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Show GEORGE NELSON LOSES TO A JIO JITSO ' WRESTLER Czeorge Nelson, light heavy -"weight wrestler, met defeat last night in the armory at the strong and nimble hands of Professor Takahashi of Salt Lake, jiu jltsu wrestler. And it was a complete com-plete defeat The big fellow was utterly ut-terly unconscious and nearly de:ul when the little professor was through with him. The hold, if it may be termed term-ed a hold, which anquished Nelson was a strangle affair which required about thren minutes to apply success fully but which rendered Nelson 80 completely helpless that several jiu Jitsu experts in the houso had to work over him for some time before he started breathing again. He was unable to come back for the third period per-iod of the bout and the professor was declared winner by Referee Will Thornton. The exhibition lst evening was a vivid illustration of what Jiu jltsu iu and means The spectators were Jap anese for the most part, but there wrcre a few interested Americans. Jiu jitsu, as explained by the referee, is the Japanese science of self defrn se in which everything is permissible, but outright murder. The idea is to make one's opponent quit. When thK is done the match is won. Tho wros' -lcrs wear heavy shirts and a strong sash about the waist. This apparel is very Important in the bout as many holds are based on it. It was the worn by Nelson which spelt his defeat, for Prof. Takahashi bound it so tightly about his neck that his breathing was stopped. This is pntircly permissible in a jiu jitsu contest. Now jiu jltsu teaches one how to revive a person as well as put him hors du combat, and when it was seen that Nelson was unconscious from strangulation, several Japanese In the audience rushed into the ring and started working over him They speedily speed-ily applied several first aid jiu Jit;u tricks and forced the blood to his head land started his breathing. When lie had somewhat recoered, he was carried car-ried off the platform. Professor Takahashi weighs about 140 pounds and Nelson close to 200. Through a particularly effective hold, at times the professor would almost throw Nelson across the ring. Hard falls seem to be expected by jiu Jitsu wrestlers for time and again they would strike the mat with sufficient force seemingly to break every bone ! in their bodies. Preceding tho main event there was a fencing match, a jiu jitsu match between be-tween two Japanese and a wrestling match between two American boys. The f encers wero Sato of Laramie. Wyo , and Kawaguchi of Ogden. The latter won the match. It was refereed by K. Kaji. This was a very interesting interest-ing contest. Wearing protective masks, gloves and armor, the fencers faced each other and then, with hoarse cries, flew at each other in what seemed to be an effort to utterly annihilate the opponent. They fenced with spit bamboo sticks and thumped each other so lustily it se-nned as though an undertaker ought to have been c.ill d. The trick is to score a body blow, head blow or arm blow. The Jiu Jitsu match was between Y. Nakashima of Salt Lake and N. Fuji! of Bingham The former won. This was refereed by Mr. Yokaaawa, a University Uni-versity of Utah man. The catch-as-catch-can match was between George Shead and Pete Ellis, El-lis, both of Salt Lake. It went for fifteen fif-teen minutes without a fall. Shead Is a pupil of ProfesBor Takahashi and used his jiu jitsu knowledge several times with effect. |