The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-22

went after his opponent with fierce
rushes and never for an instant did
he allow the putting white ii lay back
for breath. In this bout the Indian
was always on the aggressive but had
worse luck in trying to finish for a
fall. He would pick up the white
man and ash him to the floor with
fearful force but Mcmillan was cat
like, always on hands and knees as he
landed. The Indian would force what
would show as an almost impossible
breakaway but at the last edge each
time he seemed to be at fault as to
what to do next. His inexperience
cropped out repeatedly as he would
/ start fair turn which would end in
Mcmillan slipping out gasping for
breath an dsuffering from the steely
shock of the Indians arms, but never
for an instant losing his head or hest
tating as to the next move. 1t was
this headwork which wore down the
Indian chief.
Regularly Two Feathers would put
! Mcmillan down to the mat but just
| as regularly INC" would slip to the
top. Then he would bore in on the
redskin with dragging hammers and
| crosses until he would get back to his
favorite half Nelson. Then over
would go the chief for a turn which
would look like sure victory for Nc
| MILAN. But the splendid bridge
would come and then like a snake
Two Feathers would wriggle or twist
out, forward or back with a seeming
ease which exasperated the Scot and
left him wondering as to the next
move.
| But flesh and blood could not stand
forever the terrific punishment Nc
MILAN was giving the Indian in those
crushing locks The bridging and
head spinning continued and the In
dian would turn on his opponent with
a 18th quickness an dtigerish fierce
ness which would bring that last bit
of stamina and headwork which en-
abled him to score point for point
with the chiefs pressure.
| But 1t could not last forever in that
fearful waste of a brute strength
against science and finally McMillan's
experience and skill began to tell.
The pair hurled themselves to the
edge of the mat next to the footlights
with Two Feathers underneath and
Mcmillan wedging for a hammer or
half Nelson. Then began that intense,
thrilling struggle of the last 10 min
| uteS.
Struggling at the very edge Of the
mat, using his great weight and
strength and skill to keep the upper
hand, Mcmillan worked tenaciously to
keep the Indian turning for the
points. With magnificent effort the
chief would bridge and slowly twist
to the other side, but the Scot hung
| to him with bulldog tenacity and
never released the wearing, crushing,
chopping weight on the braves head
and neck and cutting off the oppor-
tunity for a freeing head spin.
| Dune had found it next to USE
less to work on the Indians body and
with his weight full on the chief s
head he worked back and forth from
right to left half Nelson, alternat-
| ing as the chief would bzreak and
twist out for new lease of life.
Two Feathers work at this juno
! ture was superb. With his head
| a m n floor oh Iaf =
shoulder in the deadly lock, bearing
the great weight fthe big Scot on
his neck an dshoulders, lecking pur-
chase for his hips or legs through the
| position at the edge Of the mat, he
would slowly give beneath the awful
pressure but fairly raise one shoulder
with abnormal strength and maintain
his position until the move for breath
| on Dunes" part would give him a
| feeting chance to turn for the bridge.
| Then the work of Mcmillan would be-
| gin all over again, the same powerful
crush of the Scot being rendered flu
tile by the willy suppleness Of the
chief and his ability to wriggle oyer
| and through the tiniest hole. -.
All the time, though. Mcmillan
chung to the Indians head and dne
| shoulder an dthus kept the chief to
the mat until at last even the i1on
endurance of Two Feathers COLD
| stand no more an dthe chief rolled
over. his shoulders touching, but lso
family that the referee could not de-
eide 1t a pin fall.
This was the beginning of the end,
however. and three minutes later.
after repeated bridges and turns, Two
Feathers shoulders touched aggin.
This time the referee caught &the