Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-01
WRESTLING ED O'CONNELL
 WAS DOWNED Hanson Has an Easy Time With the New Cornell Trainer
 Other News.

Hartford, Feb 1.-F'rltZ Hanson cas- fly disposed of Edward J. O'Connell in the wrestling match in Germania hall last night, winning two straight falls in jig time. The result was surprise to a good many who had seen OConnelPs prowess upon previous oc- casions and 1t stamped Hjalmar Lun- din as a good judge of grappler. He said all along that Fritz was twice as good as before he took his sea voy- age and the manner in which Hanson breezed home last night proved the wisdom of his managers prediction. Fritz's victory also put crimp into the aspirations of other mat athletes. Alex Swanson, who is running q suds store in Naugatuck, came down to challenge the winner and after he saw Fritz flop the law student two times running he said the saloon busi- ness looked pretty good to him. Philip Bonenfant was on hand from New Britain and he came to the conclusion that he would have as much chance against O'Connell's conqueror as an angle worm would with a biting horn- pout.
 John c. Long refereed the big bout and Bob Magonigal was timekeeper. When the principals appeared on the mat )oth looked to be very fit, as they sa' at the National Sporting club in Li ldon. Hanson had the advantage in weight. He was the aggressor all tdh When the two fell to the mat Hanson was on top and he did not lose any time ill trying to get a good hold. This required time and O'Connell didn't fancy being the under dog. But he was not strong enough to hold Hanson and when he spun around in trying to get the topmost position, Hanson jared his head back and shook him like an Airedale would rabbit. OConnell squirmed out of a few holds and when Fritz tried to get the Gotch toe hold, O'Connell work ed around so that he was liable to get away. Hanson and to give up this wrinkle and he finally got a scissors hold on the head and a bar hold on the arm and with this combination he pinned his opponents shoulders down. The time of the bout was II 50.
 After a few minutes rest, in which neither contestant required any spec ial attention, the men went at 1t again. Hanson did the work again but for a short time O'Connell was on top. Before he had a chance to a n hnl II I loose, Topped his man underneath and with the same kind of hold that he used in the first instance had O'Connell so fiat on the mat that everybody could see that there was q fall and Referee Long was not oblig- ed to damage the creases of his trous- CTS by bending down. There was a slap on the back and it was all over The time of the fall was 3:05. The bout was clean, there was no pun ishment and both wrestlers were as ladylike as possible. There was a few wagers made on the result but the Yale men who came up did not make much of noise with their mon- ey.
 The preliminary bout brought out Kid Livingston of this city and Tim Heeney of Waterbury. The latter was probably good once but he was outclassed by Hartford's rising young wrestler. Livingston used the lawn mower hold for the first time. In the summer he does some of his training by pushing lawnmower over the greensward. This gave him an idea for hold and he tried it upon the Waterbury man last night. It is very simple. You just take your opponent by the legs and hold him until his head touches the mat. Then walk around, just as if you were pushing a lawnmower. Heeney looked as,if he needed hair cut anyway, and it will come of easier after what he went through last night. Ten minutes was the time of the first fall and the last one required two minutes more, as Livingston wanted to make a good f0h of if