The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-11
GRANT SURPRISED
BY HIS FAILURE
Could Not Throw Mackey
Twice in Hour.

Joe Grant, champion middleweight OF
the South. is today the most surprised
and grieved young man in Washington.
He failed to throw Rob Roy Mackey.
Southern welterweight champion. twice
in an hour last night at the Washington
Light Infantry armory. and was ex-
tremely lucky to throw him once in
55A minutes.
1t was the fastest and best wrestling
match which has been seen in this
city in three years, and vas ? distinct
! boost for the game II all the matches
here. were as straight and as earnest as
that last night wrestling would soon
become as popular in washington as
boxing is in Baltimore and would pay
almost as well. There was action from
the first tap of the bell. and the whiri-
wind style adopted by the two men kept
the spectators keyed up to the highest
pitch.
Grant Younger and Heavier.
Grant had about fifteen pounds ad-
vantage in weight and anticipated an
easy time throwing Mackey. He was
larger. knew that he was a good wrest-
Ter. was IN good condition and was much
younger than his opponent These were
good grounds for believing that h. would
win and his belief was shared by a
large proportion of the public Mackey's
well-known ability and knowledge OF
every fine point of the game were
counted upon to enable him to stall
Grant for a length of time TO make the
bout interesting. but while he had many
friends who thought Grant would not
be able to throw him, with a majority
of them II was merely a question OF
how long he could last between falls.
That Mackey was better than even
his most optimistic friends suspected
was proved before they had been on
the mat ten minutes Also. Grant did
not deliver the goods as fast as was
expected He has been throwing men
with big regulations for the past two or
three years, never losing a bout, and
for that reason 1t looked like he should
have a comparative snap in disposing Of
welterweight who had been before the
public about fifteen years.
Broke Scissors Hold.
Grants best holds. the combinations
with the scissors, which had proved ef-
fective against Harvey Parker. Max
Mueller and other cracks in from fifteen
| to twenty-five minutes with unfailing
regularity, were broken by Mackey time
and again, and IT was not until the ter
rife pace and the disparity in weight
had begun 70 tell on the older man that
| Grant had any prospects of getting
| fall. He finally got il by scissors and
nelson.
Escaped Hammeriock.
After the ten-minute intermission
Grant went at .Iaci;.y as If determined
to down him or kill him and forced him
into a bridge with a half-nelSol and
/ scissors on the arm. For more than a
minute he kept Rob Roy there, but had
little chance of making his shoulders
touch, and in the midst of a tremendous
excitement Mackey finally got his arm
| free from the nelson, swung around and
was behind Grant. Joe rose to his feet,
/ caught Mackey unawares and had his
/ shoulders within half an inch of the
mat for another minute, but again
Mackey by wonderful display OF agili-
| ~ escaped and was on his stomach
when Joe Gutenberg called time.
Grant twice had opportunities TO get
a hammerlock on his mar, but each time