. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. III. No. 10. NO. 508 MONTGOMERY STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1883. The Muldoon-Bibby Match. A much vexed question has been settled at last; Muldoon has proven that ne can defeat Bibby at Grosco-Boman wrest- ling by flattening that gentleman's shoulders to the floor af- ter one hour, thirty-nine minntes and nineteen seconds con- tinuous wrestling. There was quite a large crowd went to Bee Muldoon demonstrate a problem he has always claimed he could prove, with some labor and time. The Gamaliel of the wrestling school held forth in a large tent
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. III. No. 10. NO. 508 MONTGOMERY STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1883. The Muldoon-Bibby Match. A much vexed question has been settled at last; Muldoon has proven that ne can defeat Bibby at Grosco-Boman wrest- ling by flattening that gentleman's shoulders to the floor af- ter one hour, thirty-nine minntes and nineteen seconds con- tinuous wrestling. There was quite a large crowd went to Bee Muldoon demonstrate a problem he has always claimed he could prove, with some labor and time. The Gamaliel of the wrestling school held forth in a large tent erected near the New City Hall, and around the master's rostrum, in the center, sat nearly 3,000 disciples, eagerly straining their eyes to pick up the slightest hint of the most noble and ancient profession. The model chosen by the great master to illus- trate the science of wrestling was most admirably adapted for the purpose; gracefully formed, plastic, quick and fertile of resource, Bibby is, of all others, the man with whom Mul- doon can best display his art. It may be that there were some few at the lecture who held doubts as to which was the superior, the master or his model, but with the majority it was not so, they could only see one wrestler, it was plain to them that the other could not win a fall if he tried for years, and even when Bibby seemed to be on the of- fensive, it was clear that the master willed it so, and was only putting himself in apparent danger, that he might the better show his skill. At 9 p. m., the lecture commenced. Muldoon began by showing how to tire out your opponent. This he did by laying the weight of the upper part of hiB body on Bibby's head and neck, and at the same time gave Bibby a chance to illustrate the art of boring a hole in your opponent's breast. After a few minutes of this work Mul- doon proceeded to show how not to be turned over when you are down on your stomach. To do this he first went down upon his hands and knees and allow
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