The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-05-29
SOmeryllle Held Him OFF
Easily For 80 Minutes
BARRE MAN GOT DECISION
In Fact, sOmerville Showed Up strongly
and Did Most Of the Effective Work.
A Match for Trembly's Cham
pion Belt Possible.

II was large but dissatisfied audience
that left the Barre opcra house short
/ ly before ii O'Clock last night after wit
Messing the wrestling match between Eu-
gene Irembly Of Montreal, the champion
lightweight wrestler Of the world, and
Bob Someryille Of this city, the Euro
pean lightweight champion somerwlle
won the match, which was q handicap
affair giving the local boy an advantage
for the extra weight that 1rembley had
over him.
The agreement was that to win the
match Trembley must throw SomerVlle
twice in 90 minutes. Nothing that re-
sembled a fall took place during the en-.
tire hour and a half and the match wRs
awarded TO Somervillc
The men were introduced to the an.
dience shortly after nine O'clock when
Referee Eli Bourden Of Claremont, N.
H., announced the conditions Of the
match. At g.25 the wrestlers took their
places in the center Of the mat, the
word avs gwen, and what was expect
ed to be the greatest match ever seen
in Barre, or in the state was on.
It was plain TO be seen that Trembley
was several pounds the heavier and his
muscular Development above the waist
is magnificent. Somervlle looked light.
er than when he last wrestled in Barre
and appeared in the pink OF condition
Trembley took the offensive at the
start and began working for a hold on
the Sc0tchman The Frenchman worked
like machine with smoothness and pre-
cisiou that was remarkable. The men
worked steadily for Is minutes, Trem-
bley trying all the time 10 secure a
hold but Somervile showed that he
was as clever IN defensive work as he
has proved himself on the offensive and
Irembley worked with no apparent adj
vantage
Then Someryillc took the offensive for
"a moment but could seem 70 make no
impression of the Canadians giant
strength. Somerville got 10 his feet
and the men worked for fully o minutes
before Trcmblev could force him to the
mat An Of the time Tremhiey ap-
peared 70 be trying to get q toe hold on
his opponent. This kept up for fully
half an hour Trembley attempting toe
holds when be could get Somerville to
the mat, but most Of the time the men
We're on their rect.
Tremhley showed none Of that ability
which he Is credited with having and
the match showed none Of that class
that the audience expected to see. The
men worked on and still Trembley show.
ed no signs Of his lauded effectiveness
at the game and the audience showed
It's dissatisfaction BY occasional derisive
remarks Occasionally there would be
d glimmer Of something that resembled
wrestling, but most Of the time the men
stood huging each other around the mat.
The only variation that Trembley
gave from his everlasting attempt TO-
get toe hold on the Seotchman was
when several times be got his hold too
low on the latter's neck ana was warn
ga by the referee not to take q strangle
hold which was barred in the exhibition.
At the end Of an hour Of wrestling
Someryille again attempted offensive
tactics but with no result OH the Cana
diam
The same tactics that had been used
from the start were still the forte Of
Tremhley and the hngging match com
tinued during the time until the end
Of the 90 minutes During the latter
part Of the bout the audience showed
its dissatisfaction very plainly and
many were the calls Of deFisi0n that
were flung at tho worlds champion
AT the conclusion Of the match Will
fred Bisonett stepped To the front 81
the stage and announced that TrembleyI
Ind wrestled Eve times this week, but
failed to say whether or not this expla.
nation was made IN extenuation Of the
exhibition that had just been finished
Bisonette continued and said that be
would poet q forfeit 10 match Trembley
against sonerville ia two weeks for
purse Of $3.50 and The championship
belt which IS held BY Trembley.
Bisonettes condition was that the
men weigh % at 1873 pounds at the time
of the match.
Somerville promptly accepted the
challenge and stated that he would post
d forfeit on 500 I'd which Bisonette
agree. Although the forfeit was not
posted at the time, IL Il hoped BY the
lovers Of the sport ia this city that the
match can be brought about.
a preliminary match between two
100 pound men. Charles Bixby Of Barre
and Young French Of Montpelier enter.
tanned the audience before the main
bout. Bixby won the match two
straight. The first fall WAS taken with
head scissors at the end Of Is minutes
and the second at the end Of 10 minutes
with half Nelson.