The Washington times., 1906-04-08
SWANSON AGREES
TO MEET MACKEY
Signs Contract for Bout in
Two Weeks.
AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM
Five Matches Scheduled for Next Tues
day Night, When Grant and
Mackey Clash.
AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM

Alex Swanson. the welterweight
wrestling champion. has forwarded to
Washington signed contract 10 meet
Rob Roy Mackey here within the next
two weeks.
This match, which will be champion
ship affair, win furnish an additional
incentive to Mackey to put forth his
best efforts in his engagement with Joe
Grant AT the Washington Light In
fantry Armory, next Tuesday night
Grant has undertaken 10 throw Mackey
twice in an hour and should find the
job about all he can handle. Mackey is
the best 146 to 14S-pound man in this
section and lays just claim TO the well
Jerweight championship of the South
He has been wrestling for fifteen years
or more, and besides being thoroughly
posted on the finer points of the game.
is certainly in better condition and
stronger now than he has been for three
or four years
Grant Must Hustle.
Grant will have about fourteen pounds
advantage over Mackey and is also an
experienced grappler of more than ordi-
y
IOreseen occurs he will have a busy
session trying TO dispose of such an
elusive and skillful opponent in such a
short time. On the whole. Grant is prob
ably a better defensive than offensive
wrestler and on that Maekey and his
friends are basing many hopes.
The complete program for the match
as announced by the Columbia Athletic
Club is one of the most ambitious ever
planned in this city. Besides the star
bout. N which Grant and Mackey will
10 thei- fussing. there will be three
other bouts. and still another may be
added The main preliminary is expect
ed to be between Abe Daniels and Buck
Talbert. the Washington boy who has
figured I'm a number or preliminary en-
cagements in this city in the past. Both
are employed at Benning and follow the
races. TaIbert with the Shields stable.
and Daniels with the Gay stable The
fcud about their respective merits is an
old one, and their employers have be-
come MS much interested as the boys,
with the result that they have put up
"a side bet OF 500 TO make IT worth while
fer the youngsters to put forth their
last ounce
Terrible Soldier Again.
owens Phillips. the Terrible Soldier
viii meet Nick Ross TO a finish. This
VIII be an important match for the SOL
der. as he las not had a great deal of
success since ne started of so well by
making a good showing against the Jap.
lie has lost TO Mackey and Bobbie Baker,
but if he wins from Ross he will to a
rreat extent re-establish himself with
the local wrestling fans. Ross Is equally
as anxious to win in order TO wipe out
his defeat at the hands of Young At
las.
Mike Murray. who cut quite figure in
the preliminaries last year. has come out
Of his hole again and will go on with
Young Hoover on Tuesday Hoover is
a youngster who has had no public ex-
perience but is unusually strong and
has learned much about the game from
Mackey, who has had him under cover
for the last three or four months and
has been giving him lessons almost
daily Mackey's other pupil. Young At
las, did surprisingly well when he made
his first appearance in public and con-
tirued TO strengthen the original impress
sion by throwing everybody who came
his way until he WAS forced for family
reasons to abandon the game.
To round out the list of attractions
Andy Smith is scheduled to go TO a
finish with Bobbie Baker. Smith made
his initial bow in Washington by throw
ing Brother Jim Grant handily in the
preliminaries TO the Grant Mueller
match In Baker he meets a man as
large as himself and one who can give
him a harder run for his money than
Grant gave him.