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DEVONSHIRE WRESTLING. A wrestling match, “Devonshire” style, took place at Hill’s Variety Theatre yesterday afternoon, between Albert Ellis and W. H. Browning for a gold watch and a purse of $250. Fun apart, it is one which is not calculated to find much favour in this country, especially among our coloured fellow citizens, as the […]
Cornish Wrestling Was Popular Sport in Butte Before the First World War Cornish wrestling was one of the most popular sports in Butte around the turn of the century, especially with the English residents in Centerville, Walkerville, Meaderville and Butte. However, the active participants in the sport were not all Cornishmen. The Irish and the […]
ECHOES Of the Long Distant Past From Files of the Anaconda Standard When Cornish Wrestling Was Popular in Butte [Photograph: A group of eight men posed outdoors, several wearing the distinctive loose canvas jackets characteristic of Cornish wrestling.] Back in the 1880s, when the above picture was taken, Cornish wrestling was a big attraction to […]
FOR SELF-DEFENSE Wrestling Fits a Man to Take Care of Himself. THE CORNISH STYLE MIGHTY USEFUL IN A ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE FIGHT. Different Holds Secured on a Canvas Jacket—Formerly a Brutal Sport. Written for The Evening Star by Prof. Anthony Barker. One of the best ways for a man to fit himself for self-defense through physical culture […]