Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-07 | Page 16 | Leo Papiano Kayoes George Kotsonaros in 'Fistic' Encounter

8 Phone THE SALT LAKE TELEGRAM FRIDAY EVENING S DECEMBER 7 i To Wa Wasatch h lED O W wa i Of AROS UW 1 j FANS PACK ARENA FUK UNUSUAL SHOW MY HY SHARMAN DECISIONS PASTY ROBBINS ROBBIN j Rule McCulloUgh Unable i l le to Enforce fighting When Clash With Gloves j By R Lon Ion Richardson c had killed numerous numerous- Curiosity cats old instinct Last nl l t the he same Same old fans to drew CullOUgh arena Verne erne dapper dapper- what is it They find out to much to tf thE th approval out found of of th the majority tl-E tl boos others largest crowd V. to pack pacI the It was with the possible pos pos- the arena this year in exception ot of the nl sible Ed r LeWis which Edhe heavyweight wrestling worlds world's 4 The Theand fans champion night for fora last flocked down there both a laugh and a a. thrill They got and plenty of the former RULES TABOO IN CONTESTS iN-CONTESTS CONTESTS entertainment was a scrambled scrambled scrambled scram scram- The wrestling and boxing card carll In bled applied despite the rules which no that Promoter McCullough Mc- Mc McCullough announcement Cullough announced qualifications violations of the would follow rules a funny show It was gent who sat Some sour faced fat hard that I t laughed so behind me he would break He didn't thought old though but resumed the same at the end of the program program program pro- pro I expression when Leo Papiano the gram roughhouse Greek Greel was awarded his Ins These Kotsonaros bout with George scheduled to wrestlers were I two box ten rounds The bout ended in the sixth when Leo landed a I wild blow on Kotsy knocked him Into the ropes then smacked smack d' d hIMa him hima I. I blows kicked him a couple more a terrific jolt pulled him back Into the ring and knocked him out it was the thrill of a bout bo t. t of laughs KOTSONAROS KOTSONAROS' HAS HANDY LEFT I wash wash- But as fighters both were outs Kotsonaros however showed that he learned something jn In n his bis training with Jack Dempsey Dempse for he used his left in h- h handy andy fashion Although Although Although Al Al- though It took tool no skill to do it Kotsonaros landed qI nose every few seconds for the first five rounds and the initial part of the sixth While the blows did little littie lit little lit lit- tle tie damage the they clearl clearly demonstrated demonstrated demon demon- the superiority of Kotsonaros ros who seemed to be mere merely pl playIng playing play play- ying y- y ing with the other Greek Papiano found it easier to spend time on the canvas and accordinglY accordingly accordingly accord accord- took a count of nine in iii the first round two nine nine- counts In th the second t two eight counts In In the third two nine counts In Inthe the fourth one for nine nino in the fifth and another an other for five five in in the sixth PAPIANO KNOCKS OUT Papiano jumped up suddenly after after after aft aft- er taking the five ivo count in the sixth hit and pushed Kotsonaros over the ropes and b began gan a succession succession suc suc- cession of blows intermingled with I the kl kick k which brought victory I Kotsy took tool a nine-count nine and staggered stag stag- staI staggered I to his feet only to stop another another another an an- other blow and be counted out Papiano then challenged Kotsonaros Kotso Kotso- 1 Kotsonaros otso- otso naros to a a. wrestle but George had injured his shoulder In the meantime meantime mean mean- time so he be said and declined to return to the ring The sour-faced sour gent behind me said It was a fiasco It was but entertaining at that The most entertaining bout of the flie bill however was the mixed wrestling wres wres- thug tUng and boxing match between wres-I wres Ily lh Sharman local welterweight and Pasty Robbins Bobbins San Francisco lightweight light light- weight eight fighter Sharman was awarded the match He had won Avon wone I Ithe the e fifth round with an airplane I unable to find in out exact 1 I was why McCullough gave g ve the to Sharman for he announced be before before before fore the match that the man nian winning winning win ning nine the tile most rounds would gal the bout Pasty could be given iou fot of ot the rounds But that made little difference anyhow Even Verne himself said that if th tt show had been held on Monda Monday night the fighter would have wo won o Pasty probably had the advantage tage for he not only fought standing up but wrestled an and socked Sharman while down H Hi was n nearly arly out at th the end of Hi th second round but the bell beU eV evident saved him PASTY APPLIES TOE HOLDS i It took the contestants a cou coup J of rounds to find out what It wall wj w was all aU about The first round was fe fes fe by two toe holds Pasty a aj ap plied pIled on the tile wrestler and the se sed ond by Robbins Robbins' damaging after he had thrown Sharman 01 out of the ring twice Sharman gi go got wise to himself I in the tile third ai an and kept Pasty in the center of tl th ring where the two wrestled ar and Pasty fought j The fighter suffered some pui pu arm locks in the fourth a ai ari c Sharman suffered some blows which severely hurt his can ears In the fifth Hy Hv barel bare missed two airplanes and then su I in getting Pasty up in m t tair tl I air and taking him for the rid The fighter however lit only ban haj enough to be pinned to the mand m mand and came back for the sixth Shaman Sha Shar Sharman man had Pasty in a bad way as a. tl bell ended the bout 1 John Anderson of the th Deser gymnasium who substituted fi fo fo- Higami Japanese Jiu wrestler won from Frank Miller o Nebraska with a a. fl flying Ing headlock 21 minutes Higami failed to sh up because of illness j Walter Valter a 4 41 old old year boy demonstrated his abl ity to punch the bag bg and as a res abl- abl rec received i ed the usual sho shower r of silve Two Japanese boys put on a Sj Sar ar Jitsu bout McCullough l didn't kno who won wun so called it a draw ill j