The morning call., 1893-03-10
LEAN LAID LOW.
Interesting Bouts at the
Olympic.
GRIMM FEELS HOLDREDGE.
The War Among the Directors of the
Club Is Now a Thing of
the Past.
GRIMM FEELS HOLDREDGE.

The first evenings wrestling contest at
the Olympic Club was witnessed by a large
crowd.
The principal event which attracted most
interest was the bout between the crack
wrestlers. Haberly of the Olympic Club
and professor" Lean.
There was considerable money wagered
on the result. and, to the surprise Of Haber-
ly's fOndest admirers, the Oympian made
short work of the professor" VINO attribu-
ted his quick defeat to the fact of being a
married mani
The result of the contest is as follows:
1t was 9 40 P. NJ. when w. T. Haberly and
a. II. Lean got on the mat.
They both scaled 1871 pounds, and were
trained down spendidly for the match
which was best two out of three falls, catch
as-catch-can.
For five minutes they wrestled in a stand
ing position and Haberly worked hard to
get lock hold on his opponent, but Lean
invariably got away by sliding along the
carpet or backing outside the boundary
lines.
Lean was not exerting himself, rs he re-
manned on the defensive and allowed Ha-
berly to act the aggressive part, After
considerable work was done b. the wrestlers
In standing position Lean finally dropped
TO the carpet and some very lively wrestling
was done on all fOuTS.
HaberIy got good arm and neck lock on
Lean ana squeezing him tightly Leans
nose began TO bleed.
Haberly was having much the better of
the game, and Lean wriggled out of several
exceedingly tight places by mere chance.
Finally HabeTly got Lean in bad place,
and by a reverse half Nelson and neck lock-
the onca great amateur wrestler was put on
his back and held there for several seconds.
The bout lasted II minutes and 53 seconds.
Lean was not in it with the great Haberly.
In fact, his friends looked upon him as be-
ing back number so far as wrestling is
Oncerned.
The next brace of squeezers to put in an
appearance was Fred C.. Gerdes, 1921
pounds, and Walter NJ. Bartlett, 100 pounds
This was tame in comparison 10 the bout
preceding it. Bartlett had the best OF the
contest, but owing to an Over-cOnfidential
estimation OF his abilities he came within
an ace of being thrown.
Gerdes surprised Bartlett few times by
some clever tactics, which, however, Bart
lett soon became conversant with.
After being on the carpet A minutes and
81 seconds without either contestant seeur-
ing fall, the referee ordered them off the
mat TO take a rest
Phll BOulo, 125 pounds. and Charles
Kreling, 127 pounds, made a very pretty
showing. They were both well versed in
eaten -as-eatcE- can, especially Boulo, who
proved his strength by picking up kreling
outside of the carpet, packing him on to the
mat and then dashng him on his side.
hTellng got out of leg and neck lock
and by quick move he got Boulo under
meath and came within an ace of throwing
him by reverse Nelson.
The contest was very spirited up to the
finish, and was won by Krelng with a for'
arm and half-Nelsou. The time was min
30 sec.
W. Aoldredge, 1913 pounds, and Frank
Grimm, 126 pounds, went at each other in a
very business-ilke manner. Holdredge cut
out the pace, so 10 speak, and had Grimm's
nose bleeding before they were on the car
pet minute. Hodredge looked sure
winner until Grimm happened to get a
crotch and half Nelson on him. HOldredge
struggled hard to get out of it, but was
throwD. Time. MIN 10 sec.
Gerdes and Bartlett again appeared on
the carpet, and after wrestling seven min
utes an1 twenty seconds the bout was won
by Gerdes, with reverse half Nelson and
neck lock.
Lean and Haberly appeared once again
for their second bout.
Lean Immediately assumed the aggressive
and surprised Haberly by grabbing him by
the body and lifting him in the air AS
quick as flash Haberiy got body hold on
Lean and by main strength got Lean down,
and won the bout In one minute aud forty
seconds.
Boulo and Krellng came on the mat for
the second time. kTeling had won the first
fall, and he quickly scored a second with
crotch and half Nelson in l min and so
sec, which gave him the match and trophy.
Frank Grimm defeated H0ldredge the
second time with combination lock in l
min. 7 sec.
Gerdes and Bartlett were the last of the
entries to appear on the mat. and Gerdes
soon had Bartlett in tight place and won
the bout in min. 3S sec.
The summary of the events is as follows:
Haberly defeated Lean. Gerdes defeated
Bartlett, Kreling defeated Boalo, Grimm
defeated Hodredge.
take place on Thursday:evening, the 10th
inst.