The San Francisco call., 1897-01-29

| championship. Great interest was mani
ested in this contest, as the athletes OF
| the Multnomah Club were sanguine that
| their representative would easily defeat
| the Olympic lad.
Yesterday a prominent member of the
| Oily mpic Club received an order to place
| $500 on Brown at even money and long
| before the wrestlers made their appear
| ance on the carpet the coin was covered.
Brown holds the Northwest record for
| pole-vaulting, having cleared 10 feet L
inch. 1t is said that Brown taught Green
| land-the athlete who received deci sion
| over Kreling in Portland last year be-
cause of the ignorance of the referee-all
| that the northern champion knows of
catch-as-catch-can style of wrestling.
Because Greenland defeated Kreling the
Portlanders were certain that Brown
would easily throw KreIing and they
| wagered their money accordingly.
| Brown has been resident of this City
| for year, during which time he has b en-
| in the EN- ploy of Palmer 81 Rey as fore
man OF the firms type foundry. He has
| trained four weeks for the contest and ap-
peared in first-class condition last evening g
when he faced hisopponent on the mat.
| Referee Eugene Van Court of the Re-
| lance Athletic Club ordered the wrestle rs
into action at P. M. lThey were given
| half an hour in which to gain fall.
Brown started in TO finish his opponent in
quick order, and after some hot prelimi-
nary work he got leglock on Kreling
and brought him to the carpet. Brown
tried several neck and arm locks, all of
which Kreling broke. Then Kreling by a
| quick movement got hammer lock on
Browns left arm, which the latter broke
after hard strain.
| KreIing soon had him again in tight
| place by neck and arm hold and Browns
| shoulders almost touched the carpet, but
! by great display of strength he managed
| to turn and break the hold. Brown then
| attempted to get on his pins, but he was
| quickly caught in an arm hold, which
| Kreling suddenly changed to neck hold,
and then by roll he put Brown on his
back with both shoulders on the mat. The
result was signaled by great cheering.
| When the men appeared for the second
| bout, as the match was best two out of
| three falls, Brown wore very determined
| look and the spectators expected to see
| some extra lively wrestling, but the ex-
| Portland champion, so to speak, was not
in 1t with the Olympic boy, who appeared
as cool as ber and proved that he
| knew a thing or TWO about the game.
Brown started in we'll and soon had his
opponent on the carpet by a neck hold
and throw, but Kreling was at home
when on all-fours and soon had Brown
| guessing.
The Portland lad fell into trap in
stantly, and by an arm and neck hold
Kreling had Brown with both shoulders
almost touching, but the latter broke the
hold by another great display of strength.
After considerable give and-take work
Brown made an attempt to roll Kreling,
when the latter countered and, with
half hammer lock, Kreling brought Brown
half way over. Kreling then changed to
half Nelson, which Brown broke, but
| before he knew where he was at kreling
had him again on his right shoulder, with
leg and arm lock, which Kreling quickly
changed to leg pinch, ont of which
Brown could not possibly extricate him
| self.
| The match was won by Kreling-Time
of first fall min. sec. time of second
fall, 8 min. 15az sec. Possibly the Multi
nomah Club may now give Kreling a
return match with Greenland, their home
champion.
The directors of the Olympic CLUB met
last evening in session and decided to cut
the salaries of all the employees 10 per
cent, which means a saving of about $500
| per month to the club. Peter Mcintyre
was engaged to look after the outdoor
grounds for two months at salary of
$40 per month.
| A bgprofessional boxing carnival is now
| contemp plated, to be held at the Mechanics
Pavilion.