The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-08
|FAREWEIL 70
| WRESTLERS
Sport Virtually Killed in
This City.
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LAST NIGHTS FARCE
The Blow That Fixed Things
Good and Right.
Sandow. m Msnsour Match Goes Un.
finished as Chicago Man Positively
Refused 10 Continue Bout. 4

Only q handful Of people gather
ed last night at tie Grand Opera
House to see the wrestling match
between Chicago Saudow and Ar
thur Montom', tue Indian champion
OF Canada. OF the ono hundred
people present the forty that paid
their good money ~ see u wrestling
match were mad as hornets when
the affair was over and the sixty
lloatcis there through the Kindness
Cf the promoters wccc sore that they
had not remained D.? the good warm
fire at home, instead of facing the
cold to witness ;Ycn ergc Of charge
the "great" contcs:.
it was no mattel. Everything
was wrong. From tbs tlc:c one en-
tered the theater things locked ont
Of order. Everything was late. cv-
crybody was i'll bad humor and
the crowd d-wcll there wasn't any
1t was nearly nine O'Clock when
Sandow and the Indian appeared /.
They went TO woc!i S.,n.iaw taking
the aggressive and lc punished
the dusky aborgine not little. This
Redskin was game and showed up
strong. After fou:' minutes. with
scissors and half Nelson, Sandow
got his man dcwr but Referee
"Candy John" and large num-
Der Of people Oh the stage was OF
the opinion he had not been held
long cuough with two points touch
ing and Montour escaped.
The men were rough and soon the
Indian getting back Of Sandow be.
gan to pay him back in his own
coin. lie rubbed his nose and
jwmped OH his legs and ankles will
his knees. Finally after 33 minutes
of work iSandow arose from the
mat saying he would not continue
the match and went to his dressing
room where he domed his street
clothes. He refused to come back
and the people present llooted and
yelled.
"Hcap Big Chief'' made speech
land ii was q good one. He said he
knew Saudow was rank gutter
the moment he stepped Oh the
mat. That lie had used no fOu
tactics aud was ready to continue.
That he world not quit but would
lot Il man kill him two or three
times before he would give up.
| lGroat cheering from the gallery.
Sandow was greeted with grea,
punches Of Kisses tied most artist.
cally with piuk cal calls and cries
OF "ouittcr. ;" it did not worry
him in the least and in plain
words he told the people what he
thought of them. Between acts ht
informed them that to accommodate
Poor I,o, Inc had given the Indian
n portion of his wrestling togs and
the Rcdman knowing Inc was with
out the particular article of arcs:
took an unfair ana ancan advantagt
| t,s him and as a result he was in
j,ucd internally. Later Sandov
told another story, which if true
was ample cause fo. him giving th'
match to the Indian, and refusing
10 continue.
No matter which is true. IL
the lovers of the game now 1t mat
tens little whether Saudow wa
afraid Of Montour and quit or hat
Just cause for stopping, for ther'
( will be no more wrestling matches
in Maricn. AS lorg as the pcopl
got a aun for their money they at
tended the contests. Everythin,
went well until INSCRIPTIONS wrcst
tcrs were brought to Marion am
inlcn tionally to pay back old score
|attcplptcd to queer the game. TIL
pcoplc were ready foi such 4 stor
| II fact bad bccn waiting for
and taen the goose that laid tn
lgo!deu egg went on strike. y
Lovers Of wrestling are SON,
that tile sport has died out. Bari
had some mignty fine matche
booked but they win never b
lpullcd off in this sity.ti
| Wrestling in Marion is dead
Peace to the ashes. Slow curtai
with red light.