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
what to do next. His inexperience
cropped out repeatedly as he would
start a 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 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
nth 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 it 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 freeing head spin.
less to work on the Indians body and
with his weight full on the chiefs
head he worked back and forth from
a right to left half Nelson, alternat-
ing as the chief would bzreak and
twist out for a new lease of life.
Two Feathers work at this juno
ture was superb. With his head
10, a 10 Ii.
shoulder in the deadly lock. bearing
the great weight o fthe big Scot on
his neck an dshoulders, licking 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
fleeing 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 fu-
tile by the willy suppleness of the
chief and his ability to wriggle oyer
and through the tiniest hole. l..
All the time, though. Mcmillan
chung to the Indians head and dne
shoulder an dthus kept the chief Ito
the mat until at last even the iton
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 pin fall.
This was the beginning of the end,
however and three minutes LATER.
after repeated bridges and turns, Two
Feathers shoulders touched ae,in.
This time the referee caught Inc