Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
JESS WILL BEAT De ROUEy
westergaard is Expected to Throw
the Big Frenchman.
SORE, sKnLFUL AND AMBITIOUS
Chicago Tribune Tells Interesting
story of How PsrdeIlO Won a
Handicap from the BOY of
Gay Paree.

The general belief &. that when Roual de
Rouen, the big Frenchman, tackles Jess
westergaard at the Auditorium next Thurs
day night, he will go down in ignominious
defeat. Jess is sore at the big fellow, who
handled him so roughly in their handicap
wrestle In Omaha a year ago, and this, con-
nected with W~estergaard's superior skill
and overweening ambition to succeed Gotch
as the worlds champion are being relied
on by his friends to carry him through to
victory over De Rouen.
De Rouen, on the other hand, has much
at stake, and as he is naturally a poor
loser will exert his last effort to win. He
knows and his crafty manager, Kennedy,
who has turned on more European false
alarms than any other man, knows that II
W~estergaard does win its goodbye to De
Rouen's elastic drawing powers. That's
why De Rouen tucked a fair and square
finish catch-as-catch-can match as long as
they could.
De Rouen recently lost a handicap to
John Pardelio in Chicago. Pardello. a
much smaller man. was seen in Omaha
with Gotch last year.
John Had Something On.
Here is what the Chicago Tribune said
Of the Pardello-De ROuen match:
leo Pardello, the Italian champion, had
been thrown once by Raoul de Rouen. the
French giant, In their handicap bout at the
Chicago Athletic association last night 1t
was necessary for Pardello to stick for a
little less than seven minuteA to win the
match, while 1t was up TO De Rouen to
throw the Italian once more in the same
period of time IL he were to take the
money. Pardello was taking a three min
downstairs. Matchmaker Joe COREY looked
in on him.
match2e painted Pardello.
Yes, Leo, he's standing near the ring
and taking IL every Eacye," replied CoffeV.
Listen, Joe; go up and tell him III buy
him the best hat he ever wore If he'll turn
his back for five minutes" returned the
The proposition from PardeIlo. while he
could not have expected 1t to be carried
out, indicated the feeling Of the italian
against the Frenchman, and the latter re-
turned II in full. The result was that the
warning against roughness both men had
received from Chairman Latham OF the
athletic committee, and emphasized by As
sistant Chief Schuettler, their meeting
might nave taken on the aspect OF a finish
fight. Is 1t was the spectators received
their moneys worth.
the ban Of the police on account Of his
foul tactics, undertook to throw Pardello
twice in thirty minutes. He caught a Tar
pinned the Italians shoulders to the carpet
only once during the period. Upon one or
two occasions the gigantic Frenchman lost
his head in his rage against his antagonist
and was all but thrown himself.
The two men mixed It furlously from the
start and used every trick they dared to In
an effort TO win the match Pardello
wrestled on the defensive and brought APP
planse from the crowd by his fine exhibit
tions Of bridging when a fall seemed IN
evitable. Time and again he wriggled and
twisted from underneath the Frenchman's
gigantic bulk and each time he did so De
Rouen's anger rose. At last, after tweaty-
three minutes and forty-ssven SECONDS of
muscle racking work, Pardello succumbed
to q fierce scissors and arm hold.