The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06
LATE SPORTING NEWS.
Annual Indoor Athletic Meet at the State
University Saturday.

University Saturday.
The annual indoor athletic meet of the
state university was held in the Bower
sock opera house at Lawrence on Satur-
day evening. This event has come to
mean great deal in athletic circles at
the university. The merchants of Kan
sas City and Lawrence had contributed
large number of prizes for the events.
and there was some lively competition
for them.
There was fair-sized audience pre-
| sent, and judging from the frequent APP
plause, it was evident that the evenings
entertainment was appreciated The
meet opened with some exhibition hOri-
zontal bar work by Miles, Pope and
Smith.
After this the bar was removed leav-
ing large mat on the stage floor. Tom
| Wagstaff and Will McMurray then be-
gan the light weight boxing. 1t was
three round bout McMurray had the
best of it for the first two rounds, but in
the third Wagstaf rallied and won
the decision by four points. 1t was a
very closely contested match. Wagstaf
and NJ cMurray were the only contestants
for the light weight boxing. Oliver
Shiras, who had been considered by
many as the champion light weight
wrestler, met Eugene Alder, but failed
to secure down. 1t was the prettiest
contest of the evening. 1t was declared
draw. Shiras lost courage and
withdrew. This left the hon
and Tom Ricksecker. When Ricksecker
stepped out on the mat he made feint
| at Adler and secured the Farmer Burns
hold, throwing his man heavily on his
back. 1t was done in less than half a
minute.
When they came together again no
fall was gained. The decision was given
in favor of Ricksecker He is very
active and uses science ia his wrestling
He is also a fine boxer. but he did not
enter in the light weight class.
There were three entries in the mid
die weight boxing: Armor, Walker and
Chas. Fletcher. Armor withdrew, as he
Outclassed the others. Accordingly, it
was a three-round go between Chas.
Fletcher and Sol. Walker. Fletcher did
most of the leading, Walker being on the
defensive
In the third round Walker led with
his right and landed on Fletcher's face.
Fletcher, dazed fell, and took his allotted
time, after which he rallied and was in
good form. He won the bout by six
points.
The middleweight wrestling was very
closely contested. Emily and Hester
wrestled first; Emily winning the fall,
although there was some surprise at the
decision, many thinking it was not a
fair one.
In the second bout, Emily wrestled
Roy Fletcher He secured fall, but as
Fletcher fell off the mat, it was ruled
out In falling FIetcher's head received
II severe bump. Emily won the middle
weight wrestling, having thrown both
| Hester and Row Fletcher
The exhibition heavyweight wrestling
bout was very pretty exhibition of sci
ence and strength. Charles Armor and
Charles Fletcher were the principals.
Armor won the fall easily. He is the
aptain of the football team and a SPLEEN
didly developed fellow. There was some
parallel bar work by Armor, Pope and
Dee.
The boxing judges were William Ogg
and Charles Armor. r. r. Mitchell was
referee. For the wrestling bouts, Hector
Cowan and Al Seeker acted as referees
and Anderson Ewart was time keeper.
The meet was a decided success and
showed that there is a growing athletic
spirit at the university.
Andy Foster, chairman of track ath-
letics, had charge of the arrangements
and to his efforts ia due in part the sue
cess of the evenings entertainment
Next Saturday the field day contests
of the university will be held on the Nc
Cook athletic field. There are a number
: of combatants entered. Last years field
day was great success, but the events
this year promise to surpass them.