The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-13
S0MERVILLE THREW
\ PERELLI TWICE
Fast and Close Wrestling Match at the
Opera House Last Night Before
Good Audience.

The sport lovers OF the city to the
number of over 800 took advantage OF
their opportunity last evening to witness
the wrestling bout between Bob Somer-
vile, the Scotch lightweight champion,
and Frank Perelli, "the Italian strong
boy" somervillc was the winner, TAX
ing the match in two straight falls, the
first in 81 minutes and the second in
l5Is.
The participants in the main bout
came 10 the mat at 9;l0 and were intro
duoed BY the referee, Ell Bourbon Of
Claremont, N. II. The men appeared to
be evenly matched for weight. The
Italian was full inch taller than Somer-
vile and simmer, but with great
strength showing in the development OF
his arms and shoulders. As the men
advanced TO the center Of the mat at
the call Of time, both were wary and the
match began rather slowly, with first
one and then the other feinting for an
advantageous opening.
Perelli worked rather harder than
Somerville for the first few minutes,
the latter apparently taking 1t easy and
sizing up his opponent. Once after a
few minutes wrestling Perelli caught
Somerville in body scissors and had the
latter's shoulders forced well TO the mat
when the Scotehman slipped out and
eountered the hold by grasping Perelli
in head scissors; but the latter broke
this. For 20 minutes the men worked
with no apparent advantage for either.
At the end of 25 minutes, Somerville
succeeded in catching Perelli in a body
scissors combined with an arm and
Smother hold, and il seemed that the
Italian must be forced TO the mat, but
the latter with the great agility which
he showed throughout the bout, rolled
out of the trap. Perelli was rather ex-
hausted as the result Of the squeezing
that he received in the last hold, and
when three or four minutes later the
Scotchman again caught him in scissors
combined with half Nelson his body was
forced to the mat for fall.
The men took full 20 minutes be-
tween the rounds When they returned
for the second trial, both were looking
as fresh as when they started. They
feinted for holds for a few seconds, when
Perelli rushed at Somerville as if he had
lost all regard for the rules of the game,
and before the referee could stop him
had pushed the Scotchman of the mat
and into the wings. During the first
five minutes both men were on their
feet feinting for opportunities, which
neither seemed able to get. When they
did drop to the mat, both began the
hardest work of the bout, although the
Italian seemed satisfied to act princi-
pally on the defensive.
At the end of the first 10 minutes,
SomervilIe succeeded in catching Perelli
by the legs and, lifting him clear Of
the mat, whirled him rapidly in the
hold known as the giant swing. 1t
seemed that the Italian must surely be
thrown this time, but he proved his abil-
ity at the game, and when he struck
rolled over before Someryille could pin
him.
However, Perelh seemed to be losing
ground and when Somerville again
caught him by the leg and after whirlng
him around, sprang onto him as he
struck the floor, the Italian was forced
to the mat for the second fall and the
match. The fall was made with the
giant swing, followed by a full body
hold
The preliminary bout, which was ar.
ranged between Wilfred Bisonette, the |
French wrestler, and Bob Ewing, the
local heavyweight. was more or less of
a izzle. They did wrestle for nine min
utes, when Bisonette succeeded in throw
ing Even with head scissors and ham
mer lock- The referee soon announced |
that as Ewing had sat up the night be-
fore with sick friend, he would be
unable to continue the bout
Two matches were arranged, or partly
arranged last evening, as the result of
issued. Sam Atwood Of Bur
lington challenged the winner of last
nights bout on behalf of Young Adams
of Woodstock for a purse Of $500, and
accepted the challenge at the
end Of the bout Bisonette challenged
any man in the world at las pounds, and
Eli Bourbon, still believing that he was
on top side, accepted the challenge. stip-
ulating that each man should put up
$50 as guarantee to make the weight.
The matches win probably be pulled off
in the near future, and at least one of
them win take place in this city.