The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-11
NIGHTS GOOD SPORT
..hletic Club Wen Gather at a
Great Smoker.
.ox,se AND WRESTLING BOUTS.
Estes OF Lively Tests OF Skill Be
tween Members - First Tennis
Tournment Today.

4 C. mems smoker last night
- -uoas successful IN the history %
s -. -fza-Ion. ana sfsesskS well tor the
80 - rssc had the affair n charge.
= s,s4 Vas crowded with al enthusiast
4e..4ssne~ ttglt watched me events
s-..ssg,,ssy4 Nth keen interest and zp-
- generously. Mo- a sent was va
an4 much Of the standing -rDocD was
- also. TIE events began sharply
= ~s.r,s and Rere br0ggalt on without a
go .s-yagh Gue entire evening.
r. ssr7lve. seconded by JOSIAH Col
a. anz 2 Porter. seconded BY 4. II.
rrva~s. appeared promptly AZ s.2a. amid
- Applause Prof. Greene acted as
- aad prof Van Der Neer as time
sxeser. Yhen time was called for the
az round the gentlemen began very
-.s,sspe,siv. neither eating 81 very hard
= ne other Round taao TaE a little live
b, p3rter rot in a pretty one with hts
~ and Strive went for the body. In
,css4 TIRES S.rgIve got IN h1s LEFT and
easrsred weII. This vas MS round In
- lasz round both did more work. and
ts~e was considerable applause. ionors
xsrs even. and the bout ended amid much
eAesr5ng.
sezt came Zfmple and Cummins. SEC
ers.a by Fox and Barber. Zsmpie showed
fisysr work and great quicEnesss In duck
ssz and counte1lEg. There was plenty OF
eshExIassn aznoaS the spec astors. Al the
snd % the second round Cummins had
saysn his ability to find Zhmples head
usta consider Die accuracy. In the shard
rgana both did more cllnching than any
.asag else, but Gumm4us caught Zimple
yery cleverly on one o. the iatter's ducks
Next came fhe japanese old gtyle OF
riss,sry wrestling By MasByama Katsu.
Suzuki Iasakichi and kajIgara Taku-
ia. Flrsl came an exhibition OF sew
xsl methods OF disa bling an armed Cd
YoaeHf 5y. Aasuyarns, the eldest OF the
shree. professor OF the art IN one. Of rf1a
Tokyo police schools. and MS two pur.ils
Tier the pupils wont 10 work and showed
fa&t t1sy were unbreak able. and had the
nakings In them 81 star football PLAYERS
TIE audience wondered and apT5laaded
senerously.
Epstein and Ruberstein. two light
Esssats. seconded by Inversrity and vii
haiAs, ssre next on the programme. and
Esye very pretty exhibition. which made
~ ercwd talk out loud Ruhenstein was
aos as heavy as his antagonist but he
bal plenty Of pluck and got back a. Fp-
slsia Rith speed and accuracy.
The ntth event was a 60 between Fox
ard Dear. seconded BY o'Rrlen and
zHple. Dean was considerably lighter.
sst ne hi hard and quick and was willing
TO stay right with 81. Ia the fourth round
Dear went In hard and showed that he
hay wanted weight TO make Fox try
ard There was plenty Of cheering, and
ssFy one admired Deans pluck
Next came a catch-as-cat Ch-ean Wrcst-
hag match between Phelps and Dclfel
shich was an extremely pretty exhibition.
both men being lively and supple and IA
mIaF with the work When Prof. Van
Der Veer called time neither had secured
fall
The FINAL event. for which all had been
waiting eagerly. Was a boxing match te-
tween Prof Greene, the club instructor.
and Ia Williams. OF San Francisco.
There VAS nothing slow about IL from tie
beginning Iuyerarity seconded Prof
Greene. and Barry seconded Williams
Both men confined themselves to pody
blows and DID considerable clinching.
Williams showed himself TO be wonder
fully quick on his feet. though he could
. not elude the vigorous punches Of the pro-
fessor. who seemed TO know instfuctively
just whore to md his man. The fourth
round was the liveiiest OF all. and was
probably the hest work ever seen IN the
club, The smoker then came 10 an end
with tumul,uous cheering