Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-27
ATHLETIC CONTESTS.
Good Wrestling, Fencing and sparring Bouts
| at the Columbia Athletic Club.


Good Wrestling, Fencing and sparrinz Bouts
at the Columbia Athletic Club.
Upward of ], 500 persons saw the preliminary
bouts in boxing, fencing and wrestling for the
championships of the District at the Columbia
Athletic Club last night An elevated stage
was erected in the middle of the gymnasium
and on this the regulation twenty-foot ring
was built The spectators occupied seats about
the ring side or in the gallery. The arrange
ments were under the supervision of Capt H.
NJ. Wilson and Lieut.. De Shell of the Columbia
Athletic Club. Owing to the unexpected absence
of Mr.. Hudneker of the A. O. s. n, who had
been selected to act as referee in the boxing
and wrestling, his place was filed by Mr..
Thomas Kane of the Warren Athletic Club of
Wilmington, Del. The judges were Messrs. E.
A. Moseey and j. r. Elder. Baron n. q. de
foch was judge of fencing and Mr. W. B.
Hibbs held the watch.
WRESTLING BOUTS.
The first event was a wrestling bout in the
115-pound class, H. Taussig and c. d. Webb
competing. After some good work by both
men Taussig downed his man with a half mel
son and won in four minutes and twensy-three
seconds"
There were two contests in the 15S-pound
class. Walter Loveless of the Y. NJ. c. A. of
this city defeated W. G. Shafhirt of the c. A. c.
in one minute and forty five seconds. In the
second bout H. w. Blunt. jr.. threw J. W.
Mitchell after q struggle of seven minutes and
forty seconds Then Loveless competed with
Taussig and won easily in one minute.
In the heavyweight wrestling d. c. Harrison
threw h. W. Blunt after an exciting struggle
lasting sixteen minutes.
FENCING WITH FoILs.
Fencing with foils came next H. s.
Mackaye, c. A. c., and James Nelson crossed
foils, the former getting the decision by four
points The second bout was between Prof. S.
I. Emmons, c. A. c., and s. E. Darby, unat-
tached. The score was to 2 in favor OF Mr.
Emmons. The third bout was between Mr..
Alexander Greger of the Eussian legation and
MIR. Mackaye. The former won by four points
THE sPARRING.
Then came the sparring, and it is safe to say
that there has never been a better exhibition
of the manly art in the city since the war.
The feather-weights came first. W. F. de
Saussaure, g. A. c., and ]. O'Neill unattached,
were the first to shake hands. O'Neill was dis
posed to fight at long range, but De Saussaure
resorted to rapid infighting, and after clean
knock down had hls man at his mercy and
would have put him out had the match con-
tinued. Under amateur rules when a contest
ant Is knocked down the round closes ONeil
however, complained Of asprained thumb and
the contest was awarded to De Saussaure.
y Neill had to be carried from the stage. All
of the entries were scratched in the l35-popnd
class, and all but two scratched in the 49,
pound class, so the match went over until to-
night. In the heavyweight class H. NJ. Dick
lnson met NJ. L. OLeary and defeated him.
Dickinson clearly outclassed his opponent as far
as weight but the doughty OLeary with con-
siderable pluck managed to last three rounds.
MOONEY THE HEAVYWEIGHT VICTOR.
10 nd M I pval fbac Of fba
evening was the rafting contest between T..
the C. A. c., in the heavyweight class. Won
Lindgren was looked upon as a sure winner
and when he entered the ring there was a
smile Of confidence on his countenance. After
a little cautious long transporting Mooney
caught his man with swinging right handler
on the pin OF the Jaw and sent him headlong
from the stage. His fall was broken by the
spectators. In the second round Mooney
rushed his man all about the ring and finally
| landed again on the jaw and sent Lindgren
from the stage. When he returned the match
was continued, Mooney sending his man to the
utter uselessness of Lindgren continuing, called
time and declared the contest won by Mr..
Mooney. The result was received with cheers.
THE FINALS TONIGHT.
The following is a list of the finals which will
be settled tonight:
Wrestling-1l5 pounds-H. Taussig and W.
L. Pierce; 1876 pounds-Walter Loveless and j.
w. Mitchell; l5S pounds-Walter Loveless and
H. W. Blunt, jr:; heavy weight-D. c. Harrison
and W. G. Schafhirt. Fencing-Foils, Alex.
Greger and S. F. Emmons; broadswords Alex.
Greger, s. E. Darby and Ii. Carpenter; boxing,
lis pounds, W. F. de Saussaure and C. d. Webb;
15S pounds. E. Won LindSren anu NJ I. O'Leary;
heavy weight, W. W. Mooney and H. NJ. Dick
inson.
The event of this evening promises to be in
the heavyweight class, when Dickinson and
Mooney meet. 1t will be battle royal.