The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-15


noyad by the pressure on his neck
and broke it again and again, but
O'Neill would renew it each time
When they went to the mat, ONeill
continued his aggressive work and
devoted his attention to getting
half Nelson on Ain. Time after time
he secured the hold, only to have it
b:oken, until the strain was too much
and Ain put two points down in II
| minutes of the fastest work ever done
| by O'Neill in this city ONeill's vic
tory was the signal for an outburst
Of cheers that continued for several
| minutes. and restored his friends
confidence in his ability to win.
| Up to this time no suspicion of any
CT ooked work was felt and the audi
ence was in the best of humor and
awaited the third bout with keen ex-
| pectancy. When time was called, the
men went to the center of the mat,
with O'Neill again aggressive. He
tripped Ain and threw him with ter
rife force, but the Swede turned and
struck on his shoulder and head. :.
| O'Neill then took a body hold and
for several minutes made Intellectual
efforts to catch Ain mapping, but the
latter was not to be trapped and sue
cessfully defied every effort to force
him down. O'Neill made desperate at
tempts to get the half Nelson, but
failed, as Ain knew from bitter ex-
| y,
using his strength and skill he broke
away. The men were covered with
perspiration and showed evidence Of
the terrific strain they were under
going. For q minutes the pace was
maintained with O'Neill doing the
most work. He threw Ain time after
time, but was unable to get him to
the necessary number of points down
to call a fall. Ain was severely pun
ished, and it was only question Of
time when he would have to sue
cumb. At the expiration of the time
stated, the referee, to the surprise Of
and general disgust of the audience
called time and allowed each man
five minutes. to recuperate. In ex-
PLANTATION of his action, Mr.. Harbert
stated that it was only upon the prin-
cipals mutually agreeing that he gave
them permission. The audience evinc-
ed it's displeasure by cat calls and
Kisses, and for the first time a Sus-
picion of taking was felt Time be-
ing called, the same performance as
before was repeated, O'Neill doing all
the leading, and Ain contenting him
The men worked for about 10 min
utes, and while on the mat Ain pro-
posed to O'Neill to call it a draw
The latter refused to do that, but
said that he would be willing to wres-
tile ten minutes to decision, the man
getting fall to be awarded the side
bet and gate receipts. This was de-
cided upon and another rest was TAX
en-, while Referee Harbert announced
10 the audience the intention of the
men.
| When the audience realized that a
deal had been made between the men
changing the program, general dis
satisfaction was felt, and cries of
Job" and Fake" were heard amidst
cries of "wrestle it out; but the
principals went ahead with their ar
rangement, Notwithstanding the fact
that the people present had paid to
see a wrestling match of the best
three falls in five. as called for in
the articles of agreement signed by
both men. After time was called, and
THE men got together, quiet was re-
Sumed, and all interest was centered
on the two men strugglings on the
mat, but when it was seen that Ain
was trying to escape fall by hug
ging the canvass, sentiment was
more in O'NeilPs favor. The Terri
BILE SWede was on the defensive dur
ing the entire time and proved him
self a wonder in resisting O'Neill S
vicious attempts to put him down.
Several times it seemed as if he
must go down to defeat, but his great
strength and knowledge of the game
stood him in good stead, and he es-
capped each time, being loudly cheered
Az! uio SoOu Wa ~ AZ lllC SApll dIlOIl
Of the time, the referee ordered the
men to go another 10 minutes after a
short rest, as he would not give de-
cision on the bout just ended. In
this bout O'Nell was plainly out of
temper at Aims failure to do any
thing but be on the defense, and sew
eral times he gave the latter an op-
portunity to assume the aggressive
by dropping his hands and turning
his back on him. Ain did not want
to change his tactics and O'Neill
forced him to the mat, and put him
down in about nine minutes of wres-
Ting. with a half Nelson. Ain was
clearly down and the referee declared
the local man the winner.
l Then pandemOnium broke loose