American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship - In the offices of Turf, Field and Farm, "Professor" William Miller and Andre Christol agree to wrestle a Greco-Roman style match for the American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship and a side bet totaling $1,000. The match was set to take take place on a date no later than the first week of October 1875 at either Irving Hall or Tammany Hall in New York City, New York.

The agreed upon rules were;

1.	No hold shall be allowed lower than the waist.
2.	The wrestling to be with open hands.
3.	No striking, scratching or gouging shall be allowed.
4.	Clasping hands shall not be allowed. (Clasping hands means that the wrestlers shall not clasp one of their own hands within thc other, nor interlace their fingers, but they allowed to grasp their own wrist to tighten their hold around their opponent.)
5.	The wrestlers must have their fingernails cut close, and they must wrestle either in soft shoes or socks.
6.	A fall shall be declared when either man has been fairly put upon his back, with two shoulders on the ground at the same time.
7.	In the event of the wrestlers rolling over each other, the one whose shoulders shall touch the ground first. as under rule 6, shall be deemed to have lost one fall.
8.	Fifteen minutes' rest shall be allowed between the bouts, and either man failing to appear when time is called, shall be considered to have lost the match.
9.	This match shall be decided by either party to this agreement winning three fair falls out of five.
10.	Each wrestler shall appoint one judge; the judges in the event of disagreement to submit the question to the referee, who shall decide between them.
11.	Mr. Fred J. Engelhardt is hereby mutually agreed upon as referee, and all questions of fair hold or fair fall shall be submitted to him, and his decision shall be final and without appeal.
12.	Fifty dollars a side is hereby placed in the hands of F. J. Engelhardt as a forfeit, to be transferred to the hands of the final stakeholder, who shall be chosen on Friday, September 24, at 10a.m., when the time and place of the match shall also be agreed upon, and $200 a side be put up, the remaining $250 to be posted the evening prior to the match.

Among those at the meeting were; "Professor" Theobaud Bauer, ex-champion of France and present champion of the Pacific coast and Emile Regnier, his pupil. When "Professor" William Miller arrived in New York and published his challenge, Bauer was on his way hither from California, with the avowed purpose of challenging his old antagonist to a final contest to decide the vexed question of superiority between them. However, Andre Christol, who had just arrived from South America, forestalled him by promptly accepting the sweeping challenge published by Miller. Bauer is now eagerly awaiting the result of this match, after which he will probably challenge the winner.

American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship - The match between "Professor" William Miller and Andre Christol for the American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship was delayed due to the refusal of Christol's backers to take the money out of the hands of their banker and to place it in the hands of a final stakeholder, upon which Miller rightly insisted, but which the French gentlemen who offered to back Christol did not seem to understand.

A party of American gentlemen, to whom Chridtol is known, have made up the deficiency, the entire amount being now in the hands of the referee Mr. Fred J. Engelhardt; who is also final stakeholder. Miller had the right to claim the money up as forfeit, but he cheerfully gave his opponent all the time needed, preferring to meet him in a fair contest.

The match is predicted to take place next Tuesday the 12th or Wednesday the 13th. A suitable venue to hold the match is being sought.

The betting is at the odds of $lOO to $80 on Christol. Christol is backed largely by Frenchmen.

Location	New York, New York
Venue	Grand Opera House
Time	8:30 PM
Referee	Mr. Fred J. Engelhardt
Best 2 Out Of 3 Falls Greco-Roman Championship Match
"Professor" William Miller defeated Andre Christol to become the American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Champion.

This contest is the first of its kind in New York City. The immense auditorium was crowded with men and boys, the sight being peculiar in the absence of women, excepting several behind the curtains of the boxes, yet the assembly was respectable.

Christol ran out on the stage from he wings at the left side, and bowed like a Frenchman. Miller came out, with less the manner of a circus performer, from the opposite side of the stage. They were bared to the waists, showing their broad breasts, and superbly developed arms, looking like perfect animals, without enough intellectually to spoil that estimate of them.

