St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-18
DEFEATED BY ARTHUR b.
MALLETT.
He WAS OUTPOINTED EASILY.
IN THE LAST BOUT MALLETT HAD
EVERYTHING HIS OWN
WAY.
REFERRED HASTEN IS SCORED
BY POsteHs Friends, but the French
Fencer Takes His Medicine
Like q Man.

Prof. E. Postel, of MINNEAPOLIS, made
an unsuccessful attempt to wrest the
fencing championship of the North
west from A. B. Mallett, of st. Paul,
last night. The contest took place at
the gymnasium of the Minnesota Ath-
letic club, in the Drake block, and was
witnessed by 200 fencing enthusiasts.
With the exception of the last two
minutes Of the last bout, the contest
was thrilling. At that time Postel
dozen points with but little opposition.
Mallett won by a score of 18-11. The
contest was given under the Ameri-
can rules, with three five-minute bouts
and rest Of two minutes between
each. Mallett made an admirable
thrust at the instant time was called
for the first bout, scoring point.
This put Postel upon his mettle, and
the rest Of the bout was an excellent
exhibition of the art. Astounding in SEN
sat1onal thruSts and counters. Each
man made two points, leaving the
score p in favor of Mallett. Postel
was the aggressor all through the sec
ond bout and made two points to his
opponents one. The latter made but
few thrusts, and the Minneapolis man
was picked for the winner when time
We1S Cdlleo. MduclC was u1dDlG 10 10
anything during the first three minutes
of the last bout. He made but few at
temptS to touch. His opponent seemed
sure of victory and made point after
point with apparent ease. AT the end
Of the third minute Postel had made
seven points and Mallett two. But
the former was unable to hold out, and
offered practically no opposition dur
ing the next two minutes, and the
dozen points made by Mallett won
him the contest.
Postel was at one time champion of
Paris, and most of the contests in
which he has engaged have been given
under the French rules. For several
years he has devoted his time to teach
ing and has not contested for years.
This combination of disadvantages was
the cause of his defeat last night.
Mallett has held the professional
championship Of the Northwest for sew
eral years. The amateur champion
ship is held by Chicago fencer.
Postels seconds were F. r. LerouX,
c. w. Bennett; Mallett's were P. c.
and H. c. Hirschy; referee, A. G.
Hasten; timekeeper, Otto Dreher. The
referees position in a fencing contest
is at no time an enviable one, and
Postel's seconds were loud in their
claims of Kasten's alleged unfairness.
The principal himself, however, re-
fused to enter protest and acknowl-
edged a fair defeat
Previous to the contest short pro-
gramme was given. J. A. Shields gave
a clever exhibition of Juggling, fol-
lowed by a turn of fancy bag punch
ing by George O'Brien. He is certain
ly an adept at this work and was re-
peatedly encored. A. w. Shaw, of
Minneapolis, did some creditable work
in fancy club swinging. Prof. A. f.
Hasten entertained the spectators with
an exhibition of muscular contraction,
a la Sandow.
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