Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-20
WRESTLING
CHIC LAWSON
 WAS MASTER
Once More Took the Measure of Young Sharkey of New York
 Match Up in Holyoke.

Down in Naugatuck last nlgnL Chic Lawson administered another defeat to Young Sharkey of New York, before a crowd of 300 sports. Sharkey went after his plucky little opponent right from the call of time. For forty minutes he worked on top of the Naugatuck boy, trying all kinds of holds, but from each of them the lad slipped away. Lawson took his hand in aggressiveness at the end of the forty minutes and began at once to work on Sharkey's arm. He finally secured firm ham, mer lock and began forcing the arm up Sharkey's back. The New Yorker realizing that his arm was in danger of breaking, surrendered the first fall. When it came time for the sec ond one Sharkey's arm was in such condition that he declined to wrestle further and the match was awarded to Lawson. In the prelim- mary George Gresham of this city and Young Wicks wrestled for half an hour, neither gaining fall
 Al Christensen, the southern cham pion, last night failed to throw Oscar Sampson of Holyoke three times with in an hour, catch-as-catch can, and therefore lost the handicap match. Christensen secured one fall in 3l minutes. The match was one of the livliest ever seen in Holyoke and the audience of POO peaple was worked up to a high pitch of enthusiasm.
 After eight minutes of scientific work Christensen forced Sampson's shoulders to the mat in eight minutes, on a half-Nelson bammerlock hold. Sampson, quick as cat and slippery as an eel, wriggled away and got his shoulders clear of the mat before the referee could make an announce ment. Christensen claimed a fail and the referee was inclined to grant such decision but the crowd raised a mighty howl, claiming that it was d rolling fall. The match was finally resumed without the fall being al. lowed, all bets on the fall being de- clared of.
 Christensen was furious and exert. cd all his mighty strength. He pick. ed up Sampson several times, raised him high in the air and literally threw him to the floor. It was rough worl, and would have crushed any ordinary man. Sampson was like rubber ball and, came back each time. turn ing in mid-air and wriggling out Of the dangerous holds. After 31 min utes of the most strenuous work Christensen secured fall on a combi nation leg and cross bar hold. For the balance of the hour the struggle was fast and furious, bu, Christensen was unable to again force his lighter opponents shoulder, to the mat.
 The most ambitious wrestling bout in this state will be pulled off at the Hartford Auditorium on April 29 Jim Parr. the English champion. and Hjalmar Lundin will wrestle the main bout. Philip Bonefant of New Brit. ain and Fritz Hanson of Worcester will come together in one of the pre- liminarios and the other one has moi been settled upon yet.
 Manager Rosenstein of the Hart ford Royal Athletic club will go [, New Haven to-day to see how Izzy Winters Is getting along. Mir Rosen stein said he did not think that Win ters had injured his arm very mucl in the last bout with Jack Grill of New York and he thought the New Haver boy would he able to go on the ma again in short time. He had some idea of going to Torringtop |, see Kid Devoe and arrange a mattel between the Torrington wonder ane Winters. but Deyoe did not mak, a very good impression the othe night in a bout with a Waterbury boy.