Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-16
LCNDIN HAD HARD JOB.

Hartford, Dec 16.-It took
 Hjalmar Lundin one hour and
 twenty three minutes to get 8
 fall from Herold Pages, the Scotch
 man in the Auditorium last night, q
 bar hold and hammerock being used
 to get the big fellows shoulders
 down to the mat. It was one of the | finest exhibitions ever seen here ] There was good hard wrestling from
 the time the men shook hands in the
 center of the ring and there were no
 fancy head spinning fakes. While
 the men worked hard and Wrestled
 for all they were worth, there were
 no punishinS tricks or dirty work. A
 short time before the fall, Lundin s
 heel struck Pages in the head. He did not notice it at first, but he felt stunned by the blow. When he went into the dressing room for the in termissiOn he complained of the pain 1 in his head and said he would be un- l able to go on for the second bout
 Charles Alsen, the referee awarded
 the match to Lundin. Pages said he would like to meet Lundin again and the winner said he would give him an opportunity.
 Pagosis finely developed and weighs about 210 pounds. He was a few pounds heavier than Lundin
 The latter was in fine trim as he put in nearly two weeks of training for
 the match. There was a fair sized house present and the patrons of the game were well pleased with the Pages on mat in this country. He showed his European tuition in the way he went after his holds. The Scot is very strong and broke num- Der of holds that looked good
 The victories that Yussiff Mahmout has won in this country bears out the opinion of Mr Lundin that the Turk is the greatest wrestler in the world at the present time. He says he has met them all and Mahmout is the greatest. Mahmout is to wreste Americus in Chicago on Friday night and the Baltimore man is likely to get the same that Fred Beell receiv- ed MT Lundin says that the Turk is 1 better than Frank Gotch. Fighters ! who are bea ten always have some eX- cuse to make but the wrestlers who | are downed by the Turk admit his su- periority.
 'Mahmout is the strongest man I | have ever met on the mat and in my . opinion he is a worthy opponent for Champion Frank Gotch," said Fred Beell after losing the match.
 What is Mahmout' principal stock in trade?" Beell was asked.
 Strength, with plenty of speed with it." said Beell "Usually those lack one or the other. Find one with plenty of speed and he has not the strength and when he has strength he is usually slow and slug gish. This fellow, however has an abundance of both. As for strength, he is in my opinion, much stronger than Gotch. 1 have wrestled them both. With this fellow l might go along all night without a chance He broke my holds as if child had grasped him. He merely wrinkled his shoulders and it seemed as if my hands were pried loose as if with some iron crowbar.
 Tt is not necessary to mention his speed. The large crowd there saw man as fast as myself, and l have ;arried the reputation of being one of the fastest men on the mat He was every bit my equal in that re- 'pect. Mahmout's style is rather pc ,uliar. He stands bumped up and sideways to a man and his head is turned on it's side. He has a smile ; md childish look out of his eyes that { makes one laugh. The only time 1t was when his eye was cut by in accidental blow from my elbow in