The Washington times., 1906-01-17
CARROLL GAMES
GREAT SUCCESS
Indoor Meet Interesting and
Well Attended.
WRESTLING THE FEATURE
Amateur Bouts Fast-Foley and Turner
Not Allowed to Compete-Wn-
liams the Star.
WRESTLING THE FEATURE

The amateur wrestling tournament and
Indoor games of the Carroll Institute
were held last night before a large au-
dienee and furnished some of the best
sport OF its kind that has been seen in
the District for a number OF years.
The Indoor events were run of before
the bouts took place. Promptly at s
o'clock the contestants for the running
broad jump We're called. J. Collins. who
was the fourth man 10 Jump. cleared
sixteen feet six inches IN his first trial
and vas not required 20 jump again as
the others, in their next three jumps.
could not equal this distance When all
had failed 10 pass Collins mark. +. n.
Baker was announced second, with
IS feet inches. and J. A Fuse
third, with y feet 5is inches. The
other entries in this event were W +.
Deery' V Heron, and J. Croghan.
Field Games
The goal throwing brought out the
largest number OF entries and was more
closely contested than any OF the other
field contests. Each entrant was entitled
TO five trials, and Kelleher and Weis-
hacker tied for first honors. with three
goals out Of FIVE. In the throw-ofr the
former won with two out Of five-
The other contestants were V n He
ron. a. Fuse. F. 5. Williams, Harry
Cullen, John CrogEan. Rex Frye. F. z
Sullivan, T. 2. Mccormick. j. Collins.
Frank Clancy, and +. NJ. Baker.
In the running broad jump, F 3.
Clancy went out at feet ] inch W r.
Deery az feet inches. and Baker,
Fuse. and Collins went out AT feet
8 inches. which Rex Frye cleared
easily This necessitaJed Il jump-on.
The bar was accordingly lowered one
inch and Fuse was the only man 10
clear mo bar which gave him second
pIaCe. The potato race for juniors Nhlc
not much as an athletic feature. proved
the best amusement event ms was
won by William Geatmani second. " az
ren TaitaVulI. John CantWei anu F4u4
Hines also competed.
Foley and Turner Barred.
Before the bouts started D.. Grant
chairman of the registration committee
South Atlantic Union Of the 4. A L,
who distributed the prizes. made the
announcement that Howard Foley. who
vas entered III the second bout with j.
Work. and ". J. Turner, VINO was 10
meet p. Schaub in the sixth, had been
found Ineligible 10 compete with the
sanction of the Amateur Union because
# misdemeanors against the rules OF
that organization. Their cases viii
come before the next meeting OF the
registration committee, which viii soon
bC held 10 act on the cases Of the bas-
ketbau players who were suspended be-
cause OF the nght which occurred at
the Car-oll-Eplphany game last week.
The real trouble was that they have
competed in the preliminaries 10 pro
fessional wrestling bouts.
While Il was not necessary to have
the places OF these men taken, the
medals went TO their opponents accord
ing TO the rules, both wrestIers VINO
we're left agreed to take on any man
Al their respective weights. 7. ;. VIII
lams, a Gallaudet mute, challenged
Schaub, and after some difficulty man
vas found 10 SO on with Work
Williams the Feature.
All the bouts were interesting except
the fourth. which was a special match
between d. B. Swingle and J. A. Clark.
Swingle threw his man easily in two
minutes and twenty-one seconds
The bout between Williams and J. A.
Conrad. OF the Y. NJ c. a, was decid-
ed!y the feature. Conrad was heavier
by seven pounds than the Kendall
Green man. and seemed to have the
advantage IN every way. Williams.
however. was game To the core and,
after wrestling for ten minutes with
hOnOrs even, they went of and re-
turned after the next bout fer a slN
minute trial This was in accordance
with the rules, and had neither gained
a fall in the six minutes il would have
been the duty Of the referee 10 have
given Il decision on points. In four
minutes and foTty-tbree seconds VIII
l&ms, after gaining several hying falls
which did not count except in points,
pinned Conrad's shoulders fairly to the
mat and was presented with the medal.
Self-Taught Grappler.
Concerning Williams. il is interesting
10 know that he is totally deaf and is,
therefore. greatly handicapped. He has
never taken a lesson. and has learned
all he knows OF the game through
watching others wrestle and what he
has been able TO CLEAN from books.
Later when he went on with Schaub
he was tired from his former bouts
and even then was thrown only after
a pluclly fight Of eight minutes and
ffty-one seconds with a man who was
fresh.
In the first bout Weisbacker did all