The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-28
WRESTLING BOUTS
Success of the Olympic
Tournament.
Winners of Events That Were Wit
messed by a Large Gathering
of Ladies'.

The Olympic CLUB held a catch-as-catch-
can wrestling tournament last evening in
its splendidly equipped gymnasium, which
was witnessed by q large and select
gathering of ladies and members.
1t was the first time in two years that
ladies have been invited to entertain
ments of this kind, and it gpes without
saying tina: wrestling contests where
ladies are not among the spectators are
sparsely attended by gentlemen, at least
this fact has been proven on several 0cca-
siOns.
Leader Hammersmith struck the nail on
the head when he decided 10 give the
ladies an opportunity OF seeing the prog
ress that is being made by the athletic
mem bers in wrestling.
Representatives of the press were
treated to a verv agreeable surprise on
being escorted by SuDerlntendeni Kennedy
to comfortable seats ana writing desks,
which had taken the place OF the old and
cramped accommodations that were any
thing but agreeable.
At o'clock sharp the first brace of
wrestiers we're introduced to the specta-
tors, and the athletic young fellows lost no
time in getting down to hard work, plenty
of which they had before the final bout
The bantams, E. p. Armbru ster and Z.
u. Oteblc. Rdfr QuiCk anu CloNeI cXI1O.-
ton OF scientific wrestling. The bout was
won by Armbruster.
Steele then met w. s. Deacon in a bye
and the latter won. The final contest be-
tween Deacon and Armbruster was very
in teresiing.
The feather-weights were next TO come
before critical audience. There were
four contestant. in the race for handsome
prizes. G. L. Kreling met and defeated
j. A. Vincent Jr. in a grand struggle;
then +. Butler embraced w. Holdridge
and won the bout cleverly. In the final
for place krelng aud Butler met and a
more pretty and interesting exhibition of
cater -as-catch-can had not been witnessed
in the club for many months. Kreling
had the most science, however, and de-
feated his opponent alter good cODtesI,
giving him first honOrs.
The lighiweights had it lot and heavy.
and to the credit of Professor Meihing. il
must be said that the boys showed re-
markable Improvement. G. E. Eek ardt
beat J.. III, Fen'ress rather Handsomely
and A. Brill defeated W. nj. Bartlett.
Fentress and Bartlett then tossed coin to
see which OF the TWO wrestlerS would meet
f. Claxtou, and it fell To the lot of Fen
tress 10 do the nOnOrs. but the contest
proved that ClaXton was tue better man,
and that terminated the first of the series
10 this class.
Brill, Claxton and Eckhardt won suffi-
ciept falls TO place them in the finals. and
all drew lots for place. which terminated
as follows: Eckhardt met ClaXton ana
won a good bout by having done the better
wrestling. Claxton then met Brill, and
the latter won on best performanc nee. The
final for first place was contested by Brill
and Ecknardt and the latter proved to be
the victorious man and winner of first
prize.
There were but two entries in the mid
le-weight class, namely, F. G. Phillips
and o. W. Davis. Phillips easily disposed
of his opponent.
This ended very interesting wrestling
tournament, which greatly pleased the
ladies and their escorts.
The following is the summary:
Bantam weights-W. S. Deacon first, E.
p. Armbruster second.
Feathe:-weights-C. L. Kreling first. F.
Butler second.
Lightweights-G. E. Eckhardt first, A.
Brill second.
Middle eights-F G. Phillips first, o.
W. Davis second.
Rrferee-Gus Ungermann. 5udges-H.
i. Graham and 5. Vcini. Timers-F. K.
RutZ and W A Rrvant