New-York tribune., 1901-05-08
NOUROULAH BEATS JENKINS.
TERRIBLE TURK NO. ." MAKES SHORT
WORK OF THE AMERICAN
WRESTLER

The wrestling bout between Thomas Jenkins. the
American champion. and Nouroulah. the so called
Terrible Turk No. 2' at Madison Square Garden
!ast night resulted IN the easiest Of Victories for
the foreigner. Jenkins was said TO weigh 100
pounds. but looked lighter. while the immense
gorilla Ike Turk weighed SEQ pounds As main
strength plays an important part in this sort Of
sport, Jenkins had chance. being little more
tfan puppet in the hands Of his immense op
PoIISILl- jenkins was thrown the first time in
minutes and g. seconds and the second time in s
minutes and seconds The betting before the men
entered tae padded ring was $1,000 to 500 the Turk
me iaForite. with little money to back Jenkins
even at those odds. About four thousand specta-
'oIs' including many women witnessed the contest
Unlike other matches of this sort seen at the
EaIden the contest seemed TO be honest. Jenkins
eaTIy realized that he had little chance but he
old not adopt the tactics OF Roeber but took his
medicine with the best grace possible. and the
agony was not long drawn out. Had Roeber been
~ me ring the chances are that he would have
been climbing the padded posts like monkey or
sprlnung around the ring with the speed of
MaAey' Long. There was the usual wrangle be-
tween the managers and it 1910 before the
men faced each other in the centre Of the ring.
George Bothner was the referee
As soon as the two stripped 10 the waist
the remarkable physical difference between the
Hoderh Sladiators noticed. Nouroulahs i'm
menSe girth and sharp-pointed head gave him the
appearance Of hogshcad with a red coated
canteloupe on top Jenkins could not reach half
around the mammoth bulk of the foreigner.
Nouroulah looked the monster than
Tiu the unfortunate NOusOf the original Terrible
LuTh' VINO gathered American gold and strapped
~ r. 70 ms waist only 10 be drowned his way
With heads pressed together tho .,,o NO., -....o
Steu ioE an instant Then the Turk slammed len
At.S 20 the noor and proceeded TO srnOth her him
VII ms mountain Of flesh. Jenkins lasted four
minutes and half. and then the Turk cot tbree-
SuIters stIarSie hold and Jenkns's shoulders were
.tpIcea 70 the mat. After a fifteen minutes' rest
tle paaly matched pair were at II again This
@ tIhe Nourouiah spun Jenkins around on his head
~ uhllke the way strong would cut a figure
tlght with a small wheelbarrow Then the TIrl-
got crotch hold and putting his innensn v-iLbt
uIi tiLS p'y OF the American. crushed the should
- OF tae latter by brute force to the floor Ion
hILls never had any chance. There is Dr0hab blv no
hah IN ts country big enough to tackle tho Tt,rlr
stSccessIuly- There are some giant Americans hut
tleg cont seem to care for the wrestling game
Al me conclusion Of the match man standing
near the corner occupied by NOuroulah said. 'Noy1
ana 9rcer him one hundred pounds Of beef n
bushel or cigarettes and a bucket OF coffee His
hel6ilpor looked nCreduOus until the first sneaker
cohuiiued: i know what am talking about for I
saw the TURK drinking wafer Of a bucket in his
training quarters before he entered the ring
IN The preliminary bouts Billy Lawrence Of
brooklyn. defeated Young" Muldoon. OF Manhat-
Nick Elliott. Of Harlem. and ''Archy' Martin
OF Brooklyn, wrestled catch h-as-catch-can for ff-
teen minutes. Neither got a fall I'm the allotted
time, and the referee called the bout a draw.
II. LuDdine OF Sweden. Nouroulah's wrestling
partner, tackled Karl Schmidt. Of Eliza beth. y j.
and doWneu the Jerseyman with a combination lock
and half Nelson In three minutes.