The morning call., 1892-01-15
AMATEUR WRESTLERS.
First Night of the Olympic Clubs
Tournament.
UGgermaar Handsomely Defeated by 4. 3.
GIaham-ShaTp Contests Between
Light Weights.

The annual catch-aS-Catch-caD wrestling
tournament Of the Olympic Club was begun
las: evening. The contests were witnessed
by large gathering # ladies and gentle
men, with the former pTedeminatng.
Il was o'clock when the 6rst brace Of
neck and leg tWisters put IN an appearance.
They we're representatives OF the heavy
weigh class. namely. George ". lIcrtes.
1855 pounds, of the San Francisco Athletic
Club, and ". T. HaberIy, 153 pounds, Of
the Olympic Club. The bout was spiritedly
contes ed and was won by the latter in
minutes 80 seconds.
Gus Uugermann. l4S pounds, champion CT
the Verein EntTacht Club, md Charles
AddngJon followed, and in . minutes and
30 seconds Uugrrmaun had his opponent on
his back
u. B. Graham, 157Z pounds, Of the
Olympic Club, drew bye ana met George
Nertes, whom HaberIy had defeated.
Graham Won the event in , minutes 10 sec
oRds.
QUITE A STIR CREATED
This ended the first bouts, and when the
first pTelImiuarles were called there was
quite a stir among the athletes when Graham
and UngeTmann came on the mating The
OlympiaD had the advantage Of weight by
about ten pounds, but lie suffered a big
/ handicap in experience, as UnEemann was
several years Bis senior at wrestling. The
contest was sharply contested from the
/ time the athletes took holds. UUgermann
! tried several fancy moves, which were neatly
/ frustrated by Graham, who worked like an
! old hand al the game, After five minutes
/ hugging and twisting the Oiympian essayed
/ a combination lock on the EinuachPs
/ champion, and it seemed all day with the
Z Ia q
gled out OF the hold and was again free to
| meet his adveT-aT on even terms. Graham
! worked until he put his opponent down
/ after twelve minutes hard wTsstle By a
| cTOtch-and- waist lock.
NOT A LITTLE EXCITEMENT.
The eX temeBt was intense as Graham
! walked tTiumphantIy F0m the carpet TO his
! dressing compartment. This ended the
( contest between the heavy-weghts Tor the
! evening. This evening HaberIy will wrestle
! UngeTmann. and the winner will meet Ora
! ham for the final bo1t.
! The lightweight wTestlers gave the spec
! tat0Ts ample amusement as the contests
/ were drawn out to the limit of time The
/ first WAS meeting between G. +. Wilson Of
! the Olympic Club, 1921 pounds, and ).
/ Ficini, 138 pounds. The athletes Wrestled
/ twice without either gaining fall and will
/ meet again this evening.
| ". Hawks, 1857 pounds and John Nc
/ kuiIVhSl III pOttIu5. DbLl VI lilt Wv jill pic
! Club, wtestIrd twice, and in the second
! round Mccullough won the contest in s
| minutes . seconds.
! Charles Andrews of the Acme Club Of
! Oakland and II. y Russ Of the Olympic will
! meet this evening and the winner will come
| against Mccullough in the finals.
THE FEATHER-wEIGHTs.
There was only one bout among the
! teather-welght entries and 1t was between
! Richard {. Jones c'whiskers") and Charles
! +. Cutter both Of the Olympic Club Jones
| was the AGGRESSION and won the match in 10
| minutes and 20 seconds.
Russ having Withdrawn from the contest
J George Z. EckhaTdt Will in all probability
( WTeSte bye with Cutter and the winner
/ will meet Jones.
OF the juvenile bantams c. Son, ia
/ pounds, and L. 2. Kennedy. 1l2I5 pounds,
! gave a very clever exhibition, which was
! won by Kennedy In IS minutes.
! L. b. Partridge and L. Bodefeld wrestled
| - minutes without either achieving q vic
tory and the referee declared The bout off I'M
| I'll this evening. when J. HHIaTd and
! Charles KTeliDg will be given an opportunity
Of testing each others skill and stamina
The tournament will wind I'D with the
| contests between the middle weights, and
| so Tar 1t has been very successful and re-
! fleets credit on the instructor and the gentle
| men who have the management Of affairs
| IN hand. The prizes are hand some gold and
silver medals. The officers OF the tourua-
ment are: Referee, +. S. Van Court
| judges-R Macarthur and Z. f. SeanlOn !;
| umers-H. y. SiOpeT ard A J. Treat