The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-25
And the Coliseum Was Filled
With a Large Crowd of
Local Sports.
TWO WRESTLING MATCHES
WERE ALSO PULLED OFF, THE
PRINCIPALS BEING THE CREAM
OF THE PRoFEssIoN- OLSON
WAS DEFEATED.

Before the largest crowd that ever
saw wrestling and sparring match in
this city, there appeared at the Colise-
UNI last evening, two of the best Crap
ping bouts ever witnessed here, and
also fast four round sparring exhibit
ton.
Sparring exhibitions are somewhat
new to this locality and the one last
evening. only whetted the appetite OF
the sports for something better. which
the management agrees to furnish
hereafter, in connection with its
wrestling matches.
Jack Erne and Young Mallory, both
of Indianapolis, two 115 pound boxers,
opened up the evenings entertain.
ment Young Mallory showed superb
or cleverness and outpointed his apo
nent. Although no decision was
awarded. yet his victory was clearly ev-
ident to the six hundred or more en-
thusiasts. Ray Bronson OF Indianap
oils. who has issued a challenge to
Battling Nelson. the light weight
champion, refereed the match.
Two Clever Bouts.
crowd may have expected tame exhi
bition in so far as excitement was con-
cerned, yet they were the best ever
pulled off in this city. Roual De Rou-
en-, the rough Frenchman, defeating
Charles Olson of Indianapolis. the local
favorite: and Yussif Mahmout, the
champion of Turkey. and also an appli-
can for the championship Of the world,
defeated Stanley Fitzsimmons.
The match between De Rouen and
Olson was in the Graeco-Roman style,
as the Frenchman announced before he
entered the ring that he would not
wrestle Olson at catch-as-catch-can.
The match was for one fall only. Oh
son, the exponent of toe holds and 9th
err deadly leg grips, put up an excep-
tionally good match. considering the
fact that he was outweighed 60 pounds
and deprived of much of his cleverness,
which comes from his knowledge of the
leg holds. For twenty-four minuates
the two wrestled before De Rouen
finally pinned his opponents shoulders
to the mat for the count of three.
Olson on Defensive.
Olson was on the defensive most of
the time and was subjected to some of
the severest gruelling ever witnessed
in this city. Olson, when on the de-
fensive. adopted some of these tactics,
much to the Frenchman's discontinue.
But Olson was on the offensive SO lit
tie that he had to bear the brunt of the
battle. De Rouen is the biggest man
that ever appeared in this city. Wheth-
err he would like to return Is matter
of conjecture. for he was subjected to
the boots of the fans.
Mahmout and Fitzsimmons were in
troduced. the former weighing 21O and
the latter 200. So far as strength was
concerned they seemed more evenly
matched than Olson and DeRouen.
Mahmout is probably the most agrees
sive wrestler ever appearing here and
his great strength makes him probably
the most formidable wrestler ever on
local mats. He wrestles in his bare
feet.
Turk Gets First Fall.
The first fall went to the Turk in
1917. minutes, with a lock shoulder and
one arm hold The second fall was
acquired with a bar arm and shoulder
hold. eight minutes being necessary.
Fitxsimmons was on the defensive
much OF the time and he displayed
marvellous strength in bridging. break
ing and forcing himself out Of almost
deadly holds. His grit was marvel
GUS and he gave tit for tat when It
came to roughness.
The management announced that
es would be pulled off at stated inter-
walls.