Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-11-03
WON A PURSE OF $50.
George Washington Bailey, Local
Strong Man, Last Evening"

George did II!
For 10 minutes last evening George
Washington Bailey kept his two broad
| shoulders from the mat despite the
| strenuous endeavors of Fritz Hanson.
THE terrible Swede," to get a fall and
| n Few minutes later c. j. Atwood Han
| sons manager, handed the local strong
man $50. n fair sized audience gath
cred in the Auditorium to witness the
matches between Hanson and "Sandv"
Macleod, the fiery Scotchman, and to see
the Swede try to throw Bailey within
! 10 minutes.
John Calvin, at one time an expert
| collar and elbow wrestler in Addison
| county, acted as referee. He first in
| troduced Hanson, finely built youth
weighing $50 pounds. Bailey was then in
troduced and the two shook hands and
cinched. Bailey was soon sent to the
floor, but refused to be put on his
shoulders Both men used every par
ticle of strength at their command and
most of the time the result was in
doubt The contestantsA encour-
aged by vociferous cheers.
At one period Hanson had the strong
man on his side and for full minute
worked savagely at his stomach with
his knee Bailey stood his punishment
well and in the last two minutes had
Hanson on the floor and almost had him
down, but at the call of time Bailey
was underneath. The referee awarded
the $50 to Bailey.
While Hanson was resting Mr. Calvin
| introduced Macleod who illustrated sew
eral wrestling holds on local boy as a
subject. Then the two professionals met
Hanson is better man than the
Scotchman and was the aggressor all
through the match. After 10 minutes he
secured toe hold on Macleod and the
bout was stopped while he illustrated how
tfOtCh ri ha M l.;
men with that hold. The match went
on and in five minutes Sandy was on his
back Hanson having obtained another
toe hold. After five minutes rest the
two men shook hands again and Han
son was again the aggressor. although
Macleod several times had him in bad
places only to miss landing him. At the
end of Il minutes a half-Nelson by Han
son twisted the mighty Scotchman on
his back and then squarely on both
shoulders and Hanson was declared the
winner of the match, having won two
straight falls.
After the match Hanson announced his
Willingness to wrestle any man at his
weight for any sum and then challenged
George Washington Maiey. Hanson said
he would throw the Bratteboro man
twice in 60 minutes for any side bet
Bailey would put up. Bailey said he
would wrestle the champion for a per
cehldSe Oh the receipts, but did not want
to put up side bet. The matter will
be decided today. Hanson feels keenly
the disappointment of failing to throw
the local wrestler
Bailey has wrestled II other profess
sionals and thinks that the Terrible
Swede' cannot throw him twice in 60
minutes Although Bailey lacks science.
ms strength is great, especially in his
arms and legs. Louis St Cyr, who died
a few years ago, is the only man who
ever hfted a heavier weight over his
head, according to the records of a
manufacturer of dumbbells in Philadel-
phia, Bailey weighed 224 pounds last
evening, while the Swede weighed 100
with three weeks training Bailey thinks
ne could drop "a pounds of excess weight
and add more muscle