The morning call., 1893-03-03
A DOUBLE EVENT. /.
The Pugilistic Carnival Is Opened in
New Orleans.

New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, March 2-The Olympic
Club inaugurated its puglistic carnival to-
night with an innovation in the shape of a
twin contest. The curtain-raiser was a
boxing contest to a finish between Billy
Hmds of Providence and Billy Mcmillan of
| Washington for purse. of $500. 1t was a
cheap fight, and Mcmillan won in five
Iounds. The other attraction was a
wrestling match between Evan Lewis and
Ernest Roeber, which Lewis won.
The crowd gathered early and was rather
small in comparison with the former packed
houses. Judge anthony Somolar was
master of ceremonies and john Duffy
referee. The men came into the ring at a
quarter past S. and very little time was lost
in arranging preliminaries. Mcmillan
looked sallow and careworn, while his op-
ponent was seemingly confident and disn-
terested. Both men were apparently care
fully trained. and looked big welter-weights IS.
The fight was rough affair, and neither
man displayed much science, but each
manifestedl measure of pluck. In the
first round hostilities were begun in short
order, and they mixed and punched each
other at lively rate. There was little
regard for rules and Hinds appeared groggy.
In the second neither did any straight
punching and Kinds was easily being
bested.
In the third Mcmillan landed two heavy
punches in the breast, and Hinds grew
cautious. Mcmillan got the first blood.
drawing it feebly from Kinds nose.
Mcmillan pushed the fighting in the
fourth round and Kinds suffered the more.
In the fifth round Kinds got a heavy
right hand heart punch and Mcmillan
fought him to the ropes. Kinds barely saw
Ing himself. After a clinch Mcmillan
landed hard and Kinds fell at his post com.
pletely exhausted. He was counted out and
The fight given to Mcmillan.
After the Mcmillan Kinds contest the
club attendants prepared the ring for the
event of the evening-the Lewis Roeber
wrestling match for the championship Of the
United States. The purse for which the
men wrestled was 5000, $500 to the loser.
The men entered the ring at O'clock.
Lewis weight was said to be 1S5 pounds
and ROBBERS 176 Lewis won the toss and
selected catch-as-catch-ca for the first
bout, the strangle-hold barred. 1t was a
beautiful match. Lewis reached imme-
diately for a body hold and got a half.
Nelson, but Roeber dexterously slipped
away. Lewis got his fayorite neck hold
and struggled for fall. II was narrow
escape for Roeber, both shoulders not going
down, Ultimately Lewis got ahalf-Nelson
and legloek. and calling into service his
great weight bore Roeber TO the carpet, both
shoulders touching in full view Of the
audience and the fall going to Lewis, in
seven minutes six seconds,
The second bout was GrecO-Roman, and
was fercely and determinedly fought. 1t
was Roe eber's choice of style. After much
wriggling about. Roeberlthrew Lewis, and
the latter's head struck the mat The
''strangler,' took the defensive, but mar
rowly ayerted fall Finally the men were
lying on the carpet with Roeber on top, and
they turned completely over twice, Lewis
landing underneath. After fierce strug-
gle, the German pressed both shoulders
down. and was awarded the fall in twenty
eight minutes and fifty-two seconds.
The third bout, catch-as-catch can, was
q trifle longer than the first. At the very
start the fall was claimed by Lewis, but
was disallowed. There was some remarka-
bly, pretty work in this bout, Reeber being
warmly applauded for the dexlerity he dis
played in getting cut of dangerous positions,
but Lewis showed his superiority when
with neck hold lie threw his adversary out
OF strong bridge that greatly distressed
Roeber. The fall was secured in 1900.
The fourth bout was short and decisive
struggle. Lewis got grapevine hold and
Roeber in less than two minutes was fat
on his back. Roeber, after the match was