Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-31

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8 Yokoyama, champion Of Japan, won g
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@ champion of middle west, one round. @
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o Referees--Eugene Traveller, cham Q
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o Canada, and NJ. Tanimoto. g
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Jap Yokoyama won from George
Santell in the first round at Maud
Junction last evening. The men
wrestled jui-jitsu for the champion
ship of the world. AT the end of the
Commute round the Jap appeared to
have a slight advantage over Santell,
although the latter had continually
assumed the aggressive. SantelPs
shoulder, however, seemed to pain him
exceedingly and he was compelled to
leave the ring.
McCarey's Maud Junction arena was
the scene of what was probably the
most novel program ever pulled off in
Los Angeles. AS the greater part Of
the contestants were Japs the little
brown men were out in force, outnum-
bering the whites by about two to one.
Long rows of oriental faces lined ev-
cry side of the ring, their white teeth
showing at every clever coup, their
black eyes following every movement
of the contenders. All kinds and
classes were represented, from the
Jap with the fierce looking mustache,
like that of the Mikado, to the highly
Sophisticated product of Los Angeles.
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back bills to wager on their champion,
Yokoyama, and several good sized
bets were recorded, ringside prices of
even money prevailing.
The jiu-jitsu bouts were a marvel of
cleverness, suppleness, dexterity and
speed, the little brown men in their
white costumes going through many
gymnastic stunts of the mat artist
with the agility of cat. A perfect
maze of brown arms and legs, black
heads and white uniforms met the eye
from the tap of the gong.
The courtesy of the Japanese as
nation was noticeable in the polite
manner of salutation. Before each
round they would kneel and make
profound bow, their heads touching
the ground
Fast Preliminaries
The first and probably the best bout
of the evening was a three-round jill
jitsu match between Mortibit and Saki.
The men grasped each others blouses
near the neck and proceeded to exc
cute species of barn dance about the
ring, continually keeping the eyes on
one another's feet. Like a flash, one
would feint and in second they would
be rolling on the mat both, however,
quickly regaining their feet. AT the
end of ten minutes of hard struggling
Mortbit, with a quick twist, threw
Saki completely over his head, scoring
throw and winning the first round.
Saki regained his lost laurels in the
second round by securing a waist grip
on Mortibit holding him for several
minutes like wise. The third round
was equally clever, both men scoring
several heavy throws. honors being
equally divided at the sound of the
gong. Mortibit secured his first win
ming fall from SalIi in ten minutes, tho
second round lasted but three minutes
and twenty-five seconds, while the last
went the full length of fifteen minutes.
The Terrible Turk won two rounds of
oatch-as-c atch-can wrestling from
Fred Hogan, the first in 3:16 and the
second in 1925.
Both men proved to BE clever mat
artists, the Turk, however, outpointing
Hogan in strength and in weight by
about thirteen pounds.
Fred Johnson had easy sailing with
Norman stone, and, although the
lighter man, outpointed his opponent
from the start
Mortibit and Hyasa. Japs, put up an
other clever event of jiu-jitsu. Hyasa
won the first round by securing
strangle hold on Mortibit, while the
latter took a fall out of Hyasa in the
second that fairly shook the arena.
In the third and deciding round Hyasa.
after several minutes struggling,
threw Mortibit over his head Morti-
bit regained his feet and was back at
Hyasa in a second, this time being
again heavily fioored by remarkable
foot work on the part of Hyasa.
Main Eventers Clever
George Santell and Jap Yokoyama
put up the fastest and fercest bout
of the evening. Santell outweighed the
Jap, but was far from being his equal
in either agility or the science of jiu-
jitsu. Yokoyama is the master of many
holds known only to the Japanese gov
eminent. his wonderful footwork and
agility in escaping from the bear hugs
of Santell calling forth again and
again the applause of the spectators.
Santell threw the Jap early in the
round, both men rolling for some time
on the mat. Despite the fact that San
tell was on top of Yol1oyama, the lat