Putnam patriot., 1909-02-19
The Woeji Of Seorts

the meet OF the Putnam social ana
Athletic Club last Thursday. Barreite.
the Canadian wonder. who had peen
promising to do things to the champi-
on, was there of course, and he had a
host of loyal supporters, but even they
had 10 admit that he was outgeneraled,
ouiwinded, and ougwrestled by the
wonderful Swede. Barrette was fast
enough TO make the match one of the
best that was ever seen on any mat,
but it was all defensive work ON his
part, with the exception of a possible
ten minutes, but during those minutes
! Fritz slipped out of all the holds the
Canadian went after a. easily as Hou-
dini could slip pair OF handouts or a
straight jacket. In other words Han
son set a pace that soon had Barrett
winded, aud by his qnickness OF body
and brain he time and time again got
| his scissors on The neck and wrist hold,
and although his opponent showed
wonderful strength in slipping out OF
+, it, it vas apparent that each time he
was growing weaker, and If he didn't
succeed in avoiding it the wise ones
knew that it WAS only question of
time when he would not have the
i strength to further resist. Barrett on
the other hand did not look dangerous
at any stage.
The exercises opened with a ten min
ute bout between Kid Van Bon Occur
and Pete Magnan alias Kid Sharkey.
There was no fall.
| Bulldog Clayton of England was in-
troduced and challenged the winner Of
the Hanson. Barrett bout.
| 1t was $50 when Barrett entered and
took the southeast corner. He was
given great reception. Hanson fol-
lowed shortly and also received an ova-
ton, Referee Abbott made a short
| statement of the rules and manner in
which the bout would be conducted.
AS has already been said the bout
was the best ever seen in this city. For
| the first five minutes Barrett was the
aggressor, but after the men went to
the mat Hanson took the aggressive
aud went at his man every minute and
kept him working to block holds and
save himself from dangerous positions
| for the whole forty nine minutes before
| The fail came. II was 1855 by the ii
mer's watch when Barrett succeeded
in working out of seissers-on-neek +,
and both men came 10 their feet. In
| five seconds the fall came, and 50 quick
i " was il done that the crowd hardly
had time to realize what had happened,
aud the reporters were unable 10 decide
| the hold that accomplished sthe trick,
| but were later informed by the men
themselves that 1t was ehaneery and
] crotch hold.
| During intermission Van Bon Occur
and Magnan went another ten minutes
| without fall.
| 1t was plain when the second bout
started that Barrett's courage was not
what il was when the match began
| He had been brought to a realization
that he was up against proposition
that was the toughest in his career.
He was perfectly willing to again re.
sume the defensive and he did his best
to block his willy opponents trys for
that fatal scissors-on- neck, but Fritz
| was too quick for him, and got ii time
after time as in tine previous bout, add
| gradually wore the Canadian out.
| With the scissors -on-neck and wrist
hold, near the ropes on the west side of
the mat, Hanson gradually worked
| Barretts rieh shoulder to the canvas.
and in 23.25 the tap of the referee made
him the winner with an undisputed
claim To his title.
Barrett now offered an apology, say
ing he was not in condition, and offer
ing to post 500 for match for $500,
but the statement did not appeal TO
the crowd, as they looked upon it rs
ringside talk after the manner in
which the Canadian had been out
classed.
Referee Abbott officiated in the same
satisfactory manner that This work has
always been before the local club, and
there was no word of criticism after he
assumed control Of the events, although
during the afternoon Hanson and his
managers had for some reason declared
dissatisfaction at having Mr.. Abbott
ofl5eiate.
Louis Lepine, the former Holyoke
outfieIder, will manage a baseball club
Of his own the coming season. He has
been engaged TO direct the affairs Of
the W0onsocket club OF the mill league
OF that city. Lepine played . couple
of games in this city in 1907.
Louis BOnin expects TO be in eondi-
ton when the season opens To do some
of the pitching for the local team.
The next meet of the Putnam Social
and Athletic club will be held the 18th
of this month