The assembly was not kept long waiting. The men stood for an instant apart, and then ran lithely toward each other. They dallied for an instant, their forearms striking repeatedly in a sort of sparring, and then grappled. Their movements were rapid, the Frenchmen's more so than the other's more nervous and jerky. Their postures followed each other so quickly that there were during the first fifteen minutes no breathing spells for the straining contesants. It was laregely an expenditure of main strength. Falls were frequent thumping falls that shook the stage; but he requirement of bringing both of the opponent's shouldters at once flat on the carpet was not met by either. Miller was sturdier and cooler. Christol was quicker and trickier. They seemed to follow no system of effort, but grasped each other around their bodies or necks, and exerted themselves to the utmost to bring each other flat. It was impossible for the inexpert spectator to divine intentions, or tell when either gained an advantage. Several times Christol was thrown on his face, but, like a flash, he was on all-fours, sturdily sprawled so that Miller could not, try as he might, tip him over on his back. Several other times Christol was thrown squarely over Miller's shoulders, bu in every instance to strike in such a way that ere Miller could grapple him and profit by the position the opportunity was gone. Their attitudes were often picturesque and gladiatorial, muscles straining into prominence, and limbs wrought to a visibly powerful tension. They breathed hard with fatigue after a while, but did not relax in activity. At last, when they had been struggling twenty minutes, Christol grasped Miller firmly around the waist, lifted him suddenly clear of the floor, and threw him with a thump. Both of Miller's shoulders struck squarely, and the assembly, silently attentive before, broke into loud applause. The referee, after a short consultation with the judges for the respective wrestlers, declared that the fall was fair. Christol was recalled three times by applause.

The Wrestlers waited 15 minutes, in the mean time being rubbed by attendants, and came upon the stage again at 9:15 PM, showing no fatigue. This second encounter was livelier than the first. Christol began by clasping his hands back of Miller's thick neck, and drawing his head forward with great force, but the hands slipped over his head in every instance just as the hold began to be effective. Christol seemed to try to bewilder his stolid antagonist by feints and sudden motion, tactics which he had not used in the first bout. It became apparent that Miller exceeded greatly in strength, and that Christol was as much superior in agility. They went down repeatedly, clasped in each other's arms so tightly that neither could do more than retain his grip, and fearing to let go lest a quick renewal of the hold should put him at a disadvantage. Once Christol was tossed as high as Miller's shoulders, but his cat's knack of falling on all fours saved him from defeat. Again Miller bent him backward until his shoulders were within a few inches of the floor, and the excited spectators started premature applause, but he wriggled out of the predicament, and in an instant was he upper man, trying to force his antagonist down. At the end of 13 minutes the superior strength of Miller gained the victory, and Christol was forced struggling and writhing to his back, both shoulders touching the floor. Again there were encores, and a rest of 15 minutes.

The third encounter began at 9:45 PM. The wrestlers were cautious and slower at the start than before. Miller was soon thrown on his face, but his arm was firmly bent around Christol's neck, bringing him down atop. Then they struggled on the floor to roll each other face upward, and the people stood up in their anxiety to miss nothing of the engrossing effort. But the holds gave way without advantage to either, and they sprang up to their feet for a fresh hold. Christol seemed excited as the round progressed, but Miller was perfectly cool. Christol renewed his clasping of Miller's neck, chafing it to a blood-red hue in wild efforts to bend him forward, but usually was himself thrown on his face. After each of these drops there was a writhing scramble for advantage, exhaustive to the then sweating, hard-breathing wrestlers, and exciting to the auditors. Often Christol got Miller into what pugilists call a cross-buttocks hold, but the weight and strength of Miller prevented falls. The final grapple was long and straining. Christol again tried to bend Miller's head forward, and was himself clasped by the neck in a vise-like clasp. Each bore down with the strength, until the tops of their heads were beating together. Suddenly, as their holds broke, they clenched again in a supreme effort, their sinewy arms wound around each other's waists. This brought them to a fair trial of brute strength, and at that Miller was the best off. Christol was bent backward until he fell, and despite his wriggling Miller forced him flat. The round had lasted 11 minutes. This gave Miller two falls to one for Christol, the victor being compelled to win 3 out of 5.

