Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-12
CONQUERSCARROLL
Farmer" Burns Wins Last
Nights Match.
HARD, EVENLY FOUGHT CONTEST.

HARD, EVENLY FOUGHT CONTEST.
Carroll Takes the First Fan, Cumberland
style. and L. Downed Twice In Succession
by the "farmer, - Under Catch-as-Ca ate n
Can and Graeco-Roman Rnies-Thc Pre-
| liminaries
The wrestling match at Harper's
theatre last evening, between
Farmer" Martin Burns and ID. H.
carroll. Of London, Canada. cham
pion of the Dominion. resulted in n
victory for the former. winning two
out Of three falls. for $3.50 side and
fwo-ihirds Of the receipts. Despite
the severity OF the atmosphere, n fair
audience attended the contest. which
without a doubt. WAS the hardest
| fought and most scientific test Of
ply steal endurance and skill ever
witnessed in this vicinity. Both
men were in The best Of condition,
and. although Carroll had the adj
vantage of his opponent in weight.
height and. from all appearances.
strength. Burns friends were conf
dent of his sustaining his reputation
rs an indicated man.
Three styles were specified. Cum
berland. Catch-as-catch-can and
Graeco-Roman. Carroll winning the
Cumberland fall. and Burns the lat
ter two.
The Preliminaries.
Preliminary to the contest proper.
Master Of Ceremonies c. +. Turner
announced n catch-as-catch-can go,
between %. NJ. Brooks. of Sioux CITY,
and II. King, Of Mankato. Mimi.
Brooks won. Mr.. Turner then ex-
planned the conditions Of the match
between Carroll and Burns. and also
the different styles under which they
were to wrestle. q. NJ. Brooks was
chosen as referee, and the contest
ants introduced. Mr.. Carroll had
won his choice Of styles which would
govern the first fall, and named the
Cumberland.
The Contest
Burns showed himself unac-
1uainted with the Cumberland style,
which gave Carroll the advantage in
chat height and arm reach were the
most needed auxiliaries. Under the
Cumberland rules in getting hold the
right arm must be below and the left
above, 4 fall not counting unless either
man is thrown from standing posi-
iion to square back fall In case
of foul fall an intermission of three
minutes is taken. Getting hold of
any portion of the body other than
the waist is not tolerated. This, no
doubt, puzzled Burns considerably,
but he stood his ground well, giving
way to his opponent after - min
utes Of hard work of 4 defensive or
der, Carroll showing the worst for
wind.
An intcrmission OF IL minutes was
agreed upon, when the men entered
the arena for the second bout,
which was Of catch-as-catch-cau.
Burns went ut his opponent in the
manner which characteriZes all of
his matches of catch-as-catch-can |
the style in which he has no equal. |
I arroll acted on the defe nsive. guard |
ing against Burns superior qualities.
Burns won the fall in % minutes,
working his opponent nearly to ex-
haustion and rushing upon him with
renewed energy, giving him three
rolling falls, and finally landing him
square on his back.
The third bout was plainly the
most exciting of the evening;
neither man having the advantage Of
science in this style. Graeco-
Roman. A desperate fight for vic
clever work being done by both men.
Burns succeeded in defeating his OPP
pOnent in Is minutes.
PROFESSIONALLY it was the finest
wrestling match ever given here,
both gladiators winning their way
into the hearts Of the audience from
the first, not only by their neat
work in the contest, but from the
general gcntlcmanly conduct. local
pride alone, it may he said. placing
the audiences sympathies with
Burns. rs Carroll's actions had won a
great many friends.
Both men had attained the highest
degree of perfection as the result of
their relative conditions
being as follows:
Weight. Age. He'eht.
Carroll. no 81 soe
1t would please the sport-lovers of
this locality if another match was ar
ranged between these two.
Court CulIjugs