Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-10 | Page 12 | Tom Jenkins Loses to Russian Lion

TOM JENKINS LOSES TO RU3SIAN LION The talk of the English sporting fraternity fra-ternity today Is all on one topic the great wrestling match of lart Saturday night, In which George Hackenschmldt, the Russian Hon, downed Tom Jenkins, the American champion, In two straight falls for the Graeco-Roman championship champion-ship of the world, a purse of $1000 and a side stake of $1250. The ponderous Russian Rus-sian has never been thrown, and is considered con-sidered to be absolutely invincible. Jenkins gave him the hardest battle he has had yet and made a host of friends by his rare display of gameness. Hackenschmldt Hack-enschmldt way too able and powerful for Jenkins. He forced the American to maintain defensive tactics from the outKt, and the two bouts were principally princi-pally devoted to a display of eluslve-ness eluslve-ness on Jenkins?' part in getting out of corners when a fall seemed Inevitable. There wero 6000 persons In the hall when the big match commenced. Hack-enschmldt's Hack-enschmldt's wonderful development made him appear a far bigger man than Jenkins, -who looked small In comparison, compar-ison, yet the difference in weight was only four pounds and Jenkins was over two Inches taller. In other measurements measure-ments the Russian was bigger. The Russian Immediately took the offensive of-fensive with a waist hold and had Jenk ins on the mat within two minutes. Thence It was a case of Jenkins foiling the lion's endeavor to down him. Time after, time the Russian picked up the American like a child, brlnrlrig him smashing to the lloor. Jpr.klns showed great cleverness and quick turns in landing in a safe attitude until Hackenschmldt Hack-enschmldt secured a half Nelson and slowly turned him squarely on his back In twenty minutes and thirty-seven seconds, sec-onds, official time. After fifteen minutes' Interval the second bout commenced. Jenkins now had his knees bandaged. The Russian looked as fresh as ever, and there was no speculation as to who would be the winner. The second bout was shorter and a repetition of the first. The Russian's strongth was conspicuously superior. Jenkins again showed gameness and cleverness, but after fourten minutes and twenty-seven seconds of hard, fast wrestling he was downed the second and decisive time.