The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-13


crowds that ever attended a wres-
thing match in this city, Ole Marsh
went down to defeat before Jack
O'Neill Wednesday night, and the
latters star as champion remains un-
dimmed. Marsh's defeat was de-
cisive, and while he put up Won
derfuly quick and aggressive con-
test. O'Neil's greater strength was too
much for him. and, after the first
ten minutes, the outcome was never
in doubt.
After 20 minutes of t.le hardest
kind of work in the first bout Marsh
rolled off the stage in an effort to get
away from O'Neill, and was slightly
Gazed and shaken by his fall. AS
he crawled onto the stage, O'Neill
grabbed him and put him down.
While the outcome would have I'M
| doubtedly been the same, there were
many who regretted to see the acct
| dent. The first fall was secured in
% minutes and the second in I 1 min
| utes.
The main event was preceded by
several preliminaries, consisting of
one wrestling match and two short
boxing contests, and very clever
exhibition of bag punching by Frank
Swanberg.
| It was about o'clock when O'Neill
and Marsh met on the mat to first
settle the question of weight. Each
man was confident that the other
weighed the most, and at a meeting
the day before wagered $40 on the
result. Scales were put on the mat
and the result showed ONeill to be
the heaviest by one pound 1870 to
1871. The result was a surprise to a
majority of the audience, as from
all appearances O'Neill looked much
the heaviest. His muscles are far
more strongly developed and his legs
are stronger and larger.
i, Shortly after 8 time was called
and the two men came together.
O'Neill was nervous and lacked con-
fidence in himself. while Marsh was
just the opposite. He was aggressive
and forced the fighting with the in
|
as quickly as possible. Different
holds were tried. and several times
, the men were mixing it at lively
clip. For the first IS minutes Marsh
did most all of the work, and several
| times had O'Neill in a tight corner
| but the latter's strength saved him
S and amidst cheers he would again
t regain his feet. Gradually O'Neil
> began to feel more confident and be
gan to assume the aggressive. Marsh
was slippery and hard to hold. and
more than once O'Neill lost his tenn
per after Marsh had ducked and go
away. After one of these getaways
e O'Neill forced Marsh off the mat ant
over the chains in the wings, upset
ting the time keepers and seconds
in the miXup. Finally in a fierce
e miXup near the edge of the ma
S O'Neill and Marsh both came to tn,
S floor, and in his endeavor to roll on
e alighting on the opera house floor
At the same time ONeill received
s bad cut over his eye from which
blood flowed freely. Marsh wa
slightly dazed by his fall and clam
e bered onto the stage by way of tn
footlights, and as soon as he re
II gained his feet he and O'Neill wen
together and the latter secured 6
half Nelson and arm hold and gradu
Is ally forced him to the floor and wa
given the fall after % minutes O
the cleanest and best exhibition O
wrestling ever seen in Kalispell. TIL
crowd cheered O'Neill to the echo
e and it was quite evident that the syn
TT pathy of the majority of those pres
ent was with him.
lie The second bout was just as excl
ing as the first and, as in the former
IN Marsh took the aggressive, and shor
ly after they got together he secure
hold on O'Neill that it did not seer
Is possible the latter could get out o
IN 1t was half hammer lock. and h
IN had ONeill in such a position ths
his whole strength and weight wa
on the latter's free arm. One poir
r. was down and Marsh was doing hi
le utmost to force the other one dow
lie when O'Neill broke away. It was
to superb exhibition of strength and Ell
Is durance. and was greeted by ROAR
of applause. Marsh, too, succeede
in getting out of some very tigl
places. until O'Neill again secure
at the fatal half Nelson and arm hol
~, when he again was forced dow
be The second and deciding bout We
'rt won in IL minutes. and the announc
MS ment of O'Neill as the winner We
lie wildly cheered.
IN. Marsh, too, had made many FRIEND
TX and he was called until he responde
ut. saying that he had done the best /