The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-30
YET CHAMPION Of RE MN
M'LAuGHiIS PROVES ms -,
A MATCH WITH nESsAnu
The Colonel Beats The 49,
T"" H"u'' In Three ~ - se,a.II.
Theafer-Eaeh Comsestan&
80 Years Old - SUI A-ax.-s.E

1t took fourteen minutes acsav> -:
at the Seattle ,heater last nisht =. Z. !.
j. H. Mclaughlin TO provo Ia i 4 -
1amin. OF New York city. thar - fsSsz
the championship belt In collar 80 r. -
wrestling by right Of might. w. -.
men. both past Two score and ten - 49,,
me mat last night as they had done tvessS
years before in the East. Their - s.sS.
forsotten In the fever Of contest. Il ~
years that have passed since thnf 49,
meeting the relative value OF thu rsSSsS.S
has not changed. The result -. ~
same. Mclaughlin bcsted BENJAMIN a -
bouts out OF three. did SO fairy go
sausreiy and retained beyond dixna,se r.
old belt so long held as his meat trraszssz
possession. sss9
The time OF the first bout Wa 49,
minutes, won by Mclaughlin GA crone - I'd
tocks. The second bout was won a fSsx
minutes 10y BENJAMIN on a tce catch. T{S
third bout was won by McIausANs q
four minutes on trip and witch. n - IS 7ks
Not much interest attached 10 tn rns1sfs
and q very slim audience heard ~ WIFx
sens preliminary annoancement IA -
PRODUCED first the principals ana ~ fI[5S
officers. A. T. Van de vanter. vho Sw1Ss'
before has taken falls from McIausrS51S
as a candidate for sheriff. acted a ~
political opponents umpire For - i
min. Noble Wailingford acted. TA4 r. 8
cree was Dell Loyejoy. President YHSSsk
gave out briefly general informasis2E ;7
the match, and following a selectIen
the Queen City Good Roads uuaFfctte IN Al
principals came forward. 1zz5
Mclaughlin had taken OF forty tloaaa1
in thirty days and looked decidedly n17
trim than when he met Moth. HI. 81
had been reduced to suggestion an1 {f
muscles were full and Arm. Resldo r.
BENJAMIN looked a small man aud v62
one. The latter impression WAS fnstnnfI
dispeiled when play began in the Art
Both men were careful. particulars &TS*
Laughlin- BENJAMIN was the mere r.
gressive. He stood well up and "a (fR
position was shown on either hand r.
funk. BENJAMIN tried trip and tv4AA1
several times. but could get no hold r.
one time he was forced to his knees. ~
was allowed to rise. BENJAMIN tried for
grapevine and was s-buttocked = u
sauare-hack fall.
The second bout was something of $50
prise 10 McI4anghlin's friends, who MI
congratulating themselves that the roI6n1
had an easy thing. Al the end OF two = a
utes BENJAMIN caught his opponent MIR =
cross-toe lock and threw him as the
he had been an infant. II was said t&7
Mclaughlin slipped a little,
The men came up for the final bout ~
went TO work actively, benjamin. No
crossed the continent TO meet HE a.
enemy. Mclaughlin had the beIt 70 az
fend They worked fast from the stnrf,
Mclaughlin got A grapevine lock a.
sent BENJAMIN 10 his knees, but could -
him no further. The fall came at tho q
Of eight minutes an trip and twitch. ~
Laughifn held HIS man down for e4t1i
seconds awaiting the referees dect61o
There seemed 10 be A hitch In tho f1Ss
ceedings and the house was soon IN IN 4
roar. Above this cou,i Id heard tn chni !
plon's voice saying: We'll. II IFS not 1o<E
isfactory I'll do II over again" H.
Referee Lovejoy. who has son voico G.
such employment. managed 10 ann0un1
McTaughIin's victory. He explained az
erwards that he was waiting Tor tia ~
pires 10 interpose objections n they -
any; but those officials had not beaa e.
miliar with that portion At thetr dul1oG