The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-10
FARMER" BURNS'S REMARKS
A Feature at the Wrestling Match
Which Mcleod Won.

The wrestling match, best three out of
FIVE between d. A. Macmillan and Dan
N.Y. Mcleod. at the Grand Opera House
last night was won by Mcleod, Macmillan
getting one bout, the third, although he
had the most weight by twenty pounds.
Mcleod was the aggressor all the way
through, and took the first second and
fourth bouts in about 171k minutes each.
The feature of the match was the referee,
Farmer Burns, reported to be the cham
pion of the world When it was made
known that Burns was to referee the match
Mcleod did some vigorous kicking"
whereupon the Farmer stepped to the
front and announced, He's sore on me
cause 1 slung him once. But I'm ready to
meet him or any other man for a purse of
$500 or $1,000 in any city in the United
States except Chicago. I've t'rowed eighty
tree men in Chicago. and they are all sore
on me there. 1 am going to referee this
match straight, and when l see a flynn
fall the first two blades down will be down.
I'm agin these flynn falls
Here Mcleod announced that he would
consent that Burns referee the match but
that he appealed to the audience for fair
play, whereupon Mr.. Burns said that he
wouldn't referee the match. "Dey's lots of
good men in Indianapolis, he declared
But, vowirg he would ne'er consent, con-
scented. In the second bout he brought
much laughter by saying, Now, gentle
men, If you be gentlemen, you'll Keep still
when you see a good wrestling match.
After the match was finished Macmillan
made a short speech, and then Mcleod
said that he would meet Burns in the next
five months. Burns stepped up with, Il
t'rowed him once before before a crowd
like dis, and every one said didn't I'm
ready to meet him again..
Macmillan and Mcleod were evenly
matched, and 1t was one of the few wrest-
ling matches that have seemed to be hon
esty fought out from the start. The add
vantage in height and weight was with
Macmillan, but Mcleod had superior skill.
There was not a great deal of work in the
first bout, but the little man started in to
win and was quick to take advantage of
the slightest opening given by his oppon-
ent. Neither was near a fall until near the
last clinch. They had been sparring for an
opening about seven minutes when Mcleod
succeeded in getting his English croSs-lock
hold and bent his opponent slowly back
ward and sidewise until he finally brought
him down, the operation requiring ten min
utes
After wait of ten minutes the second
bout began, and after cat-like lodging on
the part of Mcleod he succeeded in getting
precisely the same hold and broke Mac
Millans bridge again, after much dl1ncuty.
In the third bout Macmillan succeeded IN
getting hold of his man and using his legs
and arms to good advantage, almost secur-
ing a scissors lock-" This gave him an
opportunity to use his superior weight, ana
it told handsomely. He got the tall at the
end of 1919 minutes. In the fourth and fifth
bouts Mcleod succeeded in getting his IA
vorite hold time and again, only to have
them broken by the bridging OF ms power
full opponent. They were all over the mat,
and it was only Mcleod wonderful agility
that saved him from several dangerous
holds. In the long run his aggressive
methods won him the fall and the match.
Efforts are making to arrange a match
between Mcleod and Burns, and II they
can agree upon conditions 1t will go
through, as both have ample backing.