The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-16
THE TURK LIKE AN OGRE
MAKES SHORT WORK OF DUNCAN C..
ROSS IN WRESTLING.
Sight of the Oriental Athlete suNi-
cient to Give Most Men
Bad Dreams.

Hall Adali, the unspeakable Turk, played
with Duncan c. Ross on the stage at the
Empire Theater last night. Adali is noun
tain Of flesh, and, as one of the on-loOkers
said last night, Ross might as well have
tried to see how far he could throw the SOL
diers' monument as to attempt to upset the
man from the Orient. Adal has an ogreish
look when he goes after his antagonist on
the mat. He spreads his arms out, and
silently, solemnly closes in, like a huge yell
low spider getting after a poor little fly.
He sort of floats around with outstretched
arms and cruel grin on his big, moon-like
face, while his eyes sparkle just like those
of the horrible spirit that confronted Alad-
din might have done. After seeing Adali
softly stealing over the mat one can imagine
how the big boss genie must have looked
to poor little Aladdin. Only Adali isn't that
kind of genie. He is very substantial. He
can't be resolved into dim, ethereal nothing
ness. No, no. 1t is said that Mr. II. Adali
only eats two or three porterhouse steaks,
and four or five dozen eggs, and eight or
nine bushels Of potatoes, and two or three
barrels Of bread at one meal. This must be
mistake. Adal can surely eat a whole
beef, and a whole potato patch, and a
whole bakeshop, bakers and all, at one sit
ting, and then go out and drink q brewery
to wash the meal down. He is so big that
he Keeps getting bigger the longer you look
at him. II man would come suddenly upon
him after night with the boys, and Adali
had his working clothes on, or, rather,
didn't have any clothes on to speak Of, which
is his working attire, that man would never
never drink again. To see him when you are
sober Is enough to make you see things in
the dark for week to come. Wrestling
with him must be something like trying to
push over the Statehouse.
Adali, the "Sultan's Lion" won his match
with Ross in short order Ross got the
second fall, but this bout was at the style
of collar and elbow work originated by Ross.
1t was done in harness and the Turk was
unfamiliar with the system. At least his
manager said So The match occurred i'm
.leolately after the close Of the regular per-
Iormance at the theater and the house was
mar hlled. The men were introduced by
COL James Fennessy, of Cincinnati, pro-
prletor OF the theater Ross was the first
man introduced. He showed UP in fine
form, Weighing go pounds and seemed to
stepped on the mat. however Ross was
dwarfed by comparison. The Turk apparent
~ weighed over 300 pounds, although his
manager claims much less. The sympathy
of the audience was with Ross, but a great
deal of curious interest was manifested in
Adali, much the same as if he were a big
fat beef trotted out for inspection.
Ed Adamson, the Chicago wrestler who
defeated Sam Murbarger Wednesday even
ing, was in the house and was chosen as
referee. As soon as he called time the two
big men began feinting for hold. Ross
him, with about the same effect as If he
had pulled at a big oak tree. The Turk
jumped away and brought Ross to his hands
and knees. In a minute the Turk had
hammer-lock hold and it seemed as if he
had the fall but Ross made very clever
twist and broke loose: Then ensued some
got away from some apparently hopeless
grips, but soon the Turk lad half-Nelson
and pinned him to the mat. Time four min
utes.
The second bout was in Ross's own style
collar-and- elbow wrestling in special har-
ness. In this style If mans hold is broken
he loses the fall Ross did his best work
here, and showed that he was good at his
own game. He threw the Turk. over his
the fall in a minute and a half.
The third and last bout was catch-as-
catch-can, and the Turk pinned Ross to the
rat three times before the crowd would
let Adamson give him the match. The first
time was with a half Nelson, and Adamson
patted the Turk on the back to signify that
the bout was his, but the audience yelled
that it wasn't fall and the men kept on
Ross wriggled out and the Turk secured
crotch hold in which he pressed Ross. S
shoulders TO the mat fairly but still Adam
son seemed DESTROYS of giving the crowd
their moneys worth and Adali had to go
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a half Nelson and then laid down on him
and simply rubbed him into the mat When
the Turk secured the first down on Ross in
the third bout, and seemed willing to throw
in a few more downs for good measure,
Colonel Fennessy, who was standing in the
wings, said: well, this match is the Turks
no matter who gets the rest of this bout"
Ross said the Turk ought to be called the
horrible" instead of the terrible" Turk.
He said: when he dropped his whole
weight on me it seemed like a house falling
on me, and 1 might as we'll have been
wrestling with an elephant"
The second bout was the first fall the
Turk has had in this country, and his man
ager says it is the first fall he ever had in
his career. Ross said last night he was
willing to wrestle the Turk for any, amount
up to 5000 providing the Turk is forced to
conform to all the rules of q mixed match,
which he insists include bout OF catch-as-
catch-can, or Graeco- Roman, one of collar
and elbow (same as Ross won last night,
and a side hold in harness. Ross says there
isn't man living that can best the Turk in
Graeco-ROman or catch-aS-catc h-can. The
Turk was much veXed over his loss of the
second bout and brooded over it.