The fourth bout began at 10:05 PM, and almost instantly the wrestlers were down together, rolling over in a desperate hug. Christol struggling free, and claimed a fall, but the referee Fred J. Engelhardt decided against him. They went to work again at once, Christol being so swift in his contortive movements that Miller appeared to be unable to counter them understandingly. They did not dally with feints long, however, but came together in a muscular hug that sent the breath audibly out of both. Grumbling, straining, sweating, they did not relax their efforts until they fell again. This time, as before, they rolled over and over in their fight against being put flat on their backs. The people stood up and shouted, being divided in opinion whether Christol had or had not gained a fall. The referee decided that he had, and his opinion was received decorously. The round lasted only 4 minutes, and left the men with two falls apiece, and a decisive fifth to come.

The wrestling had not gone far when Miller, bending Christol's head down in front, clasped him firmly, and threw him squarely over his head. Christol struck face up, but the touching points on the floor were the back of his head and his haunches, holding his shoulders clear. Miller whirled quickly, but did not get to Christol soon enough to force him down flat. Nearly a quarter of an hour of close contest intervened between this and the end. Then they grappled closely face to face, in a way that robbed Christol of a chance to employ skill, and allowed Miller to exert his strength safely. As in all the previous situations of this kind, Miller won in the straining effort that followed. The spectators had by this time learned the manners of the wrestlers, and consequently knew that a crisis in the struggle was at hand. Christol could not slip out of the clench, and was bent slowly, painfully backwards, Miller falling hard upon him; but he still endeavored to avert the adverse result by holding up his shoulders, and sustaining himself and the other without allowing them to touch the carpet. Miller clasped the fallen man's wrists as they were outspread, thus hindering him from turning over, and then threw his whole weight again and again on his breast. Christol slowly sank under this treatment, but this interval of his desperate resistance, really 5 or 6 seconds, seemed nearly as many minutes. The referee and judges squatted down close by, and watched the men critically. The spectators arose and shouted wildly. At last Christol was crushed down flat, and the match was ended in his defeat. Miller, panting and dripping with sweat, bowed to the applauding people, and Christol limped disconsolately out of sight.

American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship - Andre Christol, challenged "Professor" William Miller to a rematch to take place on or after November 9, 1875, for $500 a side. Christol deposited $100 forfeit money in the hands of Mr. Fred J. Engelhardt, of the Turf, Field and Farm, who acted as referee in the last match.

American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship - "Professor" William Miller called upon Mr. Fred J. Engelhardt and handed him $100 to cover Andre Christol's forfeit, at the same time expressing his perfect willingness to submit to the same terms and sign the same articles which governed the former match.

Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue	Assembly Buildings
Time	8:00 PM
Attendance	~40
Best 2 Out Of 3 Falls Greco-Roman Match
Andre Christol defeated Emile Regnier.

Andre Christol and Emile Regnier wrestled for a purse of $300. The match drew together about 40 people, who watched the movements of the contestants with considerable interest.

Regnier was to have been declared the winner had he succeded in throwing Christol In two rounds out of four, but Christol won the match by throwing his opponent in the first, second and fourth rounds. The first round lasted five minutes, and the others from ten to fifteen minutes each.

American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship - "Professor" William Miller and Andre Christol are set to wrestle at the Grand Opera House, in New York, New York, on November 9, 1875, in the Greco-Roman style. This match will be the second match of its kind in New York City.

Location	New York, New York
Venue	Grand Opera House
Time	8:30 PM
Attendance	3,000
Referee	Mr. Fred J. Engelhardt
Best 2 Out Of 3 Falls Greco-Roman Championship Match
"Professor" William Miller  and Andre Christol wrestled to a draw.

Andre Christol and Prof. William Miller, met for the second time on the stage of the Grand Opera-hoose, in New York City. In the presence of 3,000 people. The stakes were $500 a side. In the betting Christol was backed to win at odds of $25 to $20. It was 8:30 PM when the men appeared on the stage to commence the struggle for the first fall.

