The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-29
A NEW YEARS PROSPECT.

Hanson tried to press him to the mat. J.,
was only minute later, however, when
| Hanson got head scissor and hammerluck
| hold that did the trick The first fall came
/ in IL minutes,
| The men took 10.minute rest and when
| they stepped on the mat for the finish Of
! the bout the Greek had apparently recoy'
cred his usual form aud was as cat'like as
ever. For several minutes both men tiddled
/ for an opening and Poulous tried several
times TO rush Hanson and pick the Swede
off his feet Each time he got a hold on
one of Hanson's legs but Fritz wrlggled
away. Pouou> came within a HAIR OF be-
| ing again thrown by the same sort OF d
| body hold that Hanson used on him when
/ he stood the Manchester man on his head.
| The audience insisted that Poulous make
! things faster and in squirt lasting nearly
| five minutes the Greek kept Hanson NOV
| ing all of the time Then suddenly going
to the mat, he let Fritz have things his
way and il could be plainly seen that the
Swede was bound TO end the match within
few minutes 4 half-Nelson and crotch
hold by Hanson put Poulous 10 the mat
and the Swede held his man down long
enough to make sure that there was no
doubt in the matter
At the close Of the match the referee an
nounced that George w. Bailey, Brattlc.
boro's strong man, who has recently taken
up the wrestling game, would be pleased
to meet Hanson. Hanson came forward
and asked Bailey on what terms he wished
to wrestle and Bailey said on the basis OF
10 per cent of the receipts to the winner
and % per cent to the loser, both men to
make a side bet. The same conditions
would prevail as in the former Hanson
d. IL L. Il. H..
should throw Bailey twice in an hour.
Bailey agreed to the conditions An
nouncement was made that Pouous would
like to meet Hanson again and Fritz said
he would meet the Manchester man but not
in Brattleboro as one match was enough
here between the two men. Fritz won
from Poulous last week in Burlington.
The preliminary between kid I.avoie,
an cmpoye OF the Fort Dummer Mills, and
Edward Bolin an employee of +. Crosby 4
company, was an interesting bout which
the audience would have been satisfied to
watch for several minutes longer than il
did. Though Lavoie got the decision with
only one fall Bolin's admirers We're of the
opinion that the decision ought to have
been draw. The referee announced that
the bout would be for the welterweight
championship of Brattleboro. Layoie start
ed things by attempting a half Nelson and
with Bolin under him tried to get a toe
hold. Bolin wouldn't stand for such treat
ment and in getting to his feet Lavoie
threw the man Of White Satin flour fame
nearly over his head and both men landed
off the mat. For II minutes neither man
had the best of it but in the 18th minute
Lavoie changed his methods and secured a
body hold Though Bolin broke it the
X / he hltl nd
forced Boln to the mat in the 18th minute
of the bout. In the second period the men
wrestled % minutes and it was plain to
see that neither could get fall. The audi
ence was getting impatient for the big
bout to begin and the referee called the
match giving draw as his decision. This
announcement aroused the friends of Boln
who insisted that the match ought to go
on. The referee announced that he would
put the men back on the mat for Is
minutes and if neither secured a fall dur
ing the period he would give the decision
to Lavoie. During the next seven minutes
there was something doing all of the time
and Bolin got body hold on Lavoie that
looked good for several seconds but the
Kid managed to escape the fall and at the
end of the 15-minute period the decision
was given to Lavoie. 1t is likely that these
Two men VIII 1uTnlSn an interesting pre-
liminary at one of the big bouts to be held
in Brattleboro during the winter
Poulous, Kilonis's substitute, is consid-
cred by Hanson to be one of the best men
in the wrestling game at the welterweight
He comes from Manchester, N. H., where
he has been closely associated with Kilonis
as pupil and trainer. There is but little to
choose between Kilonis and Pouous. Both
are inclined to take the offensive rather
than the defensive at the start of match ,
While Hanson wished to meet Kilonis in
Bratteboro Christmas evening as he had
promised to do he said after the match
that the audience had certainly got its
moneys worth and there ought to be no
kick to the management over the fact that
Kilonis failed to arrive Kilonis tele-
graphed Monday that he was sick and
would send Poulous and the management
decided to put on the new man as Hanson
assured those in charge of the match that
Poulous was as good man as Kilonis. !
The officials of the match were William !
Brown of Claremont, N. H., referee;
Charles R. Crosby and John J. Clune of
timers