The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-22

strangle hold. which was broken, and
HOeber tried three-quarter Nelson sim
ilarity. The German then took up the
work, and got half-NelsOn on the Dane,
which the latter broke quickly. Then fol-
lowed a succession OF half-NelsOns, gain
ed by the Dane. but all of them were
broken Olsen persisted in forcing the at
tack for fully five minutes before RCeber
got a chance to work on the offensive.
With the Dane on the mat, ROeber wink
ed at his seconds and smiled confidently.
His carelessness caused him 10 very near
ly fall into strangle-hold, out of which
he sprang. The blood flowed from the
Danes nose. ROBBERS efforts to encir-
Gle the Danes body with both arms prov
ed fruitYess, and Olsen, with seemingly
little effort, pulled himself out. After
each miX-up Olsen presented both arms
in confident manner, as if inviting at
tack He grappIed the German with a
two-arm neck-lock, which Roeber spun
out Of.
SENSATIONAL WORK.
Immediately after followed a sensation.
Roeber obtained an arm and neck hold,
which pinned Olsen with right shoulder
| and hip to1the floor. There seemed to be
no escape for the big fellow, as Roeber,
still maintaining his hold, repeatedly
Jumped
time on the Danes body and left shoulder
with terrific force. Olsen broke the hold
only to fall a victim on the other side,
| Roeber securing a. half-Nelson, which
slowly but surely forced the bigger man
to succumb, and Roeber gained the first
fall in 20 minutes "a seconds.
Roeber left the ring for rub down dur
ing a ten-minute intermission, but Olsen
remained in the ring, and was attended
to there by his seconds
Opening the second round the prelimi-
nary play was brief. Olsen attempted
to gain neck lock, which Roeber easily
eVaded The Danes efforts seemed direct
ed to throwing Roeber over his shoulder.
Roeber dropped to the floor and, after a
little work, Olsen obtained full neck
lock, which Roeber wriggled out of, i'm
mediately putting Olsen on the defensive.
Ernests offensive tactics were of short
dura ton, as Olsen would obtain neck
lock, which Roeber broke cIeverly.
Directly after this the house went wild
over ROBBERS aggressive action as he
chased the big fellow over the ring In
his efforts to get a hold, to the evident
worriment of the Dane. The latter gain
Cd another neck lock, which Roeber sue
cessfully broke. and Olsen followed with
an arm and neck hold which put ROeber
in jeopardy. The German was being slow
ly pushed over, the Dane bearing down
on him, but, to the surprise of all, ROeber
wriggled out of the hold. Roeber was
! equally successful the next minute, max
ing a beautiful spin in eVading looked
for fall.
ROEBER INJURED.
Roeber made an effort to get a body
hold on the big man so as to throw him
down, and he was finally successful He
secured a one-arm hold and tried to get
a half-Neson on the right. The Dane
worked himself out of the difficulty, and
took up the work This did not last more
than five seconds, as Roeber suddenly
jumped for his man and secured a neck
| hold on the throat of the Dane. The
Dane came right back and. after Crap
| ping the German with q front body hold,
threw Roeber on his back with terrible
| force. The ~ane then fell on his man
with his full weight, and, having the
right shoulder pinned it became but a
| question Of a few seconds when Roeber
! would succumb. The referee tapped Olsen
on the back, signifyng that the Dane
| had gained fall. Time, ii minutes &c
! seconds.
Roeber lay on his back and had to be
! carried in a limp condition to his corner
| where two doctors were summoned to
attend to the German, who seemed to
| be injured severely. Roeber claimed to
have sustained a fractured rib on the
! right side. The doctors who examined
him said he must be internally injured
but that no ribs were broken, They re-
fused to permit him to continue the bout
| Olsen was thereupon declared the winner
while Roeber sat in his corner, crying
like a child.
| Rob Fitzsimmons then jumped into the
| ring and. while admitting ROBBERS defeat
| challenged the Dane on behalf of the
| German for another match for 81, 000
In the preliminary bout George Bothner
| of the Pastime Athletic club of this city
and Jack Ryan, of Pittsburg, wrestled
| catch-as-catch can style, and Bothner put
Ryan down with a quarter-Nelson hold
| for the first fall in minutes AZ seconds
Bothner won the second fall and tho
| match, with breeeh hold, In minutes
| 40 seconds.