SEPTEMBER 15, 1875

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.