The sun., 1905-12-24

avoid me all thoec years an unable +" under
stand II he Is afraid to Civ" IN" match
let him come ont aud say So. ] am ready I"
get TO la pounds. the !tgN"c'Ght limit. ana
am ready 30 post a forfeit Aud again ! am
satisfied with terms that are lust 10 both.
If Bot timer wants 10 retire, w'll and good.
But if he Is still in the gam" for the money
there is in il lct him giS" me- n chance. !
shall eagerly await a reply to this letter. and
if Borhncr fails 10 acknowledge it ! shall take
IT for granted that he docs not wish ans of
my game. mil then ! viii refrain from
looking elsewhere for mitch.
over 10000 persons saw Aleck Munro, the
Scottish champion. defeat Van kon>kl. the
Russian. az Edinburgh the other night in an
interesting mixed style match. Tho men
met for $3.50 a side and portion OF tn" Eate
receipts The conditions We're best two
out Of three falls, each one in Graecu-Roman
and catch as catch can stvlc the man secur-
ing he fall in the quickest time to be allowed
to make the style Of the final fall Munro
won the toss and the first fall was az catch
n catch con. After prGlinlnar{ hlrlRTlcs
hut on twisting him around th" Scot"hman
had him With his neck OF ~" maj. IN Ims
DO-itiun the Russian made G'Sperai" EFFORTS
H. rise, and in his struggle 10 twist over
Munro thr latter PLANTED k"sskl's shoulders
second bout under Gra"c"-Romun rules
wns very hrief In the ulvup for grips tho
Russian knclt down, and Munro laying all
ol hi- weight rolled hlm over onto IN" mat.
The time was 90 seconds. After the contest
Munro declared his Willingness To meet
Gcory" Hacknn3chmldt aEn'ni E ,'.3t about w."
met and llackenschmdt, after one Of the
toughest tnssles OF his career. won, Munro
that this contributed to his downfall. He
is now in the best of condition and is willing
To back himself for any amount against the
Martin .luilan, Who is in town. told THE
SuN reporter that his two Turkish wrestlers
Nimrod and Himya, OF whom some mention
way to this country and would reach America
about tine first week IN January Julian
win make good The TUX" ar" not 50 larg"
as either Youssuf or NouraIah whom Julian
managed but they ar" clever 4nd >'r",f
weight thai hr failed to secure nant matches
here. Al the grappler- seemed TO be afraid
of Nouraah and uo wonder. for he tipped
the beam pretty near the ZOO pound mark.
Nouralah, by the way, is now in Turkey in
business with the money he mad" IN this
country lie has no nm"dlut" plans to r"-
turn and Julian thinks, that he has retired
from the mat for good; II the Turks ar"
as clever ard StronG Hs TMi'nm ehy, tmtI ar" re
petting plenty oi work The Wrestling game
despite the introduCtlon Of boxing IN New
York is not entirely dead, There is q "althy
demand to see good heavY weights IN action
provided they wr"stI" on the Ieycl. New,
Yorker. have no use for lahers, as is il!pstrnled
Z
R0y" has lot succeeded IN securing a bout
of inheritance here or elsewhere siLCe he
"nrlcrd in a u-pcons bout with II, Egr-
hrrE of sweden at the Grand Central Palace,
New York. over a year ago,
Nokio TAM. the clever Jap showed that
Kata2aguama Higashi, another Jap, was
no match for him al Jiu-jijsu the other night
At Paris, after weeks of challenging, iIigashi
and TAM came together in ID JUL JitSu contest
al Bostocks Hippodromc, Paris, for $500
a side and part of III" gat" receipts. Fully
7,oOO persons were present, but the bout was
a Disappointing one; Al the end of two and
! "A half minutes th" bout was over and Tan
wns the victor Before IN" match Mr.. BOs-
tock addressed the vast audience and told
the crowd that the contest was a genuine
one for III" jiu-iitsu championship of the
worIi II was decdrd befor" III" struggle
thai If deemed necessary rest ol hv' hIlnu,es
shoul br allowed AT IN" end of each fifteen
minutes, aul each principal was forbidden
10 pnr the fingers in the eyes or punch win
the fists. Higashi got IN" grip ON TAM AT
once and the pair rolled over and over. some
spcnd id holds were PM on aud broken away
from by each party. After minutes and e
seconds had elapsed TAM grpped his rival
ad compelled him 10 surrender, Higash
was examined by a doctor, who said that The
beaten man could not continue.