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Show A WRESTLING MATCH. The wrestling match in Sn Francisco Fran-cisco on Tuesday evening, between Miller, an Australian, aud Vander-vecken, Vander-vecken, a New Yorker, was witnessed by 2,000 spectators. Tlie match was for $2,000. The following is borrowed from the Call: Whilst the spectators were rushing for seats the poolsellers drove a briek business for ducars. The pools gradually gra-dually rose from $60 for Millar and $27 for Yandervci-ken to fc'lOO for MilW and $70 for Ya dervecken, the proportion being five to one in favor of the Australian. Tne backers of Vandei veckfn. who baaed their opinions on his physical appearance and a-rotated wiadom from the trickery trick-ery of betting, were confident thai Yaudervcekeu would lay Miller out j flat with the ease of a bull toying with ; a cabbage leaf. I THE FIRST FALL. ! Miller entered smiling; also Van-'dervecken Van-'dervecken calm. Both looked in goal condition, b it Vandervecken still retained too much super-gaat-rium. Notwithstanding his huge girth, Miller braced himself for tlie encounter with Ids epponent manfully. man-fully. They shook hands, glared at each other, and then clutched and danced around with a great show of finesse, preparatory to the real tussle. What their movements were for the next ten minutes would require mora space to describe than the Call can afford. Sometimes they were brat-ticed brat-ticed together like upright posts, with tlie anus spread out tenaciously ten-aciously over the back. At other times they slapped each otbei with the force of a propeller fin at two hundred revolutions a minuto. Then they would circle round each other like eagles at enmity, each ready to pounce on the othur at a weak opening, and anon they would grip each other by the neck aud bow down the head dcaparately, as if indifferent in-different to whether the spine snapped or net. They separated frequently. Nothing very conspicuous was accomplished ac-complished until the wrestlers wero on hands and knees interlocked on the ground. Vandevecken tried to lift Miller, but the lattor turned the movement to advantage, and lor a few moments both were wary as cats. By a quickly executed effort Miller rolled Vandervecken over and rocked his shoulders from side to side. Satisfied Sat-isfied that he hod gained a fall Miller jumped to his feet and spread- out his arms like the sails of a windmill. His claim of first fall was disputed, and for a time there was wild excitement. excite-ment. The roferee decided in favor of Miller, aud despite an avalanche of opprobrium and caterwauling for a fresh election, he Btuck to his opinion. THE SECOND FALL, Whon he retired, Vandervecken seemed dissatisfied with the decision. The clamor settled down eventually, and Miller and Vandervecken again stood vis-a-vis .in tlie arena. The second tussle lasted about twenty minutes. It was much more remarkable re-markable in displays of strength, fierce impetuosity and tricks of wrestling than the first. The positions posi-tions assumed at different times were j fair, and the judges never had occa-Ision occa-Ision to interpose. Near the close Miller had Vandervecken down and almost at his merry. There were cries of "foul," and Miller generously rose to his feet and extended hii arms in token that he would be no party to a mean advantage. A second thereafter there-after Miller and Vandervecken were ! coiled on the ground iu the final grip. ! Vandervecken bestrode his opponent j and strove valliantly by a succession (of manceuvors to stretch him out flat, but when the tug of experience cam, j found himself rolling over the carpet, ! and Miller, by a dexterous twist, briugiug to bear over his pro3trrte force the immense force of his pugilistic arms. Both shoulders touched the ground, Vandervecken was vanquished. Anderson's paper mill, Columbus, O., burned. Loss, $15,000; insured. |