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Show I d. a. McMillan. d. Mcdonald. james j. oop.bett chas. lange. ohas. moth. fJim Dillon). i The old-timors will readily recognize in tho foregoing picture five of tho most prominent athletes in Amorica, who woro doing athletic stunts boxing and wrestling fifteen to twenty years ago. The first man to the loft is D. A. McMillan. In 1SS2 McMillan met Duncan Dun-can O. Ross at tho Northorn Ohio fair grounds, Cleveland. O., for the all-around all-around championship of the world, which Ross won in a close and exciting excit-ing tournament of sports. In 1S86 McMillan Mc-Millan camo to Salt Lako City, and later opened up a saloon in Park City. While thero ho issued a challenge to the world to wrestle any living man. At. this time Charles Lange was in San Francisco, and, reading tho challenge, chal-lenge, camo to Salt Lake wrtli Charles Moth, the two men to the right in the picture. A match wns mado and the contest was held in tho Walker opera house. The men could not throw each other, and at. midnight, tho police stopped the bout. McMillan's nest appearance ap-pearance in this city was as manager of Hali Adeli, tho "Terrible Turk" wrestler. Charlie Lange took the Turk on at tho Salt Palaco, and scored one fall in three. Tho Turk had never bo-forc bo-forc been put on his back by an American, and it made him so "angry that ho took hold of Lange and nearly crushed tho life out of him. Duncan McDonald is well known in this city and will bo remembered as ono of the first men who fought James J. Corbctt. Tiro bout was held at Beck-s Hot Springs, and Corbett secured se-cured tho decision through his clever boxing. Soon after Corbett was married mar-ried in this city to Ollie Lake of San Francisco by Judge Piper, Charles Lango being the ".best man" at the wedding. James J. Corbotl, who wns known as Jim Dillon here, is 'tho third man from tho left. Evcrvbodv in the world knows his record, "lie was without, a poor in his boxing days. There never was a man before him as clover with the boxing gloves, and up to tho present pres-ent time no one has apponred that could display the skill of Corbett. lie is known all over tho world as the most sciontilic boxor tho world over produced. Charles Lange is still tho undefeated fighter and wrestler of the stato of Ohio, which title ho won manj' years I ago. After roaming around tho country coun-try making all kinds of money, Lange foil in love with this city and is now one of its prosperous businoss men. Evorybody knows Lange. Ho first jumped into prominence here when ho knocked out Ilorbcrt Slarlo in tho old electric light hail in oleven rounds. Slado at that time was champion of Australia. Charles Moth 's most meritorious -athletic performance was his wrestling contest con-test with the well-known William Mul-doon, Mul-doon, champion wrestler of tho world. This contest, lingered for four hours nnd thirty minutes, the polico finally stopping stop-ping the contest. Moth wrestled over two hours in this contest with three broken ribs. |