Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-30
rs MASTER.
Victorious in His Go With
Atherton.
PRETTY EXHIBITION OF SKILL.

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lent aaadlisg which - Admirably En-
dursS. Bat FiaalIy Has Its Eject In
YsFciaE Hin 60 sarrsadsr.
Dan 8. Mcleod, the C~alifornia
champion, and Ed ]. Anterior, Of
Cuba, N. Y. wrestled a catch-as-
catch can match at Harper's theatre
last night. the former fulfilling his
agreement to throw his opponent
three times in an hour or forfeit
$3.50. Mcleod won his wsger in 49. IS.
1t was . pretty exhibition Of skill and
endurance. the New Yorker being
obliged to put up with an abundance
OF the latter, while both men dis
played their agility and science at
frequent intervals. Mcleod was ex-
ceedingly rough at times, and his
perseverance in this respect had .
wearing tendency. apparently. on
Anterior, for in the last bout, claim
ing that he was unable to further re-
sist his antagonists strength. he
surrendered
The wrestlers had . misunder-
standing about the rests in the early
part Of the evening. Anterior not
being agreeable to 10-mtnute inter-
missions between the falls, unless
the time was deducted from Nc
Leod'a hour. But the articles Of
agreement provided for l0-minute
rests independent Of the hour. A,h-
erton also commended that he had
had a verbal understanding with Nc
Leod that should he (Atherton) win
one of the falls, the match would be
b 8. but as this was not stipulated in
the articles 1t would not hold. The
argument between the men was sub
mitted to the audience by Thomas
j. Gallagher, the master of ceremo-
MES, whose ready explanation Of the
affair showed that he was a we'll
Tosted sport in the truest sense of
the word, and not unaccustomed to
appearing before an audience. Viii g
Mcleod and Atherton were having
their discussion. Billy Gibson walked
before the footlights and read q tele-
gram which he had just received
from Evan Lewis, the stranger, in
which he said he would throw the
winner of the McLeod-Atherton
match three times in an hour on q
wager of 81, 600. L. M. Houseman,
sporting editor Of the Chicago Inter
ocean. spoke for Mcleod, saying
that Lewis had not authorized the
posting Of any money by Mr.. Gibson,
and with q wave of his hand init.
mated that there was no use for fur
Their talk on the subject. But Glib
son came out again and explained
that while he had no money. with
him. he would guarantee that Lewis
would cover any amount that Nc
Leod's friends could put up. And
that ended the talking.
Get Down to business.
George Siler, the we'll known
sporting editor of the Chicago Trib
une, and who has been chosen te
preside at the Corbett-Fitz simmons
tight, refereed the match. w. N.
Reece, of Davenport. L. n House
man. Of Chicago, and John Cowden
Of this city, officiated as timekeepers
Mcleod and Anterior both appeared
fresh and in good spirits when they
met mitt to mitt on the mat. The
Californian had the best of his an.
tagonist by II pounds. In the FIRST
bout. in fact throughout the match.
the audience was treated to some oil
the prettlest feats in wrestling evel
seen in Rock Island. McLeod 90,
the first fall on q hammer lock il
22:45. The second wal won on
halt Nelson and crotch lock in 11:25
In the third bout Anterior was giver
several violent falls. the California;
once rushing to the rear of the ma
with his man, who was thrown owe,
against the scenery Mcleod re
tanned his hold, and Anterior role,
from shoulder to shoulder, twic
narrowly escaping q fall. McLeo'
followed Anterior up with increases
fierceness, the latter finally givin,
up and losing the fall in 15:45
Afherton several times took tn
part Of the aggressor. but each tim
soon fell back to the defensive.