The Washington herald., 1910-03-12
Baltimore WrestIers Win
South Atlantic Titles.
GOUCHER FORFEITs THE BOUT
Local Bantam-weight Refuses tn
Obey Referee and loses Chance 10
Best His Opponent-MOsey, GaIIau-
Diet MiddIe-wieght, Retains Cham
piOnship-O'Brien wins a Title.

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tlngent sent to this city 10 compete with
the best of the local grapplers for the
South Atlantic championships last night
carried off the largest part Of the honors.
Six of the seven Baltimore entries were
| from the Doyle Athletic Club, which
carried off six Of the preliminary bouts
Wednesday night Three OF these men
won. Lowenstein, us pounds, won from
j. NJ. Wilson. Of the Washington Y. NJ.
c. A., after the match had gone to two
bouts of six minutes and third OF three
minutes, being awarded the decision for
having displayed the most aggressiveness.
H. T. Cook, Of Baltimore, threw Chris
Gavin, Of the Memorial Athletic Club, IN
1853, with a head hold. after Gavin had
undergone a most severe grueling from
two other ike grips
The Washington boy displayed an ex-
traordinary amount of pluck in breaking
| away from holds that Tacked his neck
and shoulders TO an excruciating degree,
but the struggle against his man weak
ened him to such an extent that he fell
10 another hold Of the same kind.
Goucher Ordered on Mat.
declared winner in his bout with Edward
Goucher, of the Memorial Athletic Club,
the latter forfeiting the bout by refusing
to agree to a decision of the referee.
In the earlier part OF the bout between
these two, the pair both worked off the
mat considerably. When the referee made
them break holds and get in the middle
of the mat, he at first instructed the pair
to stand up and begin. Later In the bout
he allowed the man on top at the time to
get the same hold as he had before pro-
! ceeding with the bout.
on one occasion. when Doyle nearly
had his man with a scissors hold,
/ Goucher worked himself over the edge Of
the mat. and when the pair was brought
together in the middle Of the mat. he vas
/ instructed to place himself in the same
/ position, and allow the other man the
same hold, which would have left
/ GOucher's right shoulder down, and the
left within less than two inches of the
1 floor. Goucher protested that such
ruling was unfair. and at his persistent
refusal to do as ordered. coupled with a
threat TO so of the mat, the referee de-
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Committee UphOIdz Referee.
The decision was protested by the
! Memorial officials, who declared they
would be content with a decision from
the members OF the wrestling committee
/ of the 4. A. L. then present The com
mittee upheld the decision OF the referee
on tne grounds that it lay entirely in the
/ discretion OF that official as to what posi-
! ton he should order the contestants to
assume when ordered to the center of
the mat
The only Baltimore entry not from the
Doyle club was that OF Max Robe, in
/ the heavyweight class. who threw r. r.
/ Conley, of Gallaudet, with a cross body
lock and hip hold in the second six
minute bout in Is. The bout was severe
on both men. and was hard fought TO the
end.
W. B. Mosey. the local representative
! in the 1S5-pound class. won his bout: w
/ B. O'Brien, of the Memorial Athletic
/ Club. won his bout in the 145-pound
/ class. and the victory Of Z. S. Wiley, of
the Kendall Athletic Club. completed the
1 trio Of Washington triumphs
When ". B. Mosey. the redoubtable
grappler from Galludet College. retained
/ his title Of South Atlantic champion by
throwing his Baltimore competitor, A. ].
/ Punte, the floor and galleries went wild
with enthusiasm. Mosey is a most con-
sistent and scientific wrestler and got
clean fall out of his opponent with
scissors hold in the second six-minute
] bot 0.Qe UnI,o Lo~9oH C-oor
displayed his usual whirlwind form, and
had his man tied up time after time in
excellent holds. but lacked the weight to
throw the grappler from the Monumental
City.
/ O'Brien Lands Championship.
In the 145-pound bout between w. B.
/ O'Brien and c. J. Gossman, of the Doyle
A. C., the former was declared winner
after three bouts. having displayed the
most aggressiveness of the two. In the
| third bout O'Brien had his man almost
at his mercy, but did not clinch any
hold during the allotted three minutes.
Possibly the most grueIing bout of the
evening was that between +. S. Wiley,
/ the novice from the Kendall Athletic
Club, OF this city, and w. s. Corners. of
Doyle A. c.. In the first two minutes OF
the go it looked as though Wiley was
able to throw his man. but Corners broke
away from the only good hold either one
/ had during the bout a half-Nelson. The
/ bout went to Wiley on points after three
tries. but great credit is due the Balti-
morean. who went In the bout at a ring
/ side weight Of only 146 having just re-
covered frofa an illness of three weeks.
and only having had a few days OF train
/ Ing
! The summaries:
J lo5pound cass-Dave Lowenstein d. A. c.. won
] from J. NJ. Wilson. Central Y. NJ c. A. on points
1 1l5pound class-George W. Doyle, d. A. c.. won
/ from Edward GcucheT, Memorial A. c.. on a forfeit
/ rs pound CASH. Z. CoOk d. A. c., threw G.
| Gavin. Memorial A. c.. with head hold. Time.
as
l55-pound clasz-w. b. Mosey Gallaudet, threw A.
! ]. Punte ID. A. C.. with a scissors held in second
! bout. Time s4s
l45-pound olass-w. B. O'Brien. Memorial A. c..
won from c. ]. Gosznan. d. A, c.. on points.
l5s-pound elass-E s Wiley. X. A. C.. won from
| W. l. Corners. d. A. c.. on points
/ Heavyweight elass-Max Robe Baltimore A. O.
| threw r. f. Conley Gsllaudet with cTussbody and
hip lock, in second bout. Time, 7 q.
Al Kaufman. of California. left for
French Lick Springs Tuesday He may
return to Philadelphia a champion of the
world