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Show .ADDITIONAL SPORTING NEWS GREER DEMON TOPPLES SW ANSON AND NELSON Dcmetral. the "Greek demon." demonstrated dem-onstrated last night, that ho was equal to tho occasion when he undertook to throw Jack Nelson and Alex Swanson both In ono hour and a half. He downed them four times In less thnn an hour. The saucer arena was packed and When Dcmetral appeared on" tho mat shortly bo-fore bo-fore 10 o'clock loud and long applause rang out from the hundreds of Greek admirers, ad-mirers, of whom many were from surrounding sur-rounding places. Announcor and Referee Wlllard Bean had his hands full when ho wont to Introduce In-troduce the wrestlers, for many of the foreigners called on him In their native tongue to tell them who was who. The Jlrst to be Introduced was Dcmetral, tho Greek champion, and again a long and hearty welcome rang out. In the llrst of the handicaps was Nelson, Nel-son, subbing for Ferguson, who was obliged to cancel Ills engagement for tho match owing to an Injured shoulder, which he sustalnod while working. Nelson Nel-son and Dcmetral, after receiving final Instructions from the referee, went at it In a merry clip. Sparring for holds for a few minutes, the Greek finally caught hl man off guard, throwing him lo the mat. The Greek worked many holds on his clever opponent which Nelson successfully broke ono after another. Aftor breaking break-ing out of a dangerous hold he wiggled Into his Waterloo when he allowed Dcmetral Dcme-tral to secure a hammerlock with a scissors scis-sors combination, obtaining the fall In ten minutes and thirty seconds. The second fall was secured In twelve minutes, aftor a classy exhibition of wrestling, Dcmetral using a scissors and crotch hold. Alex Swanson was the next man to face the Greek Swanson sparred cleverly and tho Greek hud difficulty In getting to his smaller opponent and In chasing him around tho mat ho forced Swanson and the referee off the stand Into the lapn of the rlugdiders. Then Iho Greek and Swanson came to tho mlddlo of tho mat ond Dcmetral picked Swanson up Inhls arms and threw him with great force. It was a sight to soo tho midget wriggling wrig-gling out of impossible holds that brought many cheers from the stands. Dcmetral, steadily wearing his llghtor opponot out. secured the fall in nineteen minutes, using us-ing a double scissors and body hold. In the second and last fall Dcmetral turned the I rick In hurry-up time, playing play-ing tho deadly hammerlock on his worn-out worn-out victim, securing tho fall In six minutes. min-utes. Demetra used his famous scissors hold with telling effect In three of the falls. The Greek outweighed his victims from ten to twenty pounds. In the preliminaries Master Brig Har-bertson Har-bertson defeated Loo Mallstrom another youth, In nine minutes and twenty seconds. sec-onds. Both wrestlers are bantams. Teddy "Whiskers" Devonovllch, the Russian athlete, gave tho fans a run for their money when ho appeared in wrestling wrest-ling togs and displayed that ho Is no novice nov-ice when he clumped William Albright In sixteen and a halt minutes, using a half nelson. His admirers appreciated his victory so much that they carried hlr; off tho arena on their shoulders, amid applause. |