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Show HJWBERTSOI NIIS FROM MTGARRQLL After fifty -two minutes of the fast- est and most exciting exhibition of grappling ever seen In this city Jack Harbertfion, tho local wrestler, pinned pin-ned Frank McCarroll, the Idaho grap- i pier, to the mat at the Armory last ' night with an ugly toe- hold and the bout was over Physlclaus who were present examined McCarroll after the first fall and stated that it would bo Impossible for him to continue the bout owing to a badly sprained ankle. Tho bout was refereed by Mike Yokel Yo-kel and was witnessed by about 300 people. Each wrestler was cheered alternately for his clever work on the mat and It seomod like an even bet as to who would prove the winner un- I til Harbertson secured the fatal toe hold. The Idaho man displayed a gnmeness whon this unbreakable hold was held by his opponent that won tho admiration of the fans. For fully two minutes McCarroll endured the norvo-wrecklng norvo-wrecklng pain while the spectators fairly groaned from the suggestion of agony which" they knew tho nervy Idahoan was enduring. The exhibition of wrestling startod with a bout botween Jack Way and Frank Smith The two men wreBtled ln this preliminary for fifteen minutes, min-utes, the hout being declared a draw The socond preliminary was botween Ralner nnd Aimner. Raluer won the contest in two straight falls. Tho battle royal ln which there wore five contestants, three white boys and two colored boys, afforded a lot of fun for the fans. The affair proved to be a handicap so far as the colored boys were concerned as toe three whlto .white wrostlors apparently had It framed up to dispose of their colored rivals first. With thrco against two tho colorod lads had no chance and were quickly vanquished. The struggle strug-gle botween tho threo remaining wrostlors lasted about five minutes and ended with Jack Crosby on top. Harbortson entered tho ring weighing weigh-ing loS poundB, while McCarroll tipped tip-ped tho scales at 173. This difference differ-ence in weight naturally proved a handicap to tho local wrestlor, but his. handling of his opponent from tho first minute of tho bout proved that ho was equal to tho Idaho man ln strength nnd dextor!t McCarroll may havo been a shade quicker, his escapes from dangerous positions being be-ing one of the romnrkable features of tho bout. It could be aeon whon the two mon had mfxod It for a few minutes that both intended to make the match an Aggressive one. Neither man show- t ed any disposition .to kill time or to play on tho defensive when It was possible to carry the fight to his op-ponont op-ponont In the first half hour of the bout McCarroll secured what appeared to be two dangerous half nelsons, but In each instance Haibcrtson neatly escaped by uso of the head spin. Harbertson Har-bertson was on top and working hard to secure a hold which would force ' the Idaho man to his back several times when by some trick of the game the positions were suddenly reversed and tho local man was placed on the defensive. Referee Yokel watched every movement move-ment of the wrestlers and at no time during the bout was he called upon to caution the men against the uso of rough tactics Both men wrestled clean and neither had occasion to com- . plain of the methods of the other. I Y'hen the men had worked without a j dull moment for fifty seconds Harbertson Har-bertson obtained the too hold which proved the undoing of the Idaho champion. Ten seconds after the hold had been secured Yokel knew that there was no possible hope of McCarroll McCar-roll breaking It. McCarroll must have known that ho had no chance to get away from the hold, yet ho clung stubbornly to tho hope that the vice-like hand of Harbertson Har-bertson would weaken and ho would be freed from its pninful clutch Harbertson Har-bertson urged his opponent to give up, fearing that he would be forced to break tho bones In the foot. Yokel says that soveral times during the long drawn out two minutes he thought of giving the bout to Harbertson, but each time ho looked Into the determined deter-mined face of tho beaten Idaho champion cham-pion he wenkenod, although he feared that McCarroll's ieg or foot would be fractured by tho awful pressure which was being forced upon It. "I was glad," Yokel said after the bout, "when McCarroll yielded I knew before ho gave up that his chance of winning the first fall was surely gone, but I disliked to interfere." inter-fere." When McCarroll gave up he limped limp-ed to his corner and a physician was called from the audience to oxamlno the foot. It Is likely that the defeated de-feated wrestler would have Insisted upon continuing the bout had It not been that the doctor discouraged such a course. While no bones were broken brok-en In the foot the ligaments wero badly wrenched and McCarroll will prob'ably limp In his walking for several sev-eral days. In speaking of the bout half an hour after Its finish to a representative of tills paper, Yokel stated that It was the best wrestling match he had ever seen "I thln'c Harbertson had a shade j the better of tho match from the start, but he had to keep going every minute min-ute to hold the" slightest advantage over McCarroll. It was a great bout and I exepcted it would last for threo hours at least. Its sudden windup I was a surprise to mo." I McCarroll said after the bout that I he would like to meet Harbertson again beforo ho leaves this part of ' the country and It Is likely that another an-other match will be arranged as Harbertson Har-bertson signified his willingness to meet the Idaho man again at any-time a bout can be arranged. no . |