The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-16
ITALIAN WRESTLER
WAS TWICE THROWN
Bob Somerville Again Demonstrated His
Supremacy at His Weight in the
catch-as-cateh-can Style Of
Wrestling.

Wrestling.
Nicolo Romani OF New York, whS
styled himself the ''undeieatcd Italian
wrestler will no longer have occasion
to use that title after his meeting with
Bob Somerville at the opera house last
evening somerville won the match
which was best two In three, pin falls
IN straight falls The Scotch cham.
pion won the first fall at the end OF Ss
minutes and 10 seconds The second he
took at the end Of q minutes and S6
seconds with a body scissors and arm
lock.
Eli Bourbon Of Claremont, N. H., won
his match with Sam Williams Of Brock
ton, Mass, also taking the match in
straight falls, the first In % minutes
and % seconds with body scissors lock
and the second at the end Of 10 minutes
and as seconds with a head scissors and
toe hold. In a l5-minute preliminary
bout, Jameson Of this city and Sully Of
Bethel got a fall each.
II was exactly 10 o'clock when the
principals in the main bout stepped TO
their places on the mat and were intro
ducad by the referke, Eli Bourbon. The
referee announced that the match was
to be best two in three, pin falls, stran-
gle-hold barred Romani appeared heav-
Ter as the men advanced to the mat,
having an extensive development Of the
muscles above the wiast, while S0mer-
vile is better proportioned and showed
more muscle in his legs
The men did not wait for the usual
"sizing up" but got into the game at
the start Both wrestlers worked hard
and It appeared in a short time that
Somerville had struck one Of the hardest
propositions that he had been up against
since coming 10 Barre The men worked
for 10 minutes, trying hold after hold,
but each slipped with apparent ease out
Of the others locks. The offensive work
of the Italian did not last long, and
he soon adopted the defensive.
Twice in % minutes Of wrestling,
someryille got wrist locks on the italian
that seemed about to do the business,
but the latter managed to free himself
each time. Romani was tiring and was
with difficulty from the Cruel
ing treatment which the Scotchman was
giving him, and when the latter got an
full body hold at the end
Of 3s minutes bis shoulders were pinned
to the mat for the first fall.
When the men made their appearance
for the second fall, it was apparent that
Romani had adopted defensive tactics,
and It was not for several minutes that
got his man of his feet to
the mat. Even then the Italian got up
again at the first opportunity and seemed
TO get into the game. The
Scotehman kept busy all the time and
kept catching his opponent in hold after
hold While Romani was able to wriggle
out, these holds were telling on him and
his powers Of endurance seemed about at
an end.
After the men had been wrestling for
20 minutes. somervilie got Romani By
The legs and gave him a giant swing.
As he threw him to the mat after the
swing both men were breathing hard.
The Italian got into the game tken and
worked like a iend for a few seconds;
then Somerville got him in that body
scissors which has won SO many falls,
aud his shoulders were forced to the
mat
The match between EH Bourbon Of
n. H., and sam Williams Of
Broekton Mass. was rafting good
exhibition, in which Bourbon, veteran Of
! hundred bouts showed that he was
till IN the game Bob somerville acted
is referee in this match. It was an
bounced that Williams weighed $50
1ounds and Bourbon l5s.
The wrestlers worked on their feet for
iome time, each trying for an opening
o gain an advantageous hold. Bourbon
.ook the offensive but was unable to
eoure any effective hold for several min
Itgs Then he got Williams in a body
eiss0rs and seemed to have his shoulders |
learly forced TO the mat, but the Brock.
on boy wriggled free. Bourbon then |
aught his opponent in a head scissors
md held him for several seconds, but the |
after aqaineworked free. Williams then I
ook the offensive, but this did not last |
ong, and when the veteran got his body |
n scissors lock, he was obliged to 20
0 the mat
When the men made their second ap- |
earance It was give and take for several I
minutes with no advantage for either
nan. Then Bourbon seemed to gain
rifle Of advantage over his opponent and
.ept this up. Several times somerville /
ad his hand raised to announce fall
Mt Williams wriggled free. At the end
f 10 minutes Bourbon got Wiiliams's
cad in a scissors hold and supplement
ng this was toe hold he forced the
massachusetts, man to the mat for the
eeond fall and the match.
The crowd which witnessed the
matches last evening was the largest
hat has attended any Of these events
nd it was plain from the roars Of
pplause that the people were pleased
18th the work Of the wrestlers. In the
icinity Of a dozen of the gentler sex
ere present and occupied box seats.
Young Goteh was there aud as usual
e had challenge for somervilIe. His
aalIenge is that the men wrestle best
hree in five, mixed style. pin falls.
otch posted forfeit and somerville
greed to wrestle him within four or
We weeks, provided Goteh would weigh
i at lao pounds ringside