Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-01
GREAT WRESTLING MATCH.
Paul Pons, the Giant Erenchman, Has ] | f .sFaln. With aPie1iing Se


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 New York;: Dee Resplendent in crimson knickerboekers Paul Pons. the !. French champion wrestler, made his debut before big gathering in the Grand Central Palace last night" He met Iohn Piening, otherwise known as The Butcher Boy" and he defeated Fleming in two straight falls, Graeco- Roman. The first he made in % min- uteS, 22 seconds: the second in B min- utes, 24 seconds. There was q great difference in the size of the two men. Pons was feet , inches in height and weighed 240 pounds; Piening stood no higher than , feet 10. and weighed probably 175 pounds. 'The Butcher Boy was on the defensive from the call of time, and so far as a contest was concerned there was none.
 The French champion mauled Pien- ing in fencing for hold like q school master cuffing a boy. and when he had the Butcher on the mat he proceeded first to squeeze him and then turn him over. Fleming, however, was as slip pery as an eel. and wriggled out q number of times before the big French man could get his grip. Later. on two occasions, he locked the Frenchman's right arm under him and held him there for several minutes. Otherwise the foreigner had him at his mercy and it was simply a question of time when his shoulders should go down. Indeed, they Were down three times before POns was allowed fall be- cause Fleming at the critical time man. aged to push himself off the mat and into the ropes. which meant that the men should go back into the center and begin all over again. Finally Pons pinned him down at the north east corner of the stage and gradually | pushed him back to a clean fall. In the second bout Fleming was given no chance to form bridges and twist l himself out of the Frenchman's mighty grip. They came together after q fir ! teen minutes rest and within q min 1 ute and half they both took the neck | hold. Pons suddenly knocked Pien- ing's arms up into the air and plung ing forward. threw his great arms around the Butcher Boy.' He picked him up like . doll and. lifting him high. threw him with d crash on the canvas. falling on top of him. l Piening still was game. He made q half bridge with his right arm. and in this position lay gasping for breath. The Frenchman put all his strength and weight to the task. but Piening | held on for nearly two minutes. until the big man bent him over with q pow erful elbow and shoulder hold
 Crowds kept pouring into Grand Central Palace long after the prelhn- | inaries were begun. There was q goodly sprinkling of women among the | spectators. and they seemed to enjoy 1 the sport about as much as any one else in the hall Ernest Roeber. cham pion wrestler of the world, was there and he climbed into the ring just be- | fore the star event came oil. and an, nOunceu that he was ready to wreStle the winner for anything from S1O0 to $1,UO0. Then he bowed himself away. Later Announcer Dunn told the crowd that protege of the great Eousouf would be here on December 15 to Wres- tie any one and every one for the cham pionship. His name is Abdul Has. sen" said the announcer
 All right I'll accept" cried Roebai from the side seats. Whats his nameE'
 Both principals in the star bout of the evening received plenty of ap piause. The Butcher Boy was late in getting into his corner. but the cheers that greeted him showed that the crowd didn't mind that. Puns came out of his dressing room soon after IL o'clock. and drew his great length | ! ner.
 How'd you like to be the Butcher somebody cried out as the crowd sur yeyed his massive frame. and nobody said he would. As I matter of fact after the two men got to work on the floor there were few present WhQ would have exchanged places with the Butcher Boy" for d good deal.
 The conditions of the match called for two falls out of three. with an in tervening rest of fifteen minutes Graeco- Roman, strangla hold barred l Edward Forbes of Brooklyn was ref cree.
 On the call of time they got togeth CT in the center. PonS reached forth with his huge hand and almost dis iointed Piening's neck. After two ol three minutes fencing Fleming weni to the mat. The Frenchman got his arms around him and squeezed for five minutes. There was nothing of an eX citing nature to the spectators in thiS and they yelled for them to get up ant work Pons didn't like this jeering. st