The morning call., 1893-03-17
GREAT WRESTLING
Second Of the Olympic
Club Contests.
Ungerman Downs Graham After a
Hard StruggIe-Spirited
Bouts.

The second of the series of Olympic Club
| wrestling bouts was witnessed last evening
! by a full house.
Among the invited guests were the cham
| pjon Oarsman If the world, James STAINS
bury, and Dan Mcleod, the famous wrestler,
who arrived yesterday from Australia.
| During the entertainment William Greer
| Harrison, the president Of the club, an
nuunced that J. l.. Flood had purchased all
Of the clubs unsold bonds, amounting to
| $4,000.
L. Claxton, 1851 pounds, and Chris W.
| Andrews, 137 pounds, were the first brace
| Of leg-and-hand grabbers to put III an ap-
| pearance.
| There was much interest ceDtered In the
| bout, as Andrews is mber Of the Acme
| Club OF Oakland and Claxton a representa-
| tive Of the Olympic. Alter being on the
/ mat a min. u sec Andrews dtwDed ClaX-
| ton by double Nelson. Il. B. Graham
| 1871 pounds. Gus Ungerman $50 pounds
! got very good reception, as they were both
! fayOrites.
Graham wrestled under the eolors of the
! Olympic Club and Ungerman dUnned the
| Eintracht Club coloEs.
The contest was well worth seeing G "a
| ham came within an ace If throwing I'm
! german before either man had fairy got
down to work. There we've sew
/ Ct al cANcfuluElE pretty u OfGmeHis exc
cuted on the carpet until UngrTman got Il
| half-Nelson on Graham. He bore down
upon Graham inch by inch until tile latter
had To finally give way under the pressure
| brought to bear him. Ungerman won
The nIst TALL in 20 minutes and 20 seconds
A. Bernhard. 1913 pounds, aud 5. Vicini.
15l pounds, had ~ at catch weights.
Ihs was purely contest Of strength and
| endurance, and after wres ting thirty min
| utes the athletes were ordered off the carpet
81 fal- go
resumption of the Contest.
! a. W. Davis, 145 POUNDS, and Robert
! Russ, l43 pounds, had a short bout. 1t was
| won by Davis in l min. p sec. by a crotch
| and haif-NelsOn.
The funny event of the evening came
| next il was heavyweight bout between
| j. Miller, the famous boxer ana all-round
athlete, and :. PetteP, ''the Irish Whirl-
| wind" Miller 'crawled" out of a
tlgat hold, only to be grasped again by the
! weaTer OIL the green trunks ana thrown
| light side up with care in min. sec.
L. u Philips, l3l pounds, and Maurice
! Lea, 146 pounds, hsd quick and spirited
| contest, which was won by Phillips in 3
| min. 10 sec.
| In the second round of the contest be-
! tween Andrews and CIaXtOn. the latter, by
| quick work, easily disposed of his opponent
| by half-hanImer and hah-Nelson. Time
| min. 6 see. The Acme Club OF Oakland
! can feel very proud OF their REPRESENTATIVE
|
| In the second meeting OF Bernhard and
! Nicini the latter threw his opponent in one
minute thirty-eight seconds, by means of
an arm roll.
| The second bout of the great contest be-
| tween Ungerman and Graham next came
! The contest was unquestionably the most
| interesting of any wrestling match that b as
! been witnessed in the olympic Club for
| years. Phiio JacOby, who is probably the
! Oldest and most experienced Judge OF
| wrestling in this city, said that he had never
| witnessed a better contest between anna
| teurs.
Graham astonished the members three
| times by breaking arm holds. crotch holds
! and back hammers, which the Eintracht
athlete got on him, bat failed TO win with
After very interesting bout, which
| lasted 81 min. 81 Sec, UnRerInan won the
! fall and match.
Phillips and Lea entered for the second
bout after the great match of the evening.
and in l min. and sec. Phillips won the
| fall ana match.
This was followed by the second round
between Vieini and Bernhard. 1t was won
by the latter in min. q sec. Both wrest-
| lers had scored fall, and met again
| later on.
Russ and Davis came GU for the second
! bout. This was quickly decided by Davis
who won the fail and match in 2 min.
80 sec.