The sun., 1909-02-28
AMATEUR wREsrLERs ON NAT.
Interesting Douts In sew Polo 4. A..
Gymnasium,

Amateur wrestling was the attraction
last night in the gymnasium Of the new
Polo Athletic Association. l2eth street and
Park avenue, where an interesting tourna
ment under 4. A. 4. rules was held. There
was large list OF competitors from the
various athletic clubs in Greater New York
and elsewhere and the majority OF the
| entrants showed class. In many OF the
bouts the wrestlers were so evenly mat ched
that II was necessary to order extra bouts
TO decide the winners.
There we're three classes, IT'S pounds
i25 pounds and laj pounds, The ii5 pound
/ division attracted some clever grapplers
including the Metropolitan champion, ID
iWortmann. Il former pupil Of George Roth
ner; Carl johnson OF the Swedish American
A, e. and ben d. Mendelsohn OF the Alli-
ance A. G.. John j. Walsh. Pastime 4, c.,
was referee and Charles }, Dieges, New ork
4. G.. held the watch.
( The speedest bout of the night developed
man, st. George A. G., and ". Mayhew.
| Gernian-AmeriCan A. C.. Lehman winning in
z seconds. Alexander haggio OF the
| Northwestern 4, c., after being thrown by
Mendelssohn in the sen,i-nals, lodged pro-
| test against his opponent to the Ell ect that
Meqdelssohn was overweight
hsre TSs sTnemT nn9 oqgs aS SSlTefn Of En- a.
beth. They mRuled each other Rll over the
mat, and despite the fact that Cortea is u
%Gy y his be lS% S%nsssS ssS %rsssd Ss S nnc
minutes without a fall, Cortel winning on
work.
The summaries:
.. MS Pound Glass flrs, bout Charles Lehman,
Am"r"s" \. 9. With hsN relsnn Tim" -
seconds Scconi bout sam Selector. Alllunce
\ G., beat l.. r. Pcterka, Holy Gross \. c. on
Final bout sam Selsctor Alliance A. c. beat
haFl IakV 4 ~ IN aNl
rs Pound Class trs, bout p NlrdSllo, Craze
IS "S Sio Second Sdo'So Bout po WeGsard Tu
yers,'y Settlement threw T : johnson Harlem Harlem
A. {, threw 4. lee, Harlem !. N. {. 4, with a
crotch hold and half nelson. Time. : minutes {.
es'Ohas threw ouF'e Fen oRSt Gnrem SuWG orSit %h
body hold Time, minute, seconds =,
Wengarn, an extra bout OF three minutes being
ordered Time, inmates. Sc 2ond bout L. Rug,
BODY hoid . an @ extra bout o. three tire minutes being
orEetTsG EtI p Time mInqYtt mInqYtss L. seconds - ,..,
L. Ruggiero Grace A. C.. on work.
las round ClasS-f1rsi bout Ben u. Mende
sohn Alliance 4 G., threw Gus Peterson, Harlem
lock; an extra bout OF three minutes BEN ordered
Tine, I minutes 70 seconds; Second bout,
W Jensen. Elizabeth Young Mems Christian
Association. on work; an extra bout Of minutes
bclng ordered llIne, minutes lhlrd bOut--
y. NortmAnn German American A. C.. threw
W. 6. Murray. Northwestern \ C., with a half
nelson and crotch hold. Time, minutes 10
seconds. Fourth bout-G, Cortez, Grace \. C.,
beat Il. Eaton. Elizabeth Young Mems Christian
Association, on work; an extra round OF minutes
being ordered. Time minutes Fifth bout
Carl johnson, Swedish American A.. C., threw
T.. SchoenSegel ST. George \. G., with body
scissors and roll Time. minutes 2s seconds.
Sixth hout -. \ Smollck. lioys Club threw l.. :.
Woodruff, Anuer A. c., with chancery hold
Time. , minutes Al seconds. Seventh bout
4 hft liam
Association, threw II. J. Scanlon German Amerl
can \. G.. with half nelson and roll. Time.
minute So seconds.
Semi hnals-First bout-Carl johnson threw
!. Cullnane with body and crotch hold. Tine,
l minute 10 seconds Second bout-D Wort
mann threw J. 4. Smollck with dying fall:
an extra bout OF three minutes being ordered.
Time. minutes 10 seconds Third bout-Bcn ID.
MendelSohn beat Alexander Haggis on work;
an extra round OF three minutes being ordered.
Time, minutes Fourth bout--H. Herrise threw
q. CortcL with a three quarter nelson from a
bridge. Tine, minutes 80 seconds
Final Bout-D. Mortmann. German American n
\. c., threw Carl johnson, swedish American /
4. G.