White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-24
DEMETRA|L, GREEK DEMON.
DOWNS OLSON THE SWEDE.
Greeks opponent is Graceful and Clever. and Gets
Out of Many Bad Holes Making One Of the
Prettiest Exhibitions of Wrestling Ever Witnessed

Demetrail the Greek Demon" ad-
ded another scalp to his belt of vic
tories on the mat, when last night he
twice threw Jack Olson, the Swede
Canadian. The first bout occupied
3S minutes and was interesting from
start to finish, with many thrilling
moments, many close ccalls and neat
getaways The second bout lasted
8 minutes Olson was a surprise to
most of the spectators, for he proved
himself graceful, skillful, agile and
willing; but lacking in the strength
to throw the Greek. Demetrail is
quick as cat and 1.-the as leopard,
and he too, sped from many a bad
hole. AL Basket was the referee,
and the rules were that both shoul-
ders on the mat constituted a fall.
There could be no fall off the mat. A
division of opinion ensued over the
first decision, many claiming that
Olson's two shoulders were not
down.
No time was lost by the men in
getting down to business, and De-
metrail seemed intent upon finishing
his man right off the reel. He got
the first hold on him on the mat, but
Olson wriggled from under him like
an eel. Then Olson tried a toe hold,
but the Greek got away like a snake,
and was back at his opponent with
a half Nelson and a crotch. This
was the test of Olson's cleverness
and when he wriggled out of that
hale with one shoulder on the ground
the entire house came down. Then
with Demetrail on top, Olson rested !;
but the Greek did not permit much
of this. He tried how much friction
he could stand by rubbing his biceps;
then tried to throw him with a toe
hold, but there was nothing doing
and both men went off the mat.
The men took the center of the
mat and the Greek threw him with
a crotch hold, and got one shoulder
down. Again it looked as if it were
all off with the Swede, but he was
out of the meshes like a fish, and on
top of the Greek with a half Nelson.
Demetrail arose from the mat carry
ing Olson with him on his back; then
quick as a uash threw him and was
on top of him again with one
shoulder on the mat, and again the
Swede rolled out of a bad hole.
Demetrail tried the toe and crotch,
and Jack got away from this, and
secured half Nelson and a body
hold, from out of which the Greek
wriggled; then with a body and a
crotch hold, rose to his feet. with
Olson on his head, apparently defens-
less. But when Demetrail failed to
turn him, and Olson wriggled out of
it and landed on his feet with fresh
hold on the Gree, the house went
wild.
There followed an interchange of
holds, each man getting out of them
with remarkable cleverness; some
thing doing all the time. Olson Sc
cured crotch and body hold on the
Greek, and when it looked as if it
were all over with the Greek, the
men rolled off the mat. With half
Nelson and a crotch, he put one of
Olson's shoulders down. Olson roll
ed over, and the referee gave the de-
cision to Demetrail amid yells of ap-
plause intermingled with howls of
disapproval.
After ten minute rest the
wrestlers reappeared, and Demetrail
looked as if he had not yet gone on
the mat. Olson was a little tired
but still far from being vanquished; !;
and as soon as the men got together,
he was as wiry and as skillful as
ever, 1t was about eight minutes
later that he was on his shoulders,
and the bout was over Demetrail
had added another victory to his
string.