The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-06
GREEK MEETS GREEK.
The Wrestling Match at Har..s
monte Hall Between harri.
son and Young.
After Fifty Minutes The Seda-.
liam Secures a Falcon.
test a Draw.

Never before in this state, perhaps,
has there been more interest taken in
wrestling match than in that OF last
evening between Eldred Harrison. of
Sedalia, and c. E. Young, of the
Missouri State university. Both
Young men are great ferns'au-
though,er witnesses to the contest,
which took place at Harmonic hal,
under the auspices Of the Sedalia
Athletic club.
The large audience represented
nearly all classes of men. There were
doctors and lawyers with shiney
silk hats, merchants, clerks, mechan-
les, editors, and reporters with their
pads ready and their pencils sharpened
to nicely.
By way of introduction, a colOred
Jubilee chorus sang several melodies,
and Professor B. A. McFadden,
who recently vanquished Chris
tol in this city, made q short adj
dress on the beauties and benefits OF
physical culture.
This was followedby spirited four
round boxing match between Messrs.
Gickler and Smith, members OF the
club, Mr.. ]. w. Wilson act
ing as referee. HOnOrs were
easy and the contest was declared q
draw.
Hon. P. d. Hastain, who officiated
at the McFadden- Caristol match, re-
peated, BY special request, that func-
ton on this occasion, and handsoIe|Hf;
introduced the wrestlers. c.
ling was the chosen referee. McFsG.
den seconded his pupil, Harrison, -
Mr.. Shawhan seconded Young.
The two athletes were received with
/. rousing round of applause. Stripped
to the waist, they were models Of
, muscular power. Young is much
. larger and heavier and his skin was
as brown as a berry. Harrison
showed up in perfect form, compact!y
; built and looking like a veritable
Young Hercules. His skin was much
winter than that OF his antagonist,
r though it cannot be said that he ma
. teriaIly suffered by comparison. The
, two men bounded lithely to the CEN
.. ter of the stage, shook hands and pro-
! ceeded to business, catch-as-catch-can.
At the first onset it was plain, even
to a novice, that the Sedalian and
e Columbian were there for all there
. was in it. They lost little time in
V preliminaries, but plunged at each
!: vigorously, though goOd-naturedly.
Y The tide ebbed and flowed for fifty
e mortal minutes. 1t was case where
n Greek had met Greek, and the tug OF
war was terrific in its display OF
II strength and agility. The close calls
= which either athlete had from time
# to time-and these we're numerous
=. brought forth rounds OF applause that
r. fairly made the floor tremble Men
n. stood in their chairs, tossed their hats
= and yelled like Indians at war dance
Of Finally. at the end of almost an
D. hour at this terrific work, Harrison
d lifted the Columbian bodily from hi:
ar feet and with a supreme herculean eff
is fort. and the quickness and strength
4. of a tiger, landed him on both shout
he ders ON the floor. The decision was
lie delicatelv close one, and when the re
D. fierce announced it, pandemonlun
a prevailed and the Sedalians were wilt
d. with excitement and delight.
er After brief rest and a rubbing
hit down, the wrestlers began the strug
d. Gle again. This round, which wa
70, considerably longer, was but repet'
las ton of the first, except that neithe
IL man obtained fall. They showe'
IN the same marvellous endurance, tn
at same degged tenacity. Seeing tina
ms the men were wearing themselves gu
es' in vain attempt to conquer eac
ult other. the contest was stopped an
the affair called draw. with the VI
Outstanding that it should be settle
at some future time.
he The weights of the wrestlers were
the Harrison, 1901; Young, lib. Ages
ac- Harrison, IS years; Young. "a year