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Show ITHREWTHE TURK llgssian Lion" Wins Great p: Wrestling Match. im Hj))pH PRIZE WAS SI 0,000 rnpionsliip of tho World Al-so Al-so at Stake. (Efccst Called Out a Great Crowd of W3m. Londoners, Including. Many ... I EMs' wmen- inffendon, Jan. 30. In a Gracco-P.oman pJEgtllns match at the Olympla tonight JFpthe champlonrhlp of the world, a ifW e of $10,000 and a side bet of $500. Qj TSi Hackenschinldt, n Russian, won w "grst fall within one minute from j&L med Madrali, a Turk. Madrali's n vas dislocated at the elbow by the ' and Hackenschinldt was declared; dinner of the bouL "he Olympla as crowded by thou-' thou-' ids of Londoners, whose Interest had in' aroused by reports concerning- the Jmratlons of the men for the match. T" ten had been going on for several cks. SiAfij loth men took the mat apparently In fli ijplnk of condition, Hackenschmldt Ighlng 20S pounds and the Turk 221. I&'tf if.the ringside the betting was C to -1 ltel'i Kadrall, When time waa called both . b srarred for an opening. Hacken-flfiif Hacken-flfiif mtdt slipped In, securing a neck Ulfll t and Madrali took a like hold over arms of the Russian. He quickly iTH Ui3 fiefl, however, and tried to break r hold of the Russian by driving hla Vni sernalls Into his opponent's nostrils. T Itf the object of forcing his head mam k- Hackenschmldt shifted his hold yy e lightning and caught the Turk's ?& In trying to force his arm Umjij Kind for a hammer Madrali's arm wu g dislocated at the elbow. Tho Ttus-fthl Ttus-fthl othen threw Madrali heavily, while IIM ,Turk was barely able to resist, ow- a "io his injury. The referee quickly .J lared the point a pin fall. The ac-Mm ac-Mm J time of the bout was 41 seconds, g'm tcre was a scattering of fashlon- Iw, and oven some women were no-id no-id among the spectators, and many Ethical persons, Including Arthur Inj? Plnero and Squire Bancroft, who jjAjgJ tncfd the bout. lackenschmldt Is generally known as stp "ItUBPlan Lion." owing to his (Ida slcal development and untarnished ord. 2d pi Cadrali, who was recently a favorite e'P Mtler of the Sultan, Is popularly ttfci ??n aB tne "Terrible Turk " It was w,( iabred before the match that racial ; mi lipaihy would be shown at the mect- smII1 lure has been a remarkable revival Iwrcstling throughout England the 2Si rt few weeks, and every music hall the city is running wrestling turns. |