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Show The Great Jap Wrestler Gets Left, j Chicago, January 28. An exciting contest j with incidents bordering on the sensational was witnessed to-night by a large audience at the Central Music Hall in the wrestling 1 match between Matsada Sorakicbi, the Japanese Jap-anese athlete, and Evan Lewis of Madison, Wisconsin. The terms were $2o0 a side and 75 per cent, of the gate receipts, the best three in five falls, catoh-as-catch-can. The first fall was won by Lewis in exactly two minutes and a half. With a rush Lewis secured se-cured a hold on his opponent's legs, and lif t-mg t-mg hin high in the air threw him square on his back. In the second bout Lewis got a terrific bck hold on the Japanese, and was choking him with a death-like grip, when the referee interfered. A moment mo-ment later Sorakichi, with a sudden jerk, pitched Lewis head foremost off the stage. The Jap profusely apologized, and Lewis and he shook hands. Again the wrestlers grasped each other's shoulders. As quick as a flash the form of Sorakichi went straight over the footlights and sprawling sprawl-ing below one of the reporter's chairs. The referee declared this action willful and gave the fall to Sorakichi. In the third bout Lewis lost no time in getting his favorite neck hold, and pressed the Jap's neck till he was too feeble to resist. Sorakicbi at once declined to wrestle the remaining bouts, declaring the choke process unfair. Lewis offered to leave it out. The Jap feared to trust the Wisconsin man, and firmly refused to prooeed. Lewis was declared th9 victor. |