THE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

...■ - . ■■ — .*-; The match for L2OO a aide and the championship of Australia between Donald Dinnie and W. Miller, the ifell-known Australian, took plaoe on ; ,9th April, and although the prices 10s, Bsji.and. 2a 6d, the Exhibition Building at. Melbourne held fully 5000 persona. The conditions of the matchwero— Three falls m the GriecoRpman style and three m the Scotch style to win ; the winner to throw his opponent on his back four times aud to hold him there thirty seconds. The Argus thus 'describes the contest : — '.'-Miller was. the jitouter .man, and looked every inch a gladiator j but Dinnie, jwho had no spare flesh, seemed , to be composed entirely of bone and ' sinew; ' with bunches of muscles on his limbs and arms and wonderfully " developed shoulders. The opening tussle was the GraacoRoman style. In the first bout a splendiditrugglo. appears tohave taken pVwe,;^ and :in : one ; instance, ' ; when Dinnie i,got a back , hold, and hurled Miller like a child.tp the. ground, a wild Gaelic shout arose above the monotony of cheers. The strong points or each' t)f the wrestlers were soon discerned. •■ When both were down, Miller, with his. great power and experience, was alfcpotent ; . but when erect, Dinnie's wonderful activity njiore : . tham counterbalanced i"his op--ponenirß auperior strength. The first fall was gained by the Australian. Alter a few minutes 1 , rest they started ijithe Scotch style, m which the. first fgjt w&a "obtained by the old-world athlete^; Jhus early it was apparent that each man was well-nigh invincible. ift"B|s""pwn "style- of; wrestling, • and that there was little hope of the match being anything but a drawn one ; but. the struggle m every instance: waSßUch a splendid one that the excitement never abated for a moment, and the people pressed m an excited mass around the platform. Contending once again-in the -olassio- style the Australian, proved the. victor ; while m the second round of the Scotch style Dinnie gained a second. The score now stood two falls each. During the third encounter m, the Greecp-Roman. fashion Miller for the first time lifted Dinnie off his feet, . and tried to throw him, but he came down on his feet like a cat, and brought a burst of. oheere—fcom -the -excited onlookers. At 099 tinw^while Miller was on. his hands]: and .knees, Dinnie, rising qqickgr whia feet, clasped him round the waist, and, lifting him high m the aif}-fteted to.-rthrow him on his back, but i£ was;-; a sad waste of energy. Tbeniboth -jnen went down, and as they struggled gallantly, Miller, by a supreme effort, forced his rival on his back, and for the third time had conquered m the Grecian style. But m this .case the.sictor was really van? qnisned/ for, as the crowd cheered him " enthusiastically, Miller partly rose to his. feet, and then fell back again^ In an instant the tumult was stopped, for it was evident that m the final effort something had gone wrong. Miller's friends ran to his assistance, and he was lifted up; but, after taking a couple of steps, he staggered and again fell, and on examination it was evident that his ankle was either badly dislocated or that the bone was fractured. Bis late opponent promptly came, to bis assistance, and, as the men grasped each other heartily by the hand, the appreciation of the crowd for the manliness and fine spirit shown by both men found vent, m loud cheers. Miller was at once taken to the hospital, where it was found that one of the ankle bones was fractured, and the accident will probably; interfere seriously with Millers's intentions of visiting America m May to meet Sullivan. The state of the contest at the time it was abruptly terminated by the accident to Miller was : Miller, three falls m the Groeco-Roman style ; Dinnie, two falls m the Scotch style." ■ At Sydney on April 7 a match took place at the Theatre Royal between Professor. Miller and Edward Blackburn, of Eaglehawk, Victoria, for .£IOO a-flide and the championship of Australia. Both men (says the Argus) ■ were m first-class condition, and it was difficult to say which of the two showed the most perfect muscular development. Blackburn was declared the winner. At the '.dose of the proceedings Miller offered to meet Blackburn for any sum, and the latter expressed his willingness to wrestle Miller m the Cumberland style for £]#>„; _ T