Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-06
Lundin Sure Hansen Is
a Coming Champ.
Boston's Roller Polo Team Is
Composed Of Star Players.
GarreIs Will Try For Place on
the Olympic Team.

New York. Yam. J.-Hjalmar Lundln,
tie giant Swedish wrestler, says that
MS; pupil Fritz Hansen, is destined 10
be the greatest welterweight wrestler
at the catch-as-catch-can style that
has ever twisted his arms around an
opDoltent. Lundin and Hansen have
just come 10 this country from tour
of Sweden. lasting six mOrthS, during
which Hansen never refused a chti-
lenye nor lost Il fall. Now Hansen is
looking for championship honors on
this side of the pond and will immedi-
ately start after the best in his class.
I.undin and Hansen have established
their training quarters at Browns
Gymnasium in West 23d street, and
there they have planned u campaign
to nut the latter at the mead of his
class Lundin is an expert at the
GracCO-Roman style, but knows
enough of Hansen's style to serve as
a valuable training partner. Lundin
says that Hansen is really the most
remarkable wrestler Of his weight that
has appeared for many years.
Why" said Lundin, this young
fellow was only made to Wrestle. He
sleeps. drinks and eats the nat,
and whenever he is not insight of a
graphing match lie acts like duck
in 4 desert
After Lundin had delivered this eu-
logy he proceeded to prove it by some
real action. The two graprlers went
at it hammer ard tongs, and soon the
air was full Of flying legs, arms. hall
nelson's and chancery holds. Lundin is
close up to the compound mark in
weight, while Hansen tips the beam at
$50 pounds. Strange to say, however,
it was Lundir that was doing most of
the pirouetting in the vapors once his
smaller antagonist got going.
Hansen is built like bull. When
stripped for action he can easily make
145 pounds, the welterweight limit. He
is Il years of age and is feet inches
tall. His other measurements are as
follows: Neck, II inches; chest normal,
40's inches; chest expanded 441s
inches; bicers. II inches; forearm, Il
inches; wrist, ~ incheso thigh, 1924
inches; calf, 1542 inches. He is ruddy-
faced and healthy looking. lives a per-
feet life and is always in condition To
grapple.
Despite the fact that he is popular
ly known as a Swedish wrestler, Han
sen owes all his skill to the training
he got in this country. About six years
ago Lundin happened to be in Wor-
cester, Mass. where the grappler's art
has always been popular. He espied a
husky lad walking about the streets
and asked him ii he would like to
Wrestle. Hansen did not know what
Lundin meant, but he said he would
Try ii. At the beginning he was very
raw, but he gave some of the sharpS
such a time putting him down that
they decided to educate him to the
tricks of Tie game.
Hansen is now seeking matches with
Alev Swanson. the present catch-as-
catch-can welterweight champion; Eu-
gene Trcmblay Of Montreal and Charles
keiser of Auburn. He has already Sc
cured a match with Ed O'Connell, the
wrestling instructor at Cornell, to be
held at Hartford, CT. Jan "a Lundin
is 50 confident that his pupil can beat
any man of his size that he will put I'D
any amount of money as a side bet for
q good bout. Lundin himself is by no
means out of the game. While in SSwed-
ell he took number Of matches and
won all of them.