WRESTLING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7924, 1 February 1904, Page 3

WRESTLING.

__ : «. THE WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP, United Press Ass^ciaifcioik^By E[!ectxio Tel«grapn — Copyright. (Received February 1, 8.57 a.m.) LONDON, January 31. Hackenschmidt, the Russian wrestler, beat Madrali, the Turkish champion, in Greco-Roman wrestling, for the world's championship, at Olympia, for £2000. The match was won in forty-four seconds. Madrali's elbow was dislocated. There were twenty thousand spectators. (George Hackenschmidt is a Russian by birth, who has been exhibiting for the past twelve mantis in wrestling contests at the London musicrhalls, where he nightly issues a challenge to all-comers, whom he undertakes te» throw within a limited period. He ' holds the Grseco-Roman championship of the world, and ig also a fine. exponent of the catch-as-catch-can style. Recently he met Antonio Pierr^ known for many years in the wrestling world as "The Terrible i Greek," and scored an easy victory in both the Grseco-Roman and the catch-as-catch-can styles. Ahmed JVJadrali is a celebrated Turkish wrestler, who recently achieved fame by defeating the Sultan's favourite wrestler, and the previous undisputed champion Ali Nourlah Hassan. Madraii ! was imported! to England by Pierri, and soon after his arrival defeated a celebrated 1 English wrestler, Tom Cannon! very easily in fcrseco-Roman and catch-ais-catch-can styles. Madrali is twenty-six years of age, stands 6fb in height, and weighs 18st. Hackenschmidt is much, lighter, but is splendidly developed, and possesses enor-