The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-02
Worcester Wrestler Puts Dwyer
on the Carpet in the first and
third Bouts at GraeCo-Roman
Style.
CATCH-AS-C ATCH-CAN
BOUT WENT TO DWYER
LARGE Crowd Present at the Ex-
hibition in Mechanics Hall
Talk After the Contest Leads
to a Deposit for a Match Be-
tween the Winner and Perry

The wrestling contest at Mechanics
Hall last night was won by HJalmar
Lundin Of this city who threw M. ].
DIVER of Hartford in two out Of the
| three bouts Dwyer, who won his
greatest fame as wrestling instructor
to President Theodore Roosevelt, won
the second bout. The contest was or
| the mixed style, the toss Of a penny de-
Gliding which style would be wrestled
| in the first bout. Lundin won and
took his favorite style of wrestling,
Greco Roman. He put Dwyer's
shoulders to the mat on a double Nell
son hold in IA minutes seconds. The
next bout was a catch as catch can
which Is more to Dryers liking. He
won this bout on a half-Nelson and
| crotch hold in "a minutes 40 seconds.
The winner Of the shortest timed .pout
had the right to choose the style for
the deciding bout and Lundin made II
| Graeco-Roman. He won the fall in 3
minutes and 40 seconds on a half-Nel-
son.
The match was witnessed by 1000
| enthusiasts. The contest was wrestled
on a raised platform in the centre or
the hall with seats lined about the
ringside
car Sundstrom and Archie Nettlebladt
was won by the former Sundstrom
essayed to throw his antagonist once
in Is minutes, Graeco-Roman. oscar
put Archies back on the carpet In q
side roll in minutes 80 seconds Both
matches were refereed by John Ander-
son, the baseball player
J II was announced that Lundin
weighed 1888 pounds and Dwyer l10.
| The latter looked considerably smaller
when he came to the platform with his
handler, Thomas Wilmot. Oscar Sund-
strom looked after Lundin. The timers
were John P. Holmgren and Charles
Widen
Dwyer gave clever exhibition of
crafty wrestling but appeared like q
rat terrier worrying O. great mastlM
when he measured his strength with
Iundin. He was much more agile than
the big fellow though the latter was
quick as a cat upon his feet. The first
bout at Graeco-Roman was as uninter-
esting as that style of wrestling usu-
Ial1y is and did not enthuSe the crowd
much. Lundin tried several holds on
the smaller man but the latter either
broke clean or slipped through Lun-
din's grasp When Dwyer essayed to
get a hold the great brute strength
possessed by Lundin stood him in good
stead and he broke the hold almost be-
fore it was formed.
The bout that aroused the most ex-
element was the second, catch as
catch can style. Compared to 1t the
other two bouts seemed like a brewery
mans wrestling match. Dryer tried
for the legs and came near getting his
man on a trip and twitch and again on
La grapevine which was broken by Lun-
din before 1t was perfected. Lundin
tried on a one-fourth Nelson and
crotch hold and spun the Hartford man
| In CT oh IlVWpR showed
la surprising strength when he Sc
lcured a crotch hold and picked Lun-
din up and dropped him to the carpet.
Dwyer got Lundins arm and tried to
get it up his opponents back. He
shifted his tactics and secured a half
Nelson and crotch hold. Three times
Lundin broke this hold and as many
times did the little Hercules come back
stronger for the same hold. The third
time he tipped Lundin over on his
; back. The latter sought to save him
self by bridging but failed and the sec
ond fall went to Dwyer.
Lundin took the aggressive in the
third bout. He tried for hammer
lock which he came near securing. He
changed to a half Nelson, however,
and brought his man to the carpet in
minutes 40 seconds.
After the match there were the usual
oongratulatory speeches. Prof. Dwyer
bpOkS, SO ulu JOHn II. tNODlubuu anu
Gideon Perry. Dwyer wanted a match
for $500 a side, straight catch as catch
can. Gideon Perry wanted a match
for 5000 a side, straight Graeco-RO-
man. Lundin wanted Dryers match
mixed and told Perry he would have
to wait until he had wrestled Tom
| Jenkins, Oct. Is, in this city. That
| canmatch is to be straight Greco Ro-
man. A deposit of $25 as a forfeit to
bind a match between Perry and Lun-
din was offered. The Canadian shot
| putter, who has recently met defeat at
the hands of Dwyer in a mixed match,
put up $25 and p. A. Dowd held the
stakes. The men interested viii meet
later and decide upon the date Of the
match and other minor details
Relative to the match which Lundin
has made with Tom Jenkins, Lundin
says he will not take Jenkins on
straight Graeco-R Roman unless the
strange hold is barred. George V.
Tuohey, manager for Jenkins, wants
the strange hold allowed.