The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-23
WON BOTH FALLS
ENIIk BECK A CLEVERER WREsT-
LER THAN "CHIC" LUCAS.
LUCAS ENTERED A PROTEST.
CLAIMED THE FIRST WAS A FLY
ING FALL, BUT WAS ovERRULED.

Lucas the Heavier Man by About
Thirty Pounds, But Beck the CIev-
erer and in Better Physical Con-
dition-First Bout, GrecO-Roman
style, Lasted Only a Little Over
Two Minutes-The Second, Catch
as-Catch-Can, Went Six-Beck and
Lucas to Wrestle Again Thanks
giving-A Match Between Beck
and BOthner, lightweight Cham
pion, May Be Arranged.
Emil Beck. instructor in Zeigler's
Gymnasium, won the wrestling bout
from Chick" Lucas of Wash
ington before the Savannah Ath-
letic Club last night. 1t was
to have been for the best two
out of three falls. strangle-holds and
dying falls barred, but only two falls
were made, as both were won by Beck.
Lucas won the toss and chose the
Greco Roman style for the first bout
This was to have been for fifteen min>
utes, unless a fall Were scored, with a
rest of five minutes and then a contin-
uance of the bout until a fall was
made. Lucas had the advantage of
Beck in weight, being some thirty
pounds the heavier, but the lighter
man was the cleverer, and apparently
in the better condition, for he put Luz
cas- on his back before the bout had
lasted three minutes.
Lucas protested against the decision
giving this fall to Beck, as he claimed
that it was a flying fall and therefore
barred by the articles of agreement.
Referee Zeigler stuck to his decision,
however, and was upheld by Shorty
Jenkins, who was appealed to by Lu-
cas-.
After rest of five minutes the men
began the second bout catch catch
can. Lucas started out the aggressor,
but after many attempts to get Beck
down, attempts that his 1.-THE adverS-
sary cleverly frustrated. Beck became
the aggressor and the big man in turn
was put on the defensive. In this role
his superior weight helped him con-
siderably and enabled him to prolong
the struggle, but finally Beck got the
hold he had been trying for and with
a quick twist squared his mans Shout
ders to the mat.
The second fall that Beck scored is
the more praiseworthy, in that he did
it even though one of his fingers had
been knocked out of joint in one of
the struggles several minutes before
the fall was secured.
Wrestling is not a popular sport in
Savannah if the house that greeted
the participants in last nights bout
may be taken as an index to popular
feeling. This is probably because so
little of a high order has been seen
deserved a better attendance; prob
ably further bouts of this kind will
be better attended now that some
thing more of the game is known.
The managers of the Savannah Ath-
Ietic Club are so well satisfied that this
will be the case that they are now ne
gotiating with George Bothner, the
champion lightweight of America, for
q bout with Beck at 1873 pounds, and
will put up good purse that Bothner
cannot throw Beck in an hour.
Beck and Lucas will have another
bout Thanksgiving night, when they
will go on as a preliminary to the
Feltz- Moran boxing contest that will
take place that night Such an ar
rangement will undoubtedly prove
more popular than the present plan of
putting inferior boxers on in prelin1i-
naries, and, besides, the variety of en-
tertainment, itself an advantage. will
give the spectators also the opportun-
ity of learning the fine points of a
game that is every bit as. clever as
boxing, though hitherto not so popu-
lar