Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
THE WRESTLING MATCH.
Ross Wins Easily from Sesuin in Fou
Straight Falls.

match came off between Captain Dun
can g. Ross and Edward Segun. The l.
public had been duly informed by means
nf large posters in various colors and |
graCcd with the portraits of the con
,oStants that the match was u be for |
$500 catch as catch Ross 10 throw |
Seauin four times in an hour to win |
Well he did il. and il must be an easy |
way to earn a living.
The exact identity Of Mr.. Ross seems |
to be a question of doubt. Men II that
name are remembered by the sporting
fraternity VINO were great swordsmcn
and great Wrcstlers in their day. In
lew of the lack of evidence to the con
trnly il is reasonable u suppose that
h" is the Ross Of days gone by. He has
u robust form that looks we'll in ath-
Ittic dress. H. has a deep, wide chest
ana brawny muscles that make ones
nerves tinglc when he walks quietly
To the center of thu stage and shakes
bands.
Seguin. his opponent is a stranger
Il, re-. He is much smaller than Ross
b,.t has a kind Of litheness that ind-
Gates strength ana an athletic tendency
not thwarted by beer. He looked aw-
|
and when h appeared from his side Of
the stage the hearts of the men and
boys in front of him We're his. Water
vile was never honored with a visit
I from the .Terriblc Turk W. any other
of the famous WreStlers. although Cor
bet did pass through here on the train
| once upon a time. never to DE- forgotten
| 0y the friends of honest sport. The
Z
! seems 10 squeeze BY The law when
boxing match is caught III its meshes
and not exactly competent 10 judge Of
the merits OF the exhibition IN City
han. Saturday evening.
But Judging by the half forgotten
experiences Of school days when the
boys We're wont to 'raSsle" in WAY
/ detrimental to suSpcnder buttons and
good looks. the exhibition Was not we'll
III to the limit In those days 4 bit Of
hay tilchrd from the generous mowS
was considered a necessity If not al
| WAYS Il preventative If broken bones.
Eat the hard and weather-bsaten floor
Lnf the uld stage in city hall of cours"
haG no terrorS for Well-tralnsd ath-
lrtcs like those contrsting. Saturday
~ pning. After il Was over there
wasn't apparently any good reason
why il should have any terrors. \ half
rate stage villain has been known IN
strike II much harder when knitted by
Il iinsel bowie Of the hero than did
either uf III" Wr-Stl-rS. Hut as already
staff. perhaps Watervill-'s ignnrancr
Of such events prevented a due apr
itiltion.
The contestants had four wnacks at
il and al We're much the same. on.
would come from one corner and the
oth-r II nm III" other corner uf the
stage. 1t apparently not making amy
lparlicuiar difference which was which.
ami walk gracefully across the green
Garnet. shaking hands IS they passed
and WhirliuE each other about in tn.
manner If Il cruSs-ov"r dance. Tho
contestants seemed tu have an excel
lent understanding that both should
nlaY fair and that thcr,- should not h.
ann unnecessary rouGhrcss. After th-
proper handshakiuG both worked fpr
an opening but were in no apparent
hurry about taking one. They moved
with AIT tn" dignity Of an old-fa shiOned
minucttt and it might BE- suggested
that riusic would add much To the in
t-rrst ~ the performance. But they
nrvrr failed to get together after
time. sometimes il took several min
rttS-and at others only a minute and a
hall, The strain On thu large audience
meanwhile being something awful to
Ice ntemplate. one or the other must
nave forgotten To pare his finger nails
before the contest. for there was a
plain dissemination I" take hold of the
barr lesh in vigorous fashion
After getting hold of each other the
heads cam" together without any ap-
aren't injury and the feet kept as far
apart as possible That is evidently the
secret "f wrestling successfully. Then
there would be some more dignified
steps. sometimes 4 dozen and then
again tWp 81 three dozen perhapS
Then without any reason that could he
seen from the floor Of the house one of
the men would fan down. taking proper
car" to do il gracefully and III way
that would not jar the building dan
IEerouSly. Tho art Of falling as dem
onstratcd in this exhibition might be
| introduced adVantaSeousIy into foot
ball
! sometimes one was under and some
times the other. but mind YOU it was
N.
| for neither showed any inclination 10
| hurt the other while he was on his
| hands md knees. This was the most
undicniiied part Of the whole proceed
ings and when Mr.. Ross occasionally
! twisted his head about to see how his
position was taking with the audience
u was really funny. We have known
| i1ys who had the knack of giving YOU
4 punch in the small of the back when
you assumed such position in the
i old-fashioned wrestling that madeeyou
| think that your stomach had foppeei |
over. but that is evidently debarred
from the professional and scientific, !
game.
Sometimes the men Topped onto the !
stage without the preliminary hands |
and-knees act. but however they got
there Mr.. Ross always finally worked
Ms way to the top like Kerosene in
water. Mr.. Seguin was not apparently
very particular about being fopped
ut" the stage but showed a decided
II, lination to having his shoulders
dirtied after he got there An amateur
might advise him to get into the game