The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-28
modified rules VIII prove interesting

mOuincu ruicb VIII provo iutcrcstiuB 3
reading:
cArcH-As-oAroHoAN. OR LArcAsHmE WIRES
rLISo.
Rufo Either opponent may press his arm
against his antagonists throat
Rule 2-Kiclsing the limbs shall be considered
fair.
Rule 3-No fall TO count unless one party Is
thrown on his back, two shoulders touching the
noor AZ the same time TO constitute fall
Rule 4-The match 70 consist OF first fall bcs,
two in three. or three In ave. according 70 mu.
tual understanding.
Rule b-No less than ten nor more than twenty
minutes rest allowed between each wrestling
bout
Rulo o-Letting 60 either hand, changing
holds, or grabbing by the legs shall be allow cd
Rule THE ring, whom practicable, 70 be
twenty-four feet square.
Rule SAIL bets to go with the stakes The
stakeholder or his deputy TO announce on the
grounds publicly at all times when q match Is
not concluded which way the stakes 90.
Rule e-If tho referee be not chosen In the
articles, and the wrestlors or hackers cannot
agree TO appoint one within fifteen minutes
from the time OF entering the ring. the stake
holder shall appoint one
Rule I0-In all matches the wrestiers must be
In stocking feet OF barefooted, and they will not
be permitted 70 scratch, throttle or pull each
others ears, or commit any other unfair act
toward each other Neither will they be allowed
70 be rubbed with grease. resin or any per.
nioious drugs on any part OF their bodies. The
competitors 10 be allowed one second each. who
must not be changed during the continuance OF
the match, neither will second be allowed TO
touch his own or his opponents man while
wrestling. Touching either competitor while
IN the actof wrestling win be q disqualin cation
against the offender and his party, and the
referee shall decide against them. II the
trEf tia ola a..
tho boundary OF the ring, they shall draw OF
and renew the contest with the same hold AZ
when they drew OF.
Rule ll-Richard X. Fox, proprietor OF the
Police Gazette, TO be official stakeholder, and
70 appoints referee unless the Olympic club
agrees 70 select those officials
oRAEco-RoMAN CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING.
Rule 1.-The wrestlers are only allowed to
take hold from the head and not lower than the
waist
Rule 2-Taidng hold of the legs is strictly for
bidden-
Rule 3-The wrestling is with open hands,
and the wrestlers are not allowed TO strike 10
scratch or 10 clasp hands (Clasping hands
means that the wrestlers shall not clasp one Of
their own hands within the other, nor interlace
their fingers, but they are allowed 20 grasp
their own wrists to tighten their hold round
their opponents body or otherwise)
Rule s-The wrestlers must have their hair
cut short, also their 1nger-nails, and they FAUST
wrestle either barofooted OF with socks.
Rule 5-n the wrestlers roll over each other,
the one whose shoulders shall touch the carpet
first Is deemed conquered.
Rule 6-To be conquered II Is necessary that
both shoulders OF the fallen shall touch the
ground at the Same time so as TO be fairly seen
by the public
Rule 7--All matches to be best two out OF
three falls. each fan TO consist OF two shoulders
being on the ground at the same time, but II
one fall In gained after three hours wrestling,
the contestant winning that fall 70 be declared
the winner OF the match II two falls were got
one by each. at that time. then the contest 10
go on until second fall is won by either
wrestler IL each contestant wins q fall the
match must be continued until decided
But the great fight of the carnival
will be that between Joe Goddard and
Ed Smith, the Denver boy. Goddard
has been training with the utmost care.
He has more than the purse of ten
thousand dollars at stake. With him
success means the possibility of fight
with Corbett. That is what brought
him TO America and that seems to be
the sole end he has In view Just now.
Goddard Is an Australian, and Amer
leans are just now measuring him by
his last battles. His last great Austral-
ian battle was fought before the Mil
bourne Athletic club with Ned Ryan, a
clever heavyweight, in January, 1892,
and four rounds sufficed to quiet his OPP
ponent. Last July he encountered Joe
McAuliffe before the Pacific Athletic
club. The fight was for a purse of five
thousand dollars, and money flowed in
freely from the east on McAul;ffe.
Fourteen rounds were needed TO finish
.he latter. and he was the worst
whipped man that ever left ring.
Goddard's last fight, before the Coney
Island athletic club, was against Peter
Naher, whom he defeated in three
'ounds. Goddard's popularity is his
ability to stand punishment, but in ad-
lition To this it must be admitted that
lie has fair amount of science. al
hough by no means as quick as Smith,
lis opponent. Ed Smith has much to
earn in this fight. 1t is his first battle
o attract national attention, and nat
rally he is expected TO feel somewhat
neasy. He is, however, a cool fighter,
quick man and hard hitter.
The sports who will crowd TO New
'rleans to witness these fights will al
1ost all remain to see the Fitzsimmons-
lall contest, which is for a purse
I $4,000 and the middleweight
of the world. This
7ill be before the new Cres-.
ent City club, which President
Joel has in charge. and will naturally
tract international attention. Both
len and their hackers resent the impu-
alton that the fight is fake" and
hat the money will be pretty evenly
ivided, and there is every reason to be-
eve their denials. Both men have