The Washington times., 1908-01-28
ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION SEVERELY CONDEMNED 81
WRESTLER
STIRS TROUBLE
Cora Livingston and "Un--
known" Cause Much
Excitement.

Women have always had a habit o.
creating trouble, and on her first sB-
pearance in Washington at KernEn's
Lyceum last night, Cora Livingsont, who
claims 10 be the female champion Hrest-
Ter Of both hemispheres, showed that
the strenuous game she has adopted has
IN no way detracted from her feminine
quality.
Cora gave an exhibition in the after
noon with a blonde member Of the the
atrlcaI company, named May Colbert
At night the opponent for the challenger
OF all corners was 70 be a semi-bIOnde
named Bertha Stark, whose halIing
place was not announced, but when
the courageous Cora appeared 10 begin
the proceedings with Bertha a loud male
person in the upper box announcer that
he had a lady wrestler on hanI VINO
must be accommodated at once with
match or he would 90 thence and de-
clare Cara a fraud VIII Roehm. man
ager of the champion, backed water
and tried 10 stave of the unknown
with the statement she would be taken
on later IN the week and that faith
must . kept with Bertha.
Cora Can Wrestle.
The aggressive male hacker OF the
Unknown" made such a holler that
the gallery cut IN and created 50 much
noise that Governor" Herman ordered
Roehm 10 let his challenger meet the
new aspirant- Bertha was side-tracked
and the Unknown" soon appeared in
regulation wrestling costume and ready
for the fray.
Cora claims TO have learned the tricks
or wrestling from Dan Mcleod and q
;
she makes the common mistake Of not
carrying her holds through. She and
the Unknown roughed IL on the mat
with great enthusiasm. and Cora
bounced her rival through the backdrop
IN true Shad Link style Cora weighs
10 pounds, while her opponent was
three or four pounds heavier. but the
Unknown was after the money and
adopted all the usual subterfuges 70
stick the fifteen minutes.
Both women had liberal allowances %
hair on 1heir heads. and pulling was
declared no fair before they went on
the mat. but Cora thOughtlessly twisted
out handful Of the strangers strands
while trying TO turn her with a half
nelson. This angered the victim. who
stuck out her hands with all five fingers
extended in true feminine fashion and
Cora had 10 do tall bit Of lodging to
save her lamps
Bout Ends in Row.
The ObstreperOus male second OF the
Unknown cut into the proceedings so
often that he and Stanley Karp. the
referee, had a mix-up on one side. whils
the females battIed over near the foot
lights, regardless Of the location OF the
mat. Finally the said second announced
mat the fifteen minutes was I'D and
jumped on the mat TO pry hts wrestler
from a modified st-znglehold which
Cora had manipulated despite the OBJ
tections OF the referee. Roehm who
kept time for the house. announced the
pair had only gone a minutes 20 seconds,
and Karp declared the Unknown dis
qualified because the second had broken
up the match.
Roehm refused 20 pay the money on
the ground that the stranger had not
stuck the fun quarter OF an hour and
a great uprOar followed The audience
demanded that the Unknown get the
coin, but the manager was obdurate.
and the curtain was rung down as the
Unknown was trying 10 make q
speech. a crowd Of excited small bows
stood around the stage door and roasted
members of the company as they came
out until the police dispersed the parti-
sans. Cora slipped out the front door.
accompanied by two men in the show,
She and the Unknown" viii meet later
IN the week, IL IS announced, but Karp
viii not referee.
The champion viii meet Bertha Stark
tonight