It was a long and stubbornly contested round. From the first it was apparent that Miller was on the defense, hoping to tire out his less muscular opponent. On the other hand, the Frenchman made every move calculated to win. His tactics were to attack as frequently as possible. Early in the bout Miller was near getting Christol down, but the agile fellow struggled free. They clasped each other, and swayed each other to and fro, seeking some chance for advantage, and then were locked in close embrace. It was a struggle of Gaul against Briton, the one trying to overcome the other's strength with lesser power, perhaps, but with more ability aud skill in wrestling. Several times were Christol's strong arms clasped around the massive frame of Miller, and twice was he burled to the floor, but not once fairly. Once Christol got an upper bead and shoulder lock on Miller, fairly making him groan with the terrible squeeze administered. Cbristol lifted him and hurled him backward, but to no effect. Then Miller got a fine fair under lock on his opponent, and was carrying him down, when the latter, by a moot superhuman strength, freed himself from the dangerous predicament.

The struggling wrestlers were sweating at every pore, while their labored breathing gave token of their deep determination. After some more vioient exercise, Christol secured an under-arm lock, and the first thing Miller knew he was fairly tossed over the Frenchman's head, but before Christol could reach him and turn his shoulder to the floor, the Australian had arisen. Immedlately afterward the Frenchman repeated the effort, but again without success. Then Christol courted an attack. He stood with arms upraised, his left side quarteriug toward his antagonist, and Miller accepted the challenge, He made an attempt to seize Christol and bear him to the floor, and would have succeeded only for the latter's agility. This effort seemed sufficient, and once more he resumed his defensive tactics. Thus the struggle continued for an hour, neither having gained the advantage. Christol's persistent attacks were always repulsed, and when Miller made occasional efforts to secure a fall he, too, was frustrated. The vast audience began to grow impatient, and occasionally hisses and cries of derision were heard.

For two hours and fifteen minutes the struggle continued without intermission. All this time Christol was putting forth every effort to win a fall, and Miller all his strength and cunning to escape one. Cross-arm catches, under-head locks, waist locks, every sort of hold was gone through with by one or the other of the contestants. Their bodies were reddened with strains and thumps, and constant slapping. In some places the skin was lacerated and blood appeared upon the surface. Then came a terrible struggle in which Christol was the gainer. He grasped his antagonist around the breast, lifted him high up, and then bending backward, threw Miller heavily over his shoulders. The Referee, however, declined to award the fall. The large audience made some ado over the decision, but the Referee was right. In announcing his decision, Mr. Engelhardt said, "I am only positive I saw his head and one shoulder down."

After the excitement had ceased the two men renewed the struggle. Christol was the first to appear and was greeted with great applause. Again he rushed in upon his antagonist and forced the work with all his wonted activity. In a few moments he got in another under-arm lock and carrying his man to the right third entrance of the stage, hurled him nearly upon the floor. But it was not yet a fair fall, and again he rushed in determined to win or lose. Presently he got Miller well down and then he rolled him over twice, both times forcing the two shoulders fairly and squarely to the floor. The applause was deafening, for the Frenchman, after two hours and a quarter of struggling, had won the first fall.

The men were allowed fifteen minutes of rest, and then the struggle for the second fall commenced. Both men were seemingly as fresh as ever, but they were not. Miller's eyes were not so bright as earlier in the evening ; he was evidently distressed more than he appeared to be. It was 11:33 PM when they recommenced the struggle. As before, Christol went at Miller with great vim and rapidity of movement. Miller began to realize that a waiting game was not to his advantage, and he, too, commenced to attack his opponent. Miller's tactics brought him a speedy success, and in just thirteen minutes the audience hailed him victor of the second fall. Christol got in an upper shoulder and neck lock, and was bringing the Englishman toward the floor, when, with an almost superhuman strength, the big fellow released himself, and then, like a flash, had hurled the Frenchman on his hands and knees. Then the struggle commenced. Monsieur realized the danger of his position, but do what he could escape was impossible. Slowly but surely Miller bore his antagonist to the floor, and in another moment both the latter's shoulders were prone upon the carpet. At 1:45 PM the next morning the match was declared a draw.