Evening star., 1908-01-19
MUTES VICTORIOUS
IN GRAPHING GAME

The mutes of Gallaudet College demon
strated last night that they were not TO
be overlooked where the graphing game
is concerned. as they took in the Memorial
Athletic Club contingent of wresticrs at
the Kendall Green gymnasium and gave
them u grand trimming.
The defeat of the Memorials was moth
ing to their disCredit. however. as they
were greatly outweighed by the Gallaudet
boys. the only bout of the meet where
the weight was pretty much the same
hefng that between Connolly Of the visit
ing outfit and Buhy of Gallaudet. there
being two pounds difference, with the
mute carrying the heavy end.
TIE attendance consisting of scholars
and followers Of the Memorial Club. were
quite enthusiastic over the matches. and
those who were in doubt as TO a good
hold were thoroughly put in touch with
the. fine points of the game by the con-
SfSieut applause of the followers OF hotn
sides Although the mutes failed to make
themselves understood in conversation.
theE nevertheless were able to make
noise. and the whoops that they rendered
wculd have done credit To d tive-lunged
giant.
Results of the Bouts.
Gallaudet had the advantage in weight,
hut that which counts for a great deal,
and for which they would give good
deal. was missing. That is. TO have In
structor Williams coach them while in
tight places and to be able to hear him.
ON the other hand the Memorial boys had
Howard Foley. otherwise known as Bones,
on the side lines handing out encourage
Inent, which seemed to have considerable
effect on the showing of his men. There
were times when his men were IN the
tightest places possible. when he would
tell Them to make such turn, and in
t.yety instance the advice proved OF much
ssd
Carl Locke. the bantam-weight cham
pion of the District and Of the Memorial
Club, and Milton Whip. unattached. gave
a siY-minute exhibition bout which started
The meet. Both men weighed IN at 10.
but on looking them over Whip appeared
10 be much larger than his opponent-or
rather more stockily built. For about
five minutes out of the six the champion
was on the defensive, and once or twice
in very serious position. but managed
very skiufully to keep one shoulder ffom
the mat, and AT the time the SIX minutes
eia psed both men were working 10 get d
hod.
The bouts between Memorial and the
<,oIlcE. boys We're arranged so as to nave
the men ON tine mat three times, TWO
six-rminute and one fhree-mlhute Tray.
StrangIe holds. full Nelson ana hammer
loek holds were prohibited, which fact
made the falls very scarce, as the ehmi-
nation of these three means OF CoWning
:, man makes the going very dlfhcult On
several occasions the boys would get IN
!. mix-uS, and secure these holds before
thinking of the rules. The referee. Proi.
Miller OF the Miller Institute of Physical
culture had little trouble in managing
The affair and his decisions were cheer
fully accepted
Results of the Bouts.
Connolly and Buby went ,he time limit
on the mat. neither securing fall. hut
a decision was handed down in the mutes
favor after the last trial of three minutes.
in this bout Buby the Gallaudet man.
pushed things throughout. and had his
man under the best part of the time
The bout between Paseno, one of the Wis
itors. and Holiday Of Gallaudet resulted
in a draw after fifteen minutes of fast
wrestling.
After minutes and - seconds OF fast
work Jones os Gallaudet neatly fixed
Reeds shoulders to the mat for the first
fan. having done the job with a double
arn-lock hold and with the use of his
body. The next match also resulted in a
victory for the Gallaudet boys. as Gardner
got half-ne.son and nody-lock' on
q Brien and foored him in = minutes and
80 seconds. Three minutes and fortN-tive
seconds was in the second try. when
Bailey. another mute, doWned Friei with
half-neison and bar hold.
The match that proved of the greatest
interest was that between Foley. the
coach of the Memorial band. and Mosey OF
Galldadet. IN which the latter won about
five seconds before time was called in
the first six minutes. The meet was con-
S'ludcd with match between Isaxkson
snd Lem, both Callaudet men. and heavy
weights They tussled for eleven minutes
and twenty seconds. and until both ex-
hausted aud quiz on their own hook.