Arizona republican., 1910-06-08
CHRISTENSEN
 WINS MATCH Big Expressman GOt One
 Fall Out of Three
 WILL MEET BAlSz NEXT Chris Got a Fatal Toe and Scissors Hold on Jeffries, Who Forfeits the Fall Rather Than Risk a Broken Leg.
WILL MEET BAlSz NEXT

Very much like an encounter be- tween a mountain lion and a huge bulldog was the wrestling match last night between Al Christensen and Zand Jeffries. The former had all the speed and cunning of the lion, while the latters strongest quality was his bulldog tenacity and strength The match was won by Christensen. who got two falls to Jeffries' one.
 The contest demonstrated plainly Christensen's mastery of the art of wrestling. His knowledge of the game and intimate acquaintance with every feature of it, added to his su- periOr quickness and cOolnesS, made some of those in the audience wonder why he didn't throw Jeffries, the big eXpressman. oftener than he did For Jeffries, il may be said that he put up fierce and stubborn fight and showed at no time a disposition to quit There were times when he lifted Christensen clear of the floor just about as easily as he would toss a trunk into a wagon, and dashed him to the mat again, only to see Chris turn in the air like a cat and land on all fours Christensens agil-
 
 fairly brought out At one time Jef- fries held Chris by the legs and stood him squarely .on his head. yet even in this awkward position Chris easily released himself by spinning around on his head and jumping to his feet. Jeffries found it almost impossible to turn him over when he had Chris on the mat. for the man from Arkansas would roll clear of the mat and usu- ally land on top.
 The first fall came after twenty seven minutes of the hardest kind of work. It was a forfeited fall. as Chris had a fulcrum on Jeffries leg, which would have resulted in broken bone if the fall was not called. The second fall was won with a half nelson hold by Jeffries. For the third. Christen- sen rolled Jeffries over and held him with hips and shoulder to the mat
 The match was refereed by Dan BalsZ. who issued a challenge to the winner at the end of the second fall. In announcing this challenge, which was naturally for the winner of the match, the announcer unfortunately substituted the. name. of Christensen instead of saying the winner" AS each man at that time was credited with one fall, the audience at once became suspicious and jeered. The announcer may have been entirely in nocent but the effect on the crowd always suspicious-was evident, and here and there a cry of 'frame-up" was heard. After the match the chal- lenge was accepted by Christensen, who said he would agree to meet BalsZ next Friday, as he expected to leave for the coast at the latter end of the week r
 The preliminary match between Jack Retzer and Del Cormack was won by Retzer. who got two throws to Cormick's one. There was great dis crepancy in weight. COrmack being over ten pounds heavier.
 When the big fellows walked out, Jeffries was seen to be the favorite. as the local man usually is. But Christensen had many supporters and received good round cheer when he appeared The rules provided that a rolling fall' should not be counted. and this made it very difficult for either of the men to throw the other as it was necessary to hold him down
 
 his shoulder three times.
 / Christensen displayed marvellous ability in disengaging himself from Jeffries' holds, and in turn he seemed to be unable to throw the expressman and hold him to the mat. All sorts of holds were tried. Christensen bringing out a new one every once in a while After twenty-seven minutes of wrestling Christensen was seated on the mat with Jeffries apparently in his lap. They were both very quiet and the audience was barely aware that anything put of the ordi- nary was going on. In reality. Chris jensen had toe and scissors hold on Jeffries. He had but to prll to break the expressman's leg. The referee saw it and Jeffries felt it. The ex- Dressman seemed willing to forfeit the fall rather than to go to the hos pitaI. and on those terms he was re- leased.
 The second fall occupied exactly the same length of time. In this round if was a matter of endurance as both men showed signs of the strain. The men struggled on the mat with Nel- sons. hammer holds and the scissors holds without success. Each seemed to have remarkable ability at breaking Folds At last Jeffries. with a half- Nelson. rolled Christensen over and held him long enough for a fail
 The third fall occupied but ieW minutes. It was getting late and the men went to it with vigor Both men had been In Jeopardy with thelr shoulders clcsc. to the mat. Jeffrles was on top when Christensen with one of his quick reeoveries. tossed him off and held him with hips ana shoulder to the mat ard was declared winner.
 Another challenge from Leo Rocker