The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-03-03
BOXING AND WRESTLING.
MCMILLAN WHIPS HISDS-LEwIs
THROWS ROEBER.
Opening Night of the New Orleans
Olympic Clubs Carnival
of sport
Special to the REcoRp-UN1ox.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
New ORLEANS, March 1.-THE Olympic
Club iraugurated its carnival tonight
with an innovation in the shape of a twin
contest. The curtain raised to boxing
contest to a finish between Billy Kinds
of Providence and Billy Mcmillan of
Washington for purse of 5000. 1t was a
cheap fight and Mcmillan won in five
rounds.
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 other
packed houses. Judge Anthony Somola
was master of ceremonies and John
Duffy referee.
The boxers came into the ring at Sis,
and very little time was lost in arranging
the preliminaries. Both men were ap-
parently carefully trained and looked
like big welter-weights. The fight was a
rough affair. Neither man DISPLAYED
much science, but each manifested
measure of pluck.
THE WRESTLING MATCH.
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, of which
$500 goes to the loser.
The men entered the ring at 9 o'clock.
Lewis weight was said to be 1855 pounds.
and Roberts l76. Lewis won the toss
and selected catch-as-catch-can for the
first bout, the strangle hold barred 1t
was beautiful match. Lewis reached
Immediately for body hold, and got
half-N elson, but Roeber dexterouslv
slipped away. Lewis got his favorite
neck hold and struggled for fall. 1t
was narrow escape for Roeber. both
shoulders not going down. Ultimately
Lewis got half-Nelson and leg lock,
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 min
utes and six seconds.
The second bout was Greco Roman.
and was tiercely and determineily fought.
1t was ROBBERS choice style. After much
wriggling about, Roeber threw Lewis,
and the latter's head struck the mat. The
stranger" became defensive, but mar
rowly averted fall. Finally the men.
lying on the carpet. with Roeber on top.
turned completely over twice, Lewis
landing underneath. After fierce strug-
gle the German pressed both of Lewis
shoulders down, and was awarded the
fall in twenty-eight minutes and fifty-two
seconds.
The third bout was catch as catch-can
and trifle longer than the first. AT the
very start a fall was claimed by Lewis
but disallowed.
There was some remarkable pretty
work in the bout, Roeber being warmly
applauded for the dexterity he displayed
in getting out of dangerous positions, but
Lewis showed his superiority when, with
neck hold, he threw his adversary ont
of a strong bridge that greatly distressed
Roeber. Fall secured in 1900.
The fourth bout was short and deci-
sive struggle. Lewis got grapevine
hold, and Roeber in less than two min
utes was flat on his back.
Roeber, after the match was over. an
nounced his willingness to meet any man
! in the world at Greco Roman style.