The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-03
.WRESTLERS IN
LIVELY MATCHES. ]: J
Small Crowd, But Clever : E E:;,;'
bition on the Mat at
the Casino
THREE l CLASSES Il: S s.! CONTEST on; 81
.Kronslsy Won Heavy Weight,
Jansen Middle Weight and
Jones Light Weight.
THREE CLASSES CONTEST j

The chilly downpour Of rain last night
greatly diminished the attendance at the
wrestling match or series Of matchts at
the Casino last night. While the affair
was failure financially, the series Of
matches were thoroughly entertaining to
the small band Of the faithful who cons,
gregated to witness the matches on the
mat, III Il, III
The evening Z programme embraced
three matches. best two In three falls in
each match. and some very clever bouts
were pulled off, Tho first match was
a go between Ivan Kronsky and q wrest-
Ter, Alexandrovitch, as tho press agents
denominatc him. The first two bouts were
at Greco Roman and the third at catch as
can style. Kronsky was the heavier
Of the pair, but5his opponent was wtry and
rema rkably quick and elusive. Kronsky
succeeded in getting the first fall in four
minutes, ten seconds after4 a lively t,ls-
sic. His lighter opponent by a very quick
turn when le himself seemed doomed to
go down, slipped from Kronsky's grasp
and put the heavier man down. It was
allightning turn and a clever bit Of work.
lIlronsky won the catch as can in sxsmn-i
utes, thereby winning the match,
The Second Match.
The second match was between Gus
Jansen, n German. reputed to DO the
champion OF Germany in his class, and
Gus Otto n Hollander. This was best
two in three, catch as can. Jansen as
sumed the aggressive at the start and
had Otto on the defensive throughout.
( It required just five minutes and fifty
two seconds to put his opponents shout
ders on the mat In the first bout In
tho second. the two men put UP q game
struggle, The advantage wavering from
start to finish, Several times 1t seemed
that Otto had the powerful German al
most surely but Jansen eludcd his grasp
and finally after ten minutes struggle,
got the fall and the match. The time a S
announced was ten minutes ten seconds.
Tho other matches had been tame, In
deed; compared to tho last Of the trio,
when Bonnie jones', of Newport News,
and Sam Smith. two lightweigl,ts adj
vanced to The mat. This ma tct. too, was
at catch us can. 1t took but two bouts
to settle3it. Jones winning two straight
falls. q The two men were we'll matched,
but Jones soon demonstrated the fact
that he was the cleverer of the two. His
remarkable quickness and agility enabled
him 10 squeeze out OF some dangerous
holds. At times his opponent was stand
ing with Jones feet in his grasp, en-
dcavoring to throw him face upward to
the mat but Jones whirled around on his
bald head sir upan axis and proved
too quick for his opponent to get any
advantage from the position. Finally
Jones SAW his opportunity and secured
n hold that ena blcd him to put Smith
down. II required eight minutes and five
seconds Of the fastest kind OF work 10
do 1t, however.
The second bout was repetition Of
the first very largely. save that Jones
mort clearly demonstrated his superiority.
getting tho fall In just five minutes.
Mr.. Eddie Cowardin was referee; Mr..
James L, West. of Newport News. an
nouncer, and Mr. Newton Woodland time
keeper.