Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
BIG FRENCHMAN AT WRESTLE
De Rouen Will See Westergasrd and
Lundin Match Friday.
MAY MEET MAHMoUT IN OMAHA
Pa Rourke Tells of the Days when
He Used to Twist the Tails on
the Russian Lions on
the Mat.

HOulen De ROuens the Bk fTenGllnldAl
who has never lost a fall. will be one OF
the spectators at the Lundin-Westergaaro
wrestie at the Auditorium Friday night.
Kennedy. nave sent word they are on the
way and will attend this match. They Will
stop at the Henshaw, where and VIII
also stay.
De Rouen has never yet met a man who
could take n fan out of him. He Is trying
t.. . throw all the 6sri men W wh9 fbI az one got CINE and nd
then he wants to meet the WORLDS cham-
pion.
He may challenge the winner of the West
ergaard-Lundin match, though a wresUe be-
tween De Rouen and Mahmout, the giant
Turk who is also eating EN- alive NouIo
be more to the liking Of Omaha sports. IL
is not altogether improbable that a match
may be arranged between these two be
lore the w snn Is over have never been
thrown, even for a single fall, should draw
a house in the west and particularly IN
Omaha
De Rouen's manager, Kennedy, would like
to arrange to ave the big Frenchman go
on in the p~reliminaries Of this match FRIDAY
night but II may not be possible 10 make
such an arrangement
The Stove league is going In a body to
the Auditorium Friday night to see Jess
WesterSaard and Lundin wrestle. This
league of mid-winter ball players contains
some red hot wrestling fans and Pa ana
Brother Dave are not the coolest in the
bunch.
II used to be something of a wrestler
| myself reflected Pa down at the Smoke
House as he called to Dave to lake that
offer of sixteen loads of cobs from Council
Bluffs. Yes, stree, / was some doings on
the mat in my day. Now, most folks will
recall the heyday of my athletic activity
as on the diamond; that is incorrect.
OF course, base ball was my first love and
and is my last love, but when it comes to
graphing 1 reckon 1 can lay some claim
~"Say'-here Pa drew up close and low
cred his voice-"say, 1t isn't generally
known, but L have been working on a hold
this very winter by which, If my muscles
don't get too knotty, l propose to put
Gotch and his famous toe-hold on the
bumpsky. My hold is much less painful
and far more artistic that Gotch's toe
grip. Some may criticize me for dlsclos-
ing it, but that's all right, L always play
every game open.
NY hold is what is known as a Mexican
half-hitch. You simply take your oppo-
nent's arms and tie them around his
neck, then all you have to do is to apply
a little OF your own strength to twisting
his arms until you have brought them to
q perfectly taut condition. IL your man
isn't dead then he never will be. Talk
about Evan Lewis's strange, why it's moth
ing and Gotch's toe hold is a baby grip
beside mine"
Pa will occupy one Of the front boxes at
the Westergaard-Lundin match. He Will
give it the most careful attention, for he
isn't certain that he will not challenge the
winner.
Nv oNOND a. uC ~ AANAo ~ ct NAOA ANN
ing Saturday night and the prfncipal
speakers will be Frank Bandle and Judge
Estelle. Jnasmuch as both these old base
ball stars have fallen from grace. the
former being register of deeds and the
latter district judge, they will favor the
club with q statement of their careers, how
they came to descend from the high estate
of ball players to their present positions
in life. Brother Dave wishes to announce,
in connection with this meeting. that none
need stay away on account of the weather
as he and Pa have just laid in a fresh
supply of corn cobs and George Graham
fire may be expected. AS Brother Dave is
to preside at the meeting Dick $rotte VIII
act as fireman for that night.
Several letters have passed between Pa
and Buck Franck but none that determines
anything for the coming season. Pa will
not get down to real lining up of a team
for a month or two weeks yet. The
. and it will be time then to talk of ar
ranging the lineup.
Holmes Is sending out contracts for his
Sioux City team of 1903. Duck is the bird
that is after the early worm. But he like
Pa will not be ready for, sometime to an
nounce his lineup. Hester, who played
first some for Sioux City last year, viii.
play with Waterloo this season, If Water
loo can stand It,
Poor Tri-State league! Stats Davis says
he may umpire there this season. MUS
be some good betting towns in that league
George Noblitt, once a star member OF
the Sioux City team, has come down Il
the place where he is asking for a job on
the umpire staff of the Western league
Noblitt was at one time one OF the mos
suddenly slumped and never regained his
strength. He has applied TO O'Neill for 4