The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-19
New York Wrestler Shows Lack
of Gameness But An Abund-
anCe of Confidence In His
Match Against Worcester Man
FIRST BOUT MADE NICK
FEEL THAT HE HAD ENOUGH
After Twenty-one Minutes OF
Work On the Mat SundStrom
Got a Wrist Hold and Half Mel
son On. His Man and Elliott
Was Stretched Out

Oscar Sundstrom, the wrestling part
ner of Hjalmar Lundin, earned vic
tory over Nick Elliott of New York IN
a ch-as-catch-can match in Father
Mathew Hall last night 21m. 2Ss, Ell
lott had every ounce of grit in his
frame sifted out and he refused to go
on for the next bout. Referee Joe
Gravel awarded the match to Sund-
strom. and the 200 spectators felt that
| justice had had its course.
In hts first appearance in this city in
match against Hjalmar Lundin, FL
| lott was babied considerably, the DIG
local fellow allowing Nick to introduce
| several of his cleverest wrinkles. But
style was tabooed last night, and oscar
| Sundstrom's 16S pounds of toughest n
| bre wound around Elliotts 1856 pounds
| of fabbiness. and was too much Tor
| the New Yorker.
| Elliott is undoubtedly one of the
slickest of the young men who snip
away from New York city every few
months in search of the rich morsels
known in sporting circles as suckers.
| Nick thought he had a blooming good
one in Sundstrom, but the mistake was
costly. Standing before a mirror FL
| lott has wrestled with shadows ana
never lost a match Once he stayed 10
minutes with Tom jenkins and gave
! people an excuse for writing BOOKS
about him At this time in the career
of Mr.. Elliott he began to cultivate
stylishness in his wrestling movements
and several times in the dull season in
| New York he made pot hunting trips
! to the rendezvous of some wrestler
whom he believed a false idol. BY de-
feating such men. Elliott has developed
so that he can break chains by eX-
panding his chest.
After doing little but quitting, Elliott
claimed that the first bout was pro-
ductive of a genuine fall, despite the
decision of Referee Gravel Elliott
whined and snarled like a youth who
had been forced to swallow cod liver
oil when he thought he was getting
honey. The crowd showed its approval
| of Referee GraVers decision.
| After Elliott had been thrown, he
engaged in a stiff argument with AL
| Kaufman who accompanied him to
| this city from New York, after the ar
rest of Elliott for Illegal registration
| in connection with the recent election.
| Elliott complained about the amount
of money in the house, but he had
| been given a guarantee and there was
| little chance for him to whine about
| finances.
| When the men came on the mat, lSl-
| lott looked to be out of condition. He
was radiant with confidence, however,
his face bearing I'm it" smiles con-
tinually. In about five minutes, Elliott
waded in and nodding his head to-
ward the audience as if to serve notice
| that it was all up with Mr., Sundstrom,
he essayed to get a hip lock on oscar.
In his manoeuvres, Mr.. Elliott slipped
into a leg hold and in wringing away
| from it he wore himself weary. At
the end of 2lm. 28s, Elliott was felled
| in proper style, a wrist hold and a
| half Nelson doing the trick.
AL Parks of Boston and Frank
Woodland of Worcester gave catch
as-catch -can exhibition. The light
weights showed up well, although
Parks had an advantage in weight and
experience, The bout was declared a
! draw.
Hjalmar Lundin and John Piening Of
New York the Butcher Boy will be
unable to meet in this city Dec.30, as
planned An effort will be made to Sc
cure a suitable hall about Jan. 10.