The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-07
NRESTLED OVER IN HOUR
PONs AND ROEBER TOSSED EACH
OTHER ABOUT WITH MUCH
ENERGY
BUT 1T WAS ALL TO NO EFFECT
Big Frenchman Had the Upper Hand,
but Couldn't Put ROeber on His
Back Any More Than Roe
Der Could Him.

| NEW YORK, Feb. 6-For one hour
and seventeen minutes Ernest Roeber,
| the American champion wrestler, and the
| French champion, Paul Pons, struggled
| for supremacy in a royed ring in Madison
| Square Garden tonight. They might
| have gone on for another hour but the
| arbitrary order of Police Inspector
| thompson, who declared that he would
| not allow the bout to go on after mid
! night stopped the match in a most I'M
! satisfactory manner at midnight Pons
had the upper hand at nearly every
/ stage of the contest, but he lacked the
| cleVerness of the smaller man, who was
never caught unawares at any moment,
| and Roeber, although by many years
| the elder, and in stature far inferior to
| the big man, maintained his end That
| the bout was on the level cannot be
doubted, and everybody in the big audi
tcrium had nothing but praise for the
wrestlers
When the men came together Pons
seemed to be nearly twelve inches taller
than Roeber and he immediately as
sumed the aggressive. getting a light
body hold, from which Rceber slipped
away. Roeber tried to grab the French
mans neck, but Pons was on the alert
and spun him across the ring. Then
with quick movement Roeber went on
| his hands and knees to the floor and
Pons bounced or him kneeling over Poe
Der Pens tried for a neck hold Then
he tried for a half Nelson, but landed
neither. The Frenchman kept kneading
his hands into ROBBERS body and Roaber
hha!iy stepped away only to be caught
| before he got two feet away Pons tried
again for half Nelson, but Roeber kept
WflSgllnS out OF his holds. Pons male
a shit and essayed a back hammer lock
THIS was also fruitless. Pons then tried
the strange hold but Roeber twisted
and by an adroit movement was on top
of the F'renchp1an. Roeber after this
SEift of positions, tried the strangle hold,
which the Frenchman eluded, and got on
TOP again by clever and dexterous work
ROEBER is CLEVER.
Pons seemed nonplussed with ROBBERS
tactics and cleverness in evading his
tries for neck and body holds
The French champion took it easy for
Eaf minute, while the perspiration
poured off both of them, and then Pons
quickly tried wing fall, but Roeher
again fooled the big foreigner After
easy work for two minutes Pons secured
q half Nelson and tried TO throw Roeber,
but the latter spun out of it and quickly
jumped to his feet. Roeber secured a
back-body hold, but Pons broke it as il
Rceber's arms were made CT kindI1ng
wood. Roeber tried again, but Pons
, showed him against a post of the ring
and some persons Kissed. Roeber was
very pc rsistent and secured another back
body hold, which Pons broke, and in
getting away from another triel Pons
went to the floor with Roeber on top,
from which position he secured another
back-body hold Roeber succeeded in
shifting to strange hold and had the
Frenchman half way over when the big
fellow broke the strangle while the crowd
cheered.
Pons then remained on top for fully
five minutes, but failed to get a hold of
any account, and Roeber jumped to his
feet For ten minutes each tried to get
III on top, but neither succeeded.
PONS TOO BIG FOR HIM
Occasionally Roeber would. rush in wildly
only to be spun back again like a top.
Five minutes more passed before Roebcr
got a back-body hold on the Frenchman
and, succeeding in lifting Pons, he put
him on his hands and knees on the
floor. Rceber followed up his advantage
by securing d half Nelson. Roeber used
this as a blind, as he released it III an
instant and got a stlangle hold in
flash. 1t was a clever piece Of sci
entific work on ROBBERS part, but Pons
was equally deXterous as he broke the
strange hold inside of five seconds and
was On top of Roeber like a flash.
Pons tried for three-quarter Nelson,
but only secured a half-NelSon. He stIOVe
hard to turn Roeber over, but failed to
move him. Both mems bodies were so
slippery at this time with perspiration
that it was difficult for them to maintain
a hold for any length of time Roebcr
wriggled away from a back body hold.
and Pons tried back hammer lock,
which Roeber broke away from and he
regained his feet. After five-minute foot
work, Roeber gained a body hold and
brought the Frenchman to the floor. Then
he secured a half-Nelson, but failed to
turn Pons over The men had then been
wrestling an hour and rest of ten m n
utes was allowed for them, III which they
might recuperate.
The men resumed hostilities at 11:45
| O'Clock. Each tried and missed a body
! hold. Pons got a neck, or throttle hold,
but Roeber wriggled out of it. Roeber
got body held, but it was not quite
full, and the Frenchman turned quickly
and sent Roeber to the floor. Pons then
placed his left for a half-Nelson and
had his right ready for the strangle hold,
! but he shifted and tried a back hammer
| lock, which Roeber neatly broke. Pons
got body hold from which he attempt
ed a back hammer lock, from which
Roeber slipped like an eel.
Pens worked in for double Nelson,
but got only a half-Nelson. He held
this hold, but could not bulge Roeber,
who defied his every effort until Police
Inspector Thompson, watch in hand,
jumped into the ring and announced that
it was midnight and the wrestlers had
to stop just as Roeber had slipped away
from a three-Quarter Ne,son. The match
was then declared to be a draw.
The actual time of the bout was one
hour and seventeen minutes.
CURLING IL THE MILL CITY.