The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-04
ltHTO GIVES zBYSzKO HARD
STRUGGLE FOR MAT HONORS
Polish Champion Wins Match But
Copper Country Wrestler
Gains Much Glory
VICTOR PRAISES vANQUIsHED


Zbyszko won his wrestling match
with Lehto at the Amphidrome sat
urday night but the greatest share OF
the honors and glory OF the COMBAT
must be handed TO the sturdy young
Finn, who was practically unknown IN
the wrestling world "a month ago. the
Polish champion gained his first fan
only after one hour and nine and one
half minutes of the hardest wrestling
he ever was forced TO do with what he
afterwards described as a crotch ana
arm bar" hold and il took him just
half an hour to secure the second IAN
with almost the same hold
II was 1891 when the wrestlers en-
tered the ring and were introduced by
DIR. John Miller OF Calumet. who was
the referee, 10 the $500 ladies and
gentlemen" fans who had damned into
the big skating rink, which had been
arranged into a pretty good pavilion
for the match. DR.. Miller whispered
10 each OF the men and announced
"Zbyszko weighs 21O pounds and Lehto
1856 pounds" whereupon some Of those
at the ring-side looked at each other
and smiled and some even said they
thought the Pole weighed more than
that, in which they were correct, as
his weight was afterwards found to be
235. making him fifty pounds heavier
than his adversary.
They Go to Work.
The men lost little time in getting
into the game. the big man taking the
aggressive and Lehto seeming To be
waiting TO see what the program was
going to be. The first few minutes
was consumed in sparrlng for holds.
the Pole getting several which Lehto
broke with apparent ease. At the end
of ten minutes OF even wrestling Zbys-
zko took body hold and slammed
the Finn TO the mat, whereupon Lehto
seized the big arm under him and
Zbyszko could not pull 1t away, which
fact seemed TO puzzle him greatly and |
sent a laugh through the multitude OF
spectators.
Shortly after this the big Pole got a |
couple of toe holds but Lehto broke |
them and tried the same trick, for |
which he was roundly cheered by his |
friends in the seats. He also tried for |
a neck and arm hold but was prevented |
from doing any damage in this depart |
ment because of the absence of neck |
in the anatomy Of the Pole, the place |
where his neck ought to be being filled |
with rings Of flesh. Lehto worked out |
OF a bad neck and arm hold and |
Zbyszko rushed, securing n toe hold
out of which the 1.-THE young Finn
kicked.
When the two men had been strug
Cling flercely for nearly half an hour, |
the Pole generally getting good holds |
and the copper country lad breaking |
out OF them with more or less facility. |
Zbyszko got another toe hold that was
so perfect and was furnishing Lehto so
severely that ii looked as II he must 1
surrender but he gave a twist Of his
1.-THE body and got out of the tight
place. being cheered Justify by the
crowd AZ the men were off the mat,
Referee Miller brought them to the
center and Lehto by a quick move Sc
cured an arm hold by means Of which
he Topped the big man to the mat for
the first OF two or three pitched falls
chalked up to his credit during the
match.
lehto Fresh and Aggressive.
All during the early part Of the Sec
ond half hour the Finnish wrestler
appeared strong and often became the
agressor on the battle not letting his
adversary get any dangerous holds and
rushing his man at the end of forty
minutes Of work. At this time he
made a dive at the Poles mammoth
underpnnlng and, getting what Coach
Yost would call a mice tackle" ne
brought him TO the mat like a stunned
steer He followed up this attack by
getting a good toe hold but the Pole
Topped out of II. a couple of minutes
later he secured another such hold but
was at the edge Of the mat and the
referee called for them to come to the
center but the Finn was so engrossed |
In striving TO get a hold on the Polish
wrestler that he did not hear the ref
cree until he put his head down near
to the struggling pair
Forty-seven minutes Of wrestling had |
been seen when the first thing approx
imating dirty work" occurred. The |
wrestlers had been called to the center |
of the mat again as they were so often |
during the struggle and We're sparring |
for holds when Lehto locked his hands |
back of Zbyszko's head and was |
"churning" the Poles head This an
noyed the big fellow, especially as the |
crowd gave him the laugh, and he let |
one fist fly to the Firms body, looking |
10 those at the ring side like a case Of
hitting in the clinches." The referee
just at this time was directly back OF
the big Pole and could not see the APP
parent foul.
For the remainder of the hour il was
very much the same story as during
the earlier part. each wrestler getting
favorable holds and each breaking out.
Lehto generally depending on his agil-
ity and Zbyszko on his great strength.
Near the end OF the hour the piant GOT