Show THE ATHLETIC tournament the wrestling matches pulled off it at opera house in connection with wo roo tion alon pictures picture a last thursday friday and saturday evenings by the third ward athletic c occasioned g great tat entertainment and diew packed houses the contests were arranged for tile the purpose ol of stirring up interest in ath letic sas as well wel II 11 as or getting a little lund started with which to put in share a tennis court which the die INI AT 1 I A is fixing up on the church property in the ward the crowds that came out and the lusty applauding of each eveah was ample evidence of tile the interest taken in it this community in such shorts arid and the committee feels thoroughly satisfied with the results the firse first event on thursday evening ng was a grapple between amos hatch and clinton lillywhite in which hi hatch came of off ff victor after a hard tussle willard jensen and ales aid figgins then locked arms aed add did sorbe saihe fine work cm the mat T liggins the fall on friday night the preliminary created more amusement than the principal event the two sons of mr and mrs irs W V vill call howard agol aged 3 5 and voscoe aged T 4 stepped onto the pla platform orm stripped for action howard Is as much smaller as voscoe as his ago would indicate and the way those shavers went at it was a caution the little nian man succeeded finally in pinning Ms ls elder brothers shoulders to the mat amid the wild acclaim of tile the sports in the audience the principal en bent tit the two wi lincis of the night previous figgins and hatch was a good card the boys tugged and twisted butted and carried hauled anti and mauled hauled each other around until they were both nearly exhausted and then hatch caught right figgins Figg liis in a firm farm grip and slammed him to the mat rolling him inic quie lily onto his back and forcing ills his shoulders down clown saturday evening the call brothers were introduced again as a preliminary and their work created more fun voscoe Tosco ethe the elder went after his little littie adversary with a vim evidently chagrined chag nned over his defeat the nig night fit previous and lie he gained two straight falls but not until he be had had a good run for ills his money ino licy for howard was game to the core and tried every trick known to him to dump liis his big birther bi other over will dran i ahen attempted to best arnos amos hatch IIa teli the alic winner of the two previous nights but was himself la laid id out comfortably on his backwith his shoulders resting firmly on oil the carpet in the time of 12 minutes and 45 4 seco seconds it was a good fight and the best man won uon the contests were clean and conducted accor according accord dig jg to the best rules of sportsmanship they demonstrated the tact fact that the home boys have it in them and with a little training tia ining would in ke ikc classy athletes such sports and contests ought to be encouraged cou raged and continued from time io 10 time |