Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-14
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For the National Tournament in Box
ing and wrestling This Week.

ing and wrestling This week.
FITTSBURG, Pa, January 13.-The
annual national championship boxing
and wrestling tournament of the ana
teur athletic union will be held here
next Thursday, Friday and Saturday
in the Avenue Theater, and by reason
| of the excellent arrangements, the
| great entry list and the general high
| quality of the show, cannot fail to
, prove a big success in every way.
The advance sale of seats is large.
The referee of the boxing bouts will
be Charlie White, of New York.
For master of ceremonies, Joe
Humphreys, of New York, has been
| engaged. The ether officials will be
selected and announced early this
week.
The entry list, which closed last
night, is as follows:
los pound class (bantam weight
VIM. Schumacher, Avonia A. c., New
York; A. Holman, Albert Koran and
Arthur Jones, D. C. & A. c., Pittsburg:
Thomas Burke and John H. Jones, H.
L.. A. c., Homestead; Henry Brown,
D. c. & A. c.
lis pound class (featherweight)-
Clarence Ellison, George Young ard
John Thompson, D. c. & A. c.; VIM.
Thomas, John Jones and Thomas
Burke, H. l.. A. c.; Charles Doyle, Oak
leaf A. c.. of P%ittsburg; Geo, Lang,
s. A. c., Pittsburg; Hugo Brinkhoff,
American A. c.; George Thompson, D.
C. & A. c.; Michael Lyden, Young
Mems Civic Club, P%ittsburg.
125 pound class Especial weight
John L. Scholes (champion), Don Row
ing Club, Toronto, Ont; Joseph y.
Mccain. z. M. C. A. Philadelphia; An
thony Fulner and William Thomas. II.
L. A. c.; George Buttress, D. C. & A. C.
1876 pound class Observation-Disclosures.
Connors and Frank McEver, D. C. &
A. c.; Frank Rosey and E. G. Bah
cock, P. H. M. A. c., Pittsburg; J.
Leavy. Pastime A. c., New York; An
thony Fulner, H. L. A. c.; Nicholas
Russell n Frank Cuneen, D. C. &
A. C.
145 pound class (welterweight)-J. j.
Dukelow (champion), Pastime A. c.,
Nour Vcrly. l. ooo- Connoc, a-1 TV1...
McGraw, D. c. & A. c.; D.. T. Kelly,
H. L. A. c.; Frank Brush. D. G. e
A. G.
158 pound class (middle weight)-J.
A. Hopkins and w. J.. McWilliams,
Baltimore A. c.; Harry Wilkins, Co.
lumbia A. c.; John Williams, Chicago
A. c.; Frank Bush and Henry Weber,
d. C. G A. c.; Frank Healy, East
Pittsburg A. c..
Heavy weight class lover 1853 pounds)
Joseph B. Knipe Champion, Pas
time A. c.; Emery Payne, Union Set
Element "A. c.; Barney Hemmerle, D.
C. & A. c.; Charles Riddle, H. L. A. c.;
Harry Weber, D. C. & A. c
Wrestling:
105 pound class-George Wehert. Ma
tional %Turnverein, New York; Frank
Hillish, Verna A. c., P~ittsburg.
is pound class-Wm. Smith, D. C.
& A, c.; George Owens, Werner A. c.;
Thomas VI. Guffner, Y. NJ. C. A., Pitts
burg.
125 pound class-Max Wiley (cham-
pion) Rochester A. c.; G. Nifot, Pas
time a. G.; John Hillisher, Werner A.
c.; Peter Rice, ID. C. & a. c.; Harry
Mcdonald, South Side Turner's.
1875 pound class-Max Wiley Cham
pion) Rochester A. c.; G.. Nifot and
n. Nelson, Pastime 4. c.; Arthur Poe,
H. L. A. c.; Edward Conway, Union
Settlement A. c.; E. C. Babcock, Y. NJ.
c. A., Pittsburg; Peter Rice and John
Mcintyre, D c. & A. G..
AS pound class-Max Wiley, Cham
pion) Rochester ~. c.; n. Nelson, Pas
time A. c.; VIM. H. Hansen, Western
University of Pennsylvania.
1856 pound class-Wm. Brown, Pas
time 4. c.; Joseph Schumacher. Werner
a. c.; Thomas Haugh, Columbia A.'C.,
Pittsburg.