Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-05-25
FRED CHR|STIAASOH
CHAMPION OF IDAHO
In a Fast Three Down Match Local
Payette Man Wrests Championship
Honors from Pat Devsney Of Boise.

CnrlSliauSOn ana rat OefdASSs SAa4I
/ pion of Idaho, proved as interesting
and as classy a match as the fans
J mad looked forward to and in last
, three down contest chock full OF
gruelling work the Payette man
) wrested the championship honors OF
the mat from the Boise athlete.
At nine thirty referee J. NJ. Swan
on announced that a preliminary
bout would be wrestled by Hyde
Carnes, a local man and Kollen-
bourne, a Caldwell wrestler The
iirst down between these two men
lasted for just five minutes when
with a two bar hold Barnes put his
man to the mat. After five min
ute rest they again went at it and
Tor fourteen minutes gave as pret-
ty an exhibition as one would care
20 see when with full Nelson Kol-
ienbourne put Barnes squarely on the
mat. While the men were resting
I Referee Swanson announced that
Ihey were both pretty tired and
asked what TIE crowd desired TO
call it draw or to have them go
on for another down but the almost
un7nimous answer of the audience
was, Call it a draw and bring on
the big fellows"
Referee Swanson then introduced
Pat Deyaney as champion wrestler
Of Idaho. Devaney made a short
ak in which he stated that he
had met some of the best men in
the world and that he would do his
BEST to throw his opponent. If he
dill not succeed he would have no
i'll feeling and he hoped if he did
that there would be no i'll feeling
against him. All he asked was
square deal. He was greeted with
considerable applause.
Fred Christianson was next intro
duccd and as the cleanly built mod
est young local athlete was intro
ducei he was greeted with round af-
ter round of loud applause.
After the usual preliminary exam
ination of finger nails and the an
qouncement that the strangle hold
in any form was barred the two men,
DeTaney weighing 22O and Christian
son $50, shook hands and the battle
for the Championship of Idaho was
on.
For a few minutes both men work
ed cautiously, feinting and endeav-
ing to draw each other out but af-
ter a very few minutes they mixed
it fiercely each man seemingly de-
termined 20 get his hold After fif-
ceen minutes and forty seconds of
the hardest kind of gruelling work
Devaney with a scissor on the right
and bar on the left put Christianson's
shoulders to the mat after a fierce
~ wrestled bout.
After a five minute rest both men
again came to the center of the
mat, shook hands and went after
each other hammer and tongs. There 1
was not an idle moment in the en-
ire round. 1t was gruelling work
from start to finish and starting
with a toe hold and ending with a
half Nelson and bar young Christian
son put his opponent to the mat in
Just thirteen minutes and five sec
onds.
One down each for both men made
it decidedly interesting and while
the two men were taking the five
minute rest there was much specula- I
ton as to what the outcome would
be when they again faced each other
on the mat When time was called
the third down proved as fast and
FURIOUS if not more so than the two
previous ones. each man going mtg
the work with a determination To
win. Both men were in tight places
several times but by adreit work
and quick movement succeeded in
extricating himself After seventeen ]
minutes OF classy work on the part
of both men Christanson demon
strated his superiority by putting his
opponent to the mat with half
Nelson and a bar
Both men are good men and un.
ierstand the game but Christianson
IS quicker and demonstrated that
he is by far a better man than the
local fans have heretofore given
him credit for being. He wrestles
good clean. game, keeps his head
and is there with all the tricks Of
the game. That he has a future
before him in this line none VIII
doubt,