Athletic Club Reilly threw Coucell in
l minute 35 seconds.
Fourth bout, 105 pounds-Charles J.
Sirvip, Warren Athletic Club, and
Charles n Haenig, Southwark Turn
Verein. Haenig gave up In "a minutes.
Sixth bout, wrestling. 115 pounds
/ g. w. Curtis, A. @. s. N, j. Markert
| Warren Athletic Club. Curtis won In
minutes and "a seconds.
Seventh bout, 1875 pound clsss-Johu
Z. Cooper Warren A. c., F. @. Kalk
Philadelphia Turngemelnde. Won by
Cooper in minutes 81 seconds.
Eighth bout, l35pound class-G. w
Clark, PhilOpRtrian Athletic Club, and
S Kerr, Jr., " arren Athletic Club WoI
by Clark in 40 seconds.
Ninth bout 1876 pound class-HermaI
F Wolff, A G. S. ~, and John McClearY
Warren Athletic Club. Wolff threw Nc
Cleary in minutes 80 seconds.
Eleventh bout, 15S-pound class-Jame
Gillespie, Warren Athletic Club, was de
feated by d l.. Chesterman, A ,C.S. n. in
minutes and 90 seconds.
| Twelfth bout, heavy weight-Taylo
Shock, P A. 5. G secured a victory owe
Gibbons March in minutes and 3
seconds.
Thirteenth bout, 1O5-pound class, sec
ond round of trial-In the second bou
Ho ward Amber, A. G. 5. N, forfeited t
R Mullen, W. A. G. The men seemed {
be pretty evenly matched, but Mule
strained himself in the first bout aud wa
compelled to give up after " resting 70
FIVE minutes in the second bout.
Heavy weight wrestling-This prove
to be the best contest of the evening an
at its end both Joseph Sims, W. A. C.
aud c. P. Randolph. A. G. s. N, th
competitors, were wildly cheered FOR thel
pluck It took three bouts to decide, az
Randolph finally won the last one
II minutes and 80 seconds.