Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-01
Goes WAY OF REST
Jimmy Essen, Scotch Wrestler,
Has Chance With Gotch
and Fails.
LOSES IN STRAIGHT FALLS
Champion FIops Him Twice in Less
Than Half an Hour-Grcat
Strength of No Avail.

Chicago, March Words Cham
pion Frank Gotch had little trouble
in ,qdenching Jimmy Esson's aspira-
lions for the title in their bout al
the Coliseum here last night, taking
the first fall with his deadly toe hold
in 1925 and the second with chan
Gerry and crotch hold in 1928.
1t was merely a case of Jimmy
finding out he didn't want what he
wanted The Scot has waited for two
months for the chance to demon
strate what he doesn't happen to
have and Gotch was the ready aid in
the demonstration.
A large number of disappointed
Scotchmen helped swell the crowd,
which filled the Coliseum, and many
of them lost their good money, some
on betting their countryman would
stay a long time with the champion
and others who wagered he would
win.
strength STAYED on Defeat.
The bout was made longer than
would have been the case ordinarily
by Esson's prodigous strength, which
enabled him to break the holds Sc
cured by the king-pin. The toe hold
was broken early in the game, Essen
getting away from it two or three
times, but Gotch finally landed it fair
and the Draw Scot went under.
Essen was outclassed in every de
tail, according to the sentiments o
the great majority of the spectators
and was not compelled to work near
ly so hard or so long as had been
expected. Essen hoped to put over
something with his extra strength
and weight, but once more the sci
ence of the champion proved toe
much for his opponent.
DE ROuen Throws PardeIIO.
Those exDonents of wild and woony
wrestling, Raoul de Rouen
and Leo Pardello. afforded the crowd
much excitement in the semi-windup
The F'renchman had agreed to throw
the Italian twice in 30 minutes He
got only one fall, but it took him
23:11 to get it with a scissors and
double wristlock. Surprisingly gentle
were both men, at least for them. but
at that they did enough rough stuff to
keep the fans in laughter for the half
hour.
The one fall match between Charles
Cutler and Jack Leon did not result
il a fall for either, Referee Fleming
calling it a draw after 20 minutes of /
work in which Cutler had .
q shade the better of it,
wiIIOughby Has Hard Time.
Walter Willoughby, the crack Cleve- I.
and middleweight, had mis- hands full .
IN his match with Monson. the Tam I
pico, H.. boy. Clever as Willoughby /
s, he found it most difficult to make .
ais grips hold, so slippery was Mon
son. They struggled all over the mat
At a speedy pace for 2S:07 before the
Ohioan could get in the first fall with
4 scissors on arms and grapevine
The second fail produced another
ough argument, but after Monson had .
out of several dangerous
lolds he was caught with a chancery
md bar arm in 17:3S.
The clash of the two Irishmen, Jim
calvin and Pat Connolly, furnished
un akin to that produced by De Rouen /
md Pardello. Mr.. Calvin e.pectorated
n Mr.. Connolly's face much and often,
while Pat showed superiority when
t came to butting with his elbow ana
ticking. Connolly was the winner.
The first fall was scored in 1852,
With a crotch and half nelson. and the
econd in 1916. with scissors, ham
nerlock and half nelson.