The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-04-04
WRESTLING ToURNAMENr.
a Good Attendance at the Initial
Bouts.

Bouts.
The boat-house of Mrs. J. II.
Reist was pretty well filed on
Saturday evening last, the occa-
sion being the opening of the
wrestling tournament inaugurated
by Prof. Max Loheide for the en-
couragement of the pupils of his
school of physical culture. The
present competition is for a hand
some gold medal, donated by the
professor, to be awarded to the best
Grsco-Roman wrestler in his class,
which already runs up into the
hundreds, Owing to other attrac-
tons the attendance on Saturday
was not as large as it otherwise
would have been, but what was
lacking in numbers was made I'D
in enthusiasm.
The evenings entertainment
opened with three-round boxing
match between John Slattery of
Australia and Harry Juen of the
Police Department. While the
Australian was much the heavier
man, the Honolulu boy gave him
all he wanted to attend to, and the
general opinion among the specta-
tors was that nobody had much the
best of it. At the conclusion of the
third round the referee, Mr.. J. w.
Jones, announced that Slattery was
willing to box anybody in Homo
lulu for money or marbles, or words
to that effect. The offer was i'm
mediately taken up by E. J.. Nor
colt of the U. S. S. Boston, who
invited the Australian to go on
board his ship at any time and
take what little money there was
on board. 1t is expected that a
very pretty little boxing match be-
tween these two gentlemen will
result from this challenge.
Next on the programme was an
exhibition of Indian club swinging
by E. J. Norcott of the U. S. S. Bos-
ton, which displayed wonderful
ability in handling both light and
heavy clubs. His performance was
greeted with frequent applause.
The contestants for the wrestling
contest then drew lots and were
paired off as follows: Lemon and
Wilder, Rose and Spencer, Malina
and Armstrong, and Jones and
Nakuina.
The first bout was the longest
and most interesting, although
there was considerable disparity in
the weight of the men, Wilder
weighing only 1344 lbs. against his
opponents 142. The contest was
a very nice exhibition of wrestling,
and lasted 16 minutes, the fall being
gained by Wilder.
After short intermission, which
was agreeably filled with a selec-
ton by the string band in attend
ance, the next bout, between
Messrs. Rose and Spencer, was an
nounced. The latter at once took
the aggressive, and his efforts were
rewarded by fall in the remark
ably short time of % seconds.
The third bout, between Malina
and Armstrong, was won by the
former on a foul in 10 minutes.
There being some dispute as to the
of the referees decision,
The bout was declared offby mutual
and was tried over again.
In the second trial Malina won a
square fall in : minutes.
The last contest of the evening
vas between Jones weighing 145
bs., and Nakuina 1904. This was
conceded to be an easy victory for
Zones, but he was ignominiously
defeated in just 4 minutes. He
appealed from the referees de-
ision, but the majority of the au-
Hence seemed to think that he was
airly thrown.
The four winners in Saturdays
ontest will wrestle for tile medal
nd championship of the club on
tuesday next, at the same place,
commencing at 8 PM. A large at
enhance is already assured.