Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-25
PERHAPS ANOTHER FAKE.
The Wrestling Match Between Roeber
 ana The Turk.

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 What to all appearances, was fake wrestling match came off in the acad- emy of music last night. Nouroulah, the Terrible Turk, who incidentally sails for Europe to-day, undertook to throw Ernest Roeber three times in side of an hour or lose the match, with the additional agreement that should Roeber gain a fall in thato time he would win then and there. The men agreed to bar the strangle hold Hand also made an arrangement that after each fall, should there be any, the rest of ten minutes would be included in the hour. The style was Graeco-Rom- an. They shook hands at 1O:21 o'clock. For . couple of minutes they walked about feinting with their hands. Then the Turk rushed in pe1l-mell and Roe Der went down on all fours. The Turk then tried to turn him over. Failing in this, Nouroulah bore down with all his bulk on Roeber's head, the crowd hissing. The big fellow was clearly puzzled in trying for holds, He show ed much ignorance of the sGraeco-R man style and Roeber took things easy. SA1lcI AiAC ihlhulCd ue1o CidPoSStt bAAS< Turk got a body hold and struggled with all his power and bulk to turn his small but plucky opponent over. Roeber wriggled out and jumped to his feet, the Turk running after him. Roe Der stood up to him and the crowd was fantic. Roeber was down on all fours again in the thirteenth minute and Nouroulah, sweating and pufing, lay on Roeber's back and scowled Just when a man in the gallery began to whistle Home, Sweet Home," there was suddenly a move by the Turk that woke everybody up. He quickly grab bed Roeber around the thighs and lift ing him high off the floor, threw him heavily in a corner "Foulv' screamed Roeber's seconds. "Kill himw yelled the gallery gods, who were anxious to see the Turk beaten. Nouroulah had thrown himself on Roeber's upturned face, when one of the latters seconds, reaching through the ropes, landed a solid punch on the Turks jaw. Nou- roulah turned from Roeber and started after the pugilistic second, who fled. Then, wild with rage, Nouroulah flew again at Roeber, who had regained his feet, and, grabbing him around the legs again, the Turk tried to throw him ov- CT his head. Referee O'Donnell, q weak little man with q white musta che tried to separate the burly wrestlers, but finding that he was up against it, he yelled for help. It came in the shape of a.half dozen policemen in uniform and dozen plain-clothes men, who fairly tore the struggling men apart The Turk was still raging when a copper hauled off and welted him on the top of the head with night stick. The sound of the blow echoed through the house, but the Turk did not fall from under. He simply turned to his interpreter and asked him what was the matter The police had chased Roe ber from the ring by this time and the crowd was in an uproar Referee O'Donnell decided that Nouroulah. by grabbing his opponent below the waist. had committed foul and that Roeber was entitled to fall and the match When this announcement was made the crowd yelled "Fake!" sRobberyv' "Skin!'' and then realized that another alleged wrestling match had gone wrong. Roeber will now go on the road with the distinction of being the only man who has gained victory oy- CT the Turk in this country.