Show CHAMPION N TOO MU MUCH H FOR EVEN WITH TilE THE TOE HOLD BARRED w o of tile the oriel limit Ind night threw William I Fn 11 h ee lu In twenty nine nud one half minute of I time lime The They met In lit flu hi e event e In n ii of exhibit exhibitions exhibition Iou n nt be Snit Lake Lalie r nOli n l Gotch hud to In twice In one hour the he toe tue C hold barred The the lie fall lu In twenty one minutes M nii the he ClOU In 10 one huff minutes I ilc- ilc Roger Honor In taking tuc hr first lu In cn c nu nuel l the r l In III fIve hc one Jim Jini A l ell of the lie he Gotch troupe mi nil ai un- un uhle nIk In to throw l twice In thirty minute Retting only one fall fallat HIt lint nt at the he cud of oC f four minute This caa the best bent bout hout of the n. n i AiO-i About 1500 people aw saw the show The first floor and stage O seats scats were n not uil L more than half filled while the cheaper seats In the galleries were ere crowded The public declined to pay 3 1 and 5 3 for seats to see an ton tion This should serve as a lesson Jesson to other oilier promoters in iii the future Mike Yokel refereed all the bouts and was was was' given a tremendous ovation when he lie appeared on the stage at the thebe be beginning of or the show D. 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A Callahan was tho the official timekeeper and Willard Wll- Wll lard Jard Bean was announcer Eklund and Asbell were vere the first pair vall on the mat Eklund was outweighed outweighed outweighed out out- weighed b by r about fifteen pounds buthis buthis but hi his wonderful speed and cleverness oset offset the disparity in weight Asbell took things easy casy at the start and then when he tried tried to pin Eklund's shoulders shoulders ders lers to tim the mat he could not accomplish accomplish accorn- accorn pUsh the feat rent After some fast wrestling wres wres- during which Eklund injured his Ills back hack Asbell AsbeIl managed to get et a fall with a nelson half and toe hold This was vas at the thc end of twenty four mm- mm They Ther wrestled for six more minutes minutes min mm- utes lites but Asbell could not come anywhere anywhere any any- where near getting g another fall and I lo lost t tho the match snatch Mahmout and Rogers wore the next on the thc pro program ram Both were evidently carrying weight for age e. Tho The Turk Turl lost Jost no time In going going- after atter Rogers The latter was content with remaining on the defensive except once when ho he homade homade made an unsuccessful attempt to get behind the Turk Turl Mahmout threw and rolled Rogers all over 01 th the mat Rogers Roger having a lot of ot fun tun twisting at tho the Turks lurks bare toes This annoyed Mah- Mah mout and at the end of seven minutes he lie flopped lopped Rogers to the mat and rolled tn n him until Rogers' Rogers shoulders i were pinned A A. steam roller fall faU I Iwas was the way a the announcer described I it After a few minutes rest the tho mon men again went on the mat This time Rogers hun hung to the Turks legs anti and was dragged all over the tho place Once ho rode rodo the Turk across the stage and then ho lie was thrown for tho the second time Demetral was given a rousing re recaption reception reception re- re caption when he appeared A moment later when lIen Gotch stepped onto the stage tase the orchestra played the Star Spangled Banner and tho the crowd stood up and cheered the champion Without any further delay the men went at it It with Demetral on the defensive de de- de and trying to keep awn away from Gotch At the tho end of eight minutes i Gotch Cotch had 1151 secured a hammerlock on I tho the reek Greek but the latter matter got away I only to he pulled into a a. hammerlock and head scissors hold a moment later Inter This was a hold which no wrestler In inthe tho the world could have broken under the conditions but Gotch let Jet the Greek Gre-ek go To Together ether the they rolled Into the footlights foot toot JI lights and the popping of or the bursting incandescent bulbs added to the tho CX- CX Gotch was roughing Demetral Demetral Deme Dome and the tho crowd shouted with glee evidently evidently- remembering the manner in which had treated some of his former opponents A bod body scissors and a reverse hammerlock brought Demetral's shoulders to the mat for tho the first fall at the end of twenty one in minutes i flutes After ACter fifteen minutes mInutes' rest they went at atIt It again Gotch secured several ho holds s which would have resulted in falls had he not worked loose loosely At the end of seven and one-half one minutes he put the tho necessary pressure on a halt half nelson and hammerlock hold and tho the Greeks Greek's shoulders wore vere pinned After ACter the tho wrestling Gotch demonstrated demonstrated demon demon- th the tho toe hold using Jim Asbell as his subject He explained that his success had been beon largely d due e to the fact tact that he always attacked his opponent opponent nent from the tho feet teet instead of at working down clown own from tram the head as the thc time old-time wrestlers did |