Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-18
DESHLER HANDLED
WITH EASE BY
MORAY
HARRINGTON WINS FROM
DOLL IN PRELIMINARY
Main Event Between Heavy
weights Was Highly Exciting
Throughout Visitor Proves
Himself Master Mat Artist,

Joe McCray, champion heavyweight
wrestler Of Colorado, won the New
Mexico championship last night by
throwing Simon Deshler. Of Albuquer-
Que. twice in what was to nave been
Il three fall bout. The match occur
red at the Eiks theater and was far
and away the most exciting athletic
event Of the season and beyond Il
doubt the best wrestling match seen
in Albuquerque in years. The mag
nificcnt work of the Colorado boy was
a surprise to the many enthusiastic
hackers Of the big blacksmith who
expected that lie would find 1t cN-
tremely difficult 10 handle the local
strong man. McCray secured the first
fall in Is minutes and "a seconds with
d hammer lock and half Nelson, and
the second in 2 minutes ana torty-two
seconds with a hiploclS and ~chancery
hold.
The contestants stepped on the mat
shortly before 10 o'clock. following the
preliminary events. Both appeared to
be in splendid condition and were
eager for the fray. as was also the
big audience which packed the the
alter and which had been waiting
patiently for the championship match.
McCray was cool ana collected and
before many seconds elapsed il was
evident to every fan in the house
that he knew his business. McCray
was the aggressor and kept the big
blacksmith on the defensive through
out. After a few preliminary spar
ring stunts McCray secured a vicious
toe hold on Deshler. which was fin
ally broken By the local man afr
he had suffered great punishment.
The Colorado boy spent a few minutes
measuring his man and tossing him
around like a nurse girl does a crying
baby. Deshler. however. was by no
means ioie during This time and OK
erted his great strength to the ut
most In breaking various holds ana
~endeavoring to follow up temporary
advantages he gained. The visitor
proved himself Il wonderfully scien-
tific man, however. and was success
full in crawling out Of the most diff
ficult positions time and. again. With
a wide knowledge Of the fine points
If the game McCraY managed to IN
flict eXcruciating punishment on the
A~lbuuueruue man, Deshier being COM
PEELED several times during the first
20 to grind his teeth to keep from
crying outright. once Deshler was
put on the defensive to such an eX-
tent that he could not Wiggle out OF
the hoic and managed to crawl Off the
iifttl W Nth+ : hNAfF 49,
fifteen minutes of fierce gripping, Nc
Cray secured n hammer lock and
half Nelson and in spite of all that
Deshler could do he was forced to
square his shoulders to the mat and
accept the inevitable. The first fail
was made in 10 minutes n "a sec
onds.
After a rest intermission Of fifteen
minutes both men came back to the
....t ~..4 utal Yag1.~ for mare
Deshler especially seemed determined
TO redeem himself for his. previous
defeat and went at the Colorado boy
aggressively. McCray met the on-
slaughts with composure INC let 81
mon worry along for a minute and a
half without eNerting himself. Then
the visitor began to do things in a
systematic and convincing manner
After two Intellectual attempts to Sc
cure a leg hold, McCray grabbed a
convenient hiplock. hoistea the black
smith over a few yards OF the matt
ing and placed him gently on his side.
still holding the hiplock in a very
gentlcmanly n he secured a
chanctry hold tnd gently and persist
entity forced Simon over n over q
little more and then down and down
until the big fellows shoulders again
were fair ard square ON the mat. l''r-
cree Klein hastily cNamlreu the laN.
found that il was square and COM
plete and declared McCra~ the win
ner Of the match. 1t took the Colo
Iadoan Just two minutes and ~ sec
onds to PVT Deshler away the second
time. and it was done in as nice ana
clean a name as any lover of ath-
letic sport would like to see.
Deshler took his defeat like a
game spartan and warmly congratu-
lated McCray on his victory. lmmedi-
atelv after the match a large num-
OF enthusiastic admirers Of the Colo
radoan piled uD on the stage and
eagerly shook the hand of the cham