New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
Disnoses of Pi|akoff in Straight
Falls After Hard Fight.

zhyszko. the mighty Pole performed 70
the approval of fair sized crowd az the
wrestling carnival at Suffers Harlem River
Casino last night. In the final bout the
man who sspires n the heavyweight title
held by Frank Gotch disposed ~ Pilskof.
III. Finnish Lion in straight falls
As stated by the mana cement. one of the
objects Of last nights affair was 70 make
the final selection of opponents for Gotch.
who will he tho star attraction there next
Monday night Unless present plans are
altered two Of the men 10 meet the cham
pion will be Yankee Rogers and William
Demetral There is uncertainty yet as n
the third man. George Bothner, the light
weight champion. acted as referee, while
Johnny Dunn did the announcing.
When the contestants In the main bout Of
the show shook hands al N o'clock they
wasted no time In getting down to business.
2byszko soon got behind his man. but the
muscular Finn quickly broke the holds as
fast as applied BY the massive Pole. When
Zbvszko secured vicelke grip OF his op-
ponent's ankle and began TO twist the leg
back into knot, I'm what is commonly
known as the toe hold. Pilakoffs face be-
came distorted in pain. but he got the limb
free, to the delight of his followers.
During the first half hour Zbyszko worked
necessarily, getting hammer locks, arm
locks half nelson's and leg holds in rapid
succession. As fast as Pilakoff would eX-
tricate himself from one tight place he
would find himself clasped In another.
Twice Zbyszko applied a dangerous scissors
hold, and on one occasion had the Finn's
shoulders apparently pinned to the canvas,
but with a mighty heave Pilakon got free.
After flfty-three minutes Zbyszko got a
scissors and crotch hold and by bringing
into play every ounce of his great weight
the Pole gained the coveted fall thirteen
seconds later, and neither man left the ring
during the intermission of ten minutes.
They had not resumed hostilitles long
before Zbyszko again assumed the often
sive and. getting his man down, tried to
turn him over with half nelson. Pilakoff
got away from that without difficulty. They
were on their feet an instant later and
Zbyszko looked surprised when his man
gave him the foot and sent him sprawling
Always after his man, however. Zbyszko
pinned him with a scissors across the head
after eighteen minutes Of gruelng work
Considering the wonderful strength of his
conqueror. Pilakoff did well 10 last as long
as he did.
Amusement was injected into the meet
ing between Demetral and Kara Osman
the Turk with heavyweight aspirations
Although marvel OF strength, Osman
knew less about the fine points of the
wrestling game than the willy Greek
The instant the men got together the fur
began TO ny, so 10 speak. Demetral, who
weighs ls5 pounds, moved about with the
agility OF a lightweight. Nor was there
ANYTHING loggy in the Turks actions. either
Al one time they got half way between
the ropes and continued To struggle furl-
ouslv despite the efforts of the referee to
get them back on the mat. Finally Deme-
tral. with surprising strength, picked MS
man up and slammed him 10 the canvas
gaining a fall with a half nelson and crotch
hold i'm 10 minutes SO seconds.
In the first preliminary bout tfltz NOM
whom they persist in introducing as the
champion OF Switzerland, defeated Gus ia
mos one of the latest Greek importatons
i'm "a minutes 81 seconds.
Next TO appear were Leo Bersin, known
as the champion OF Uncle SANS navy, and
.Iohn Mclaughlin. of Ireland. They wen'
the limit. fifteen minutes. without fall
though the sailor did nearly all the work