The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-03-25
Downs Cords in Two Bouts, in Last
Evenings Match.
St. Clair Man Puts Up Coed Contest
Against IlIinoi sChampion.
Science of Latter 0verbalanced Form
er's Weight and Strength.
Hessan of Minnesota Lake Challenges
Wood to Wrestle.
From Thursdays Daily.

rIOm 1uuISudy DdAiy.
The wrestling match last night at the
theatre between Ted Tonneman of Chi
cago and Frank Cords of st. Clair did
not take long to complete, after it was
once started. 1t was about nine o'clock
before the program was opened by Al
thur Schaub the master of ceremonies
who stated that Cords is twenty-five
years DID,, stands five feet ten and
half, and weighs 10 pounds, and that
Tonneman is twenty-one years old,
stands five feet eight and half and
weighs l49 pounds.
The first bout was between Joe Null
ligan and Harry Chittenden, young lads
of this city, sixteen years old. They were
so evenly matched that after twenty
three minutes of wrestling the bout was
declared draw, neither being able to
secure fall. Both were hard workers,
and went after the holds like profess
SIGNALS.
The main match was too one-sided to
be exciting, although as an exhibition
of strength and skill it was interesting.
Cords is not in the same class with
Tonneman, of course, but he put up a
game contest, and did his best work,
and did it conscientiously. Although the
lighter of the two, Tonneman possessed
immense strength and great skill. He is
as quick and light as cat, and is about
the best that has appeared in Mankato'
Woods was the referee, and the time
keepers were Frank Kieffe, Roy Bates
and E. T. Crandall.
Tonneman won the first bout in AIS
with a scizzor lock and back hammer
lock. The bout was over before the au-
dience thought that it had fairly begun
Between the bouts, Mulligan and Chit
tenden had another go at each other
and Mulligan pinned his opponents
shoulders to the mat in 7:l2. The last
hold was half Nelson.
The second and last bout between
Cords and Tonneman lasted 36:27. Cord:
was more careful and took few chances
and broke his opponents holds with ap
parent ease. Finally Tonneman downe(
him with half Nelson and threefourth
clutch lock. The work throughout wal
swift enough to be highly interesting.
The match was for the two falls out o
hoH
it he advanced to the front of the stag
and announced that Cords was one
the hardest propositions that he ha
gone against among local wrestlers, an
he had wrestled with them all over tn
country.
Mr.. Schaub then announced that
wrestler named Hessan Of Minnesot
Lake had challenged Wood for mate
for 500 side, and that the arrange
ments for it would be made today or
the near future.
There was a sized audience ou
the upstairs seats being nearly all tax
Wood has accepted challenge frol
wrestler named F. L. Willard of A
bert Lea, who claims to have made Nj
Auley of st. Paul "hunt the tall tin
ber," and says he has decision ov'
Moth of Minneapolis. The match wi
be pulled off at Mankato Theatre with
three weeks.
Hessan's prowess is unknown, but
is said to weigh about 225 pounds.
The audience was well pleased wit
last nights match, as the wrestlers no
in the city are all considered square fe
lows. Manager Griebel states that thel
will be more scientific wrestling matcht
pulled off in this city in the near futur
and he is trying to get the best ms
terial.
There was rumor afoat today ths
Ted Tonneman is none other than Pa,
ker, the little Demon" who create
such Juror in ST. Paul and Minneapol
about year ago. Friends of Tonnemal
however. deny the rumor