Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-16
Loses First Fall to Raison on a Foul, But Takes Next
 Two Handily.
TOOK OVER AN HOUR
 TO DECIDE SECOND FALL.
Claim of Raison That He Was Bitten by Bowman Allowed by Referee Hurst Match a Boost to the Game.

In bitterly-contested match ar the Opera House last night, Roy Raison
 went down to defeat at the hands of Walter Bowman, Bowman winning the
 second and third falls in 60 minutes
 43 seconds and 50 seconds, respec- lively. Raison was given the first
 fall on foul. 1t being claimed that Bowman bit his finger. This was the only incident to mar the otherwise
 perfect conditions attending the strug- gle.
 A good crowd witnessed the match.
 many ladies being present.
 The claim of foul came from Raison after the men had been together minutes and f seconds. They were struggling on the mat, Raison under Bowman and on the defensive. Blood
 was owing from wound In his finger, and Referee Hurst, after closely ex- amining the cut, consulted the con- testants as to what decision would be favorable to them. Raison was enti- tied to the match right then and there under the rules. providing the referee allowed foul by biting. Raison, very sportsmanlike, agreed to take the fall and continue the battle.
 A feature of the match was the
 monotcnous stand-up struggle of the
 men as each sought to gain Q slight advantage. The monotony was re- lieved by brilliant flashes of clever ness hv both. however. which held the
 keen interest of the audience through. out
 The second round found the men | eager to get at it. Bowman on the az
 aressive and the barber perfectly will
 ing. Neither could get a good hold, however. and Raison contented him. self with a straighit neck bold, which did not seem to bother Bow man in the least. At the end of 20 minutes of this round, Bowman lifted Raison clean of the mat and quick as flash Dut him to the mat shoulders first. Raison suuirmed out of tight hole at this time and after a nomentary struggle both men lost their holds and again they went back 10 the same old | tactics, Raison getting his neck hold
 on Bowman and Bowman patiently
 waiting for an opportunity. It came
 at the end of 60 minutes and 43 sec IohuS, fldioOn WCuJ uOHn III dS | clean fall as one would wish to see.
 Bowman used a simple body hold to turn the trick. The men had scarcely come together
 for the third round. when Raison dropped to his knees, evidently think ing himself the master of Bowman at mat work. If he did, be greatly un-
 derrated Bowman, for Walter, with half-Nelson, lost no time in turning the barber over, thereby winning two falls and the match. It took less than a minute to decide the third and last bout. i, Clyde Boulden of Albuquerque chal
 lepged the winner at 130 pounds. He
 will be accommodated by Bowman. i and the sports look for another inter.
 esting contest when the men meet on | the mat Boulden is an all-round ath-
 lete, having been member of the
 champion Prescott football team of
 1903 and is also sprinter of some
 speed.
 Wrestling received one of it's great est boosts last night, the match be- ! ing free from any semblance of be- | ing fixed" There was some doubt
 about the validity of Raison's claim to
 foul, but Referee Hurst is firm in his assertion that Raison was bitten. No one will doubt Bowman's statement
 that If he bit Raison. he did not know
 1t and that the incident was one of
 those unfortunate ones which will
 arise from time to time where men vie with each other for physical sr plemacy.