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Show ; PETE VISSER DEFEATS i MUFF IN II j 10 CONTEST H r Coming back aftor losing the first H fall in 33 1-3 seconds, Pete Visser, tho H Ogden heavyweight wrestler won the H second and third falls in 5 and 3-4 and Hl 5 and 1-1 minutes respectively and was declared the winner of his bout H with Konstantinc Romanoff, the Rus- Hr elan bear. Age and the altitude, no doubt figured in the defeat of tho H I Russian, but took nothing from the H filory of the younger man's victory, as 1 j j he gave his opponent the advantage H t) of considerable weight and height and B j then showed himself to possess great- 1 ? er strength and almost equal wrest- j ling ability. H The fans who did not expect speed H to figure in any great degree, in the H work of the heavyweights, were very H much surprised as the bout was one I B of the fastest and most interesting H j the local sports have seen. Roman- Hj off, with an air of confidence writ all H I over his countenance went right in Hl iiiiiii i ! i i ii to claim the bacon, but found Visser not only waiting, but after him. Jack Harbertson was introduced as referee and in less than a minute after aft-er he called time, Pete was on the mat with the Russian on top of him. Instead In-stead of waiting for the big man to get a tight hold, the local man tipped him over and went behind. From ihat time on, until the first fall was recorded, the spectators were treated to all the excitement they could desire. de-sire. Wrestling with feet as skillfully skillful-ly as with arms and in about equal measure, the grapplers put up a ka-leidiscoplc ka-leidiscoplc strugglo, twisting, rolling, throwing each other over bodily and giving an exhibition of strength and skill that kept the crowd in a constant uproar. In the first twenty minutes, neither wrestler stayed on tho defensive de-fensive more than a minute at a time. Several times Visser broke away from Romanotf's famous "half-Nelson" amid ovations of applause and the Russian was accorded a similar display dis-play of favor when ho broke out of Vlsser's favorite hold, the body scissors. scis-sors. The first fall came suddenly and unexpectedly as the Ogden man seemed fresh and able to continue the bout indefinitely, while the visitor was planly showing the effect of the gruelling gruel-ling mill. Breaking a tull Nelson, with which Pete was administering punishment, Romanoff went on the offensive near the ropes. Surprising Visser and the fans, ho secured a half Nelson and body crotch hold and In a few seconds had pinned the fireman's shoulders to the mat. Visser came back for tho second fall looking confident of turning the tables, tab-les, while Romanoff had appeared to be thinking seriously of his chances. ..o time was lost by either in getting into the game and again Romanolf secured the first advantage Getting Pete on the mat, he secured a body scissors hold. This tied both men up and from his under position, Visser grabbed his opponent's toes and, with a good leverage worked the hold for all it was worth It appeared that Russian must give up but by a desperate des-perate effort he broke away and was rushed through the ropes by Visser Ho alighted on his shoulders and left elbow, Injuring the elbow, but gamely returned to the fray His finish, however, how-ever, was certain and changing from a half to a full-Nelson, Peto put his shoulders to the mat. The struggle for the third fall was of similar aspect to the previous one and this was secured by Visser, with a half-Nelson and wrist lock. In tho line of preliminaries, tho crowd was given a new style of entertainment, en-tertainment, the Elite Athletic club, which staged the program, presenting six of Its most promising boxers In three four-round bouts. Harry Knowl-den Knowl-den acted as referee and declare noVi hniif o rigour m The curtain raiser was a "go" "between "be-tween Red Andrews and Kid Moss. Andrews clearly had the better of tho argument, but Moss gamely stayed to the finish. "Kid" Davis of Ogden and Billy Lucas of Seattle were the principals prin-cipals In the second battle. Lucas claims the welter-weight championship champion-ship of the Pacific coast and It his claim is good, Davis has a promising future. The local youth was not only willing to mix with his opponent and exchange blow for blow, but appeared able to assimilate punishment with surprisingly small show of Injury. He took a number of the more experienc ed boxer's straight arm blows on his nose without seeming to notice them and in return drew the "claret" from tho same organ on Lucas' face. The bout, however, was fairly called a draw, but Davis, though a youngster, looks good for a distance boxer. The main boxing event was between "Mysterious" Jimmy Brown and Jimmy Jim-my Drysdale, both of Ogden. This was more of an exhibition of boxing than either of the previous bouts as neither boxer was able to get over many straight jabs. Brown proved superior at in fighting and managed to draw first blood and a laugh with It. from Drysdale, In the "first round. The latter displayed a clever left arm shift, ability to take punishment and a hard wallop, which, however, failed to connect with his more agile opponent. oppon-ent. During the evening, 'Silent" Rowan, at one time one of the best known boxers in the country, was introduced to the crowd and extended a challenge to Jimmy Johns of Ogden, with a $200 side bet A challenge from George Nelson to the winner of the Vlsser-Romanotf wrestling bout, and challenges from Gus Pappas and John Kllonis to Jack Harbertson and Mike Yokel were read by Announcer Knowl-den. Knowl-den. The program on the whole was much enjoyed by the fans. oo |