The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-07

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BEAT HALlENDER'S
Match Was Hardest Fought
and Best Ever Seen in the
State
An enthusiastic crowd of wrestling
fans, among whom were numbered
many Of his old school mates. gath
cred at the Metropolitan opera house
on Wednesday night to watch Charles
Cutler, once of this city, defeat Chas.
Challender. the mysterious Conduc-
tor" in two straight falls in what ia
conceded by all to be the best wres-
Ting exhibition ever staged in Grand
Forks.
Grand Forks audiences have been
"stung" by fake wrestling bouts pulled
OF here. and have become skeptical,
but there was no chance to cry
fake" Wednesday night, as both men
were working, not occasionally, but
all Of the time. Superior strength
and weight won for Cutler only after
n Of the hardest struggles he has
eve experienced. He secured the
first fall in 4S 1-2 minutes with a scis-
sors and a half-Nelson, only after he
had worn Challender down by his
superior weight. The second fall
zane after twenty minutes Of whirl-
wind wrestling, Cutler gaining 1t with
an arm scissors and a body hold.
From the time that Referee Quigley
called time until he declared the win
ner both men worked. For the first
half hour Cutler in spite of his weight
and size, was on the defensive a good
share Of the time. 1t was a case of
weight and strength pitted against
skill and science. Time after time Cut
Ter would get Challender into holds
that 1t seemed almost impossible for
him to get out of, when with q quick
pivot, Challender would swing into
safety. His speed saved him from
falls a number of times and his knowl-
edge Of the game, his full quota of
tricks, that surprised his opponent
and worked him into position where
he could be easily overbalanced, and
Challender could get from under. drew
much enthusiastic applause from the
fans.
In saying that Challender had it
over on Cutler for speed, is a big as
sertion, when 1t Is remembered that
Cutler is one of the several men in
the championship class today, but the
comparison Of the two men in We'd
nesday evenings struggle bears up the
state. Both men worked phenomenal
ly fast, not only on their feet but on
the mat and It was a case of speedy
science pitted against brute strength
that counted. Cutler weighed in the
neighborhood Of 215 pounds and Chal-
lender only 172, but the latter did not
give in until completely exhausted.
That he Is game to the core was we'll
proven as 1t was only after he had
been completely worn out by Cutler
that Challender was unable to break
away from the scissors and half Mel
son, the identical hold he had swirled
out Of but a few minutes before. When
the fall was made, he rose and stag
gered to his chair and would have
fallen had 1t not been for fans at the
ringside who guided him to the chair.
The Second Fall.
When time was called for the Sec
ond scramble, It was easy to see that
the grueling received by Challender in
the first bout had told heavily on him,
but he started In like a North Dakota
cyclone and had Cutler struggling
hard at times to break holds he got
into. A number Of times Challender
would get Half-Nelsons on Cutler, who
displayed a wonderful strength in his
neck and broke the holds by lifting
his head back. Cutler was almost posi-
tive that he had Challender at about
ten minutes after the match was re-
sumed for the second fall and asked
the referee to watch closely. He had
secured q bar arm and an arm scis-
sors, but the smaller man broke the
hold and whirled into the aggressive.
While science was displayed by both
men all through the match, the best
work done was in the second period
Of wrestling, when Cutler secured a
hammer lock on Challender and the
latter broke out Of It. Cutters weight
told In the end and he secured the
second fall at the end Of twenty min
utes, with an arm scissors and a hold
In which he used the weight Of his
body to pi nthe shoulders Of Challen-
der to the mat.
Champions Both.
Challender, who had made a repu-
tation with the local fans before the
match, doubled in their estimation by
his wonderful exhibition on Wednes-
day night. His phoneminal speed cou-
pied with his staying powers and his
skill, kept the crowd in an uproar all
of'the time. Cutler says that he thinks
C%hallender the champion of the world
at his weight and the fans agree with
him.
Cutler has the makings of a cham
pion. When Gotch retired he gave
the championship to the winner of the
Ordeman-C Cutler match, which the
former Grand Forks boy took. Ac-
cording to Challender Cutler is the
present holder of the worlds title,
but in a short speech to the fans at
the end Of the match Cutler stated
that he was not the equal Of the Hum
boldt farmer and he knew 1t. His lack
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