The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-27
GREEK THROWS TURK;
BOUT IS VERY ROUGH
Friends of HaSSan Insist De-
netral Used Strangle Hold
to Gain First Fall.
THE REFEREE DENIES IT
Representative Audience, In
cluding Governor and
Other Officials.
THE Referee DENIES IT

Demetral, the Greek Demon won
The wrestling bout from Hassan Yousouf,
the Turk. in the Salt Lake theater last
night. The nrst fall came after the men
had wresued / hour and IL minutes
There was an intermission OF 20 minutes
and then the Turk was thrown again By
the Greek in 81 minutes.
The athletic entertainment was pro-
NOTED by Harry Heagreu. \ representa-
cTnor william Spry. Joseph +. Smith and
sons. Sheriff Joseph Sharp. ChieI or Po-
lice Samuel Barlow and host OF other
prominent citizens.
s special train from Bingham brought
hundreds OF Greeks and they cheered De-
metral 10 the echo
Referee William Hughes offciatcd in
the big bout and Willard Bean in the
other TWO contests.
When Dcmetral got what Referee
Hughes said Was a deadlock on tho Turk,
which the men had agreed 10 bar; Ref
cree Hughes watched Demetral very
not a stransle hold bu, this opinion was
not shared by many others al the ring
side. Dcmetral had boasted That hc
would get the Turk good and those
who wanted 10 see the Turk win shouted
that the Creek tactics were unfair.
Al the Salt Palace bout on Labor day
IL was the Turk who got the strange
hold on the Greek, and Referee Hughes
al tina, tn1. made Hassan dcslsi. hut he
refused last night To interfere with De-
metra1. whose hold he pronounced head
lock. Whether this decision was right
or wrong. Il probably did not alter the
result OF the bout because Demetral was
so much quicker and moro sklllful.
Greek Is too Rough.
Certainly the hold caused the Turk in
tense pain. and nothing but his sameness
enabled him TO mold out as long as he
did Many In the audience considered
the wrestling much more brutal than any
boxing exhibition they had ever seen;
remark that DemetraIs tactics were
900 rough and many others thought the
sport would have been much better II
Demetral had not tried 10 make the Turk
think he would gouge his eyes out. or II
he had not bitten as he did whenever he
got a. chance.
Demetral used every trick OF which he
was master. Nothing but the strangle
hold was barred, and there Is great
divergence OF opinion as TO whether that
was barred or not. Certainly II was tns
toughest wrestling match ever seen in
this city.
The first event on the programme was
q wrestling bout between Danny Keith
and Alex Swanson. Keith was thrown
In 70 minutes Swanson was the agrees
.or all The way through The men were
limited 10 20 minutes. but Swanson. VINO
was much stronger than Keith disposed
OF his opponent in a little more than half
OF that time. Swanson then tried hard
. 10 throw Keith again within the II min
utas which remained. but was unable 10
do so. The contest wss awarded to
Swanson
ing contest between Pete sullivan and
Jack Carpenter. This was the ono poor
feature OF the programme. Both men
seemed afraid TO mix matters. They
struck at each other mildly and clinched
whenever they had a chance. The bout
was called draw. Willard Bean ref
creed the first wrestling bout ana the
The tame boxing match made
tie ,hc big biz ,on, audienes impatient for
the stage firs, and WAS given a good
round of applause. He seemed tu be In
better condition than ne was at the salt
Palace. where he wrcs,led Dcmetral on
Labor day.
When Demetral clad in his green
tights, stepped on the stage the applause
Jcafcninc. y special train from Bingham
had brought many Greeks. all OF whom
were eager TO wager money on their IA
Referee William Hughes was introduced
and the men called 10 The mat. Deme-
tral was aggressive from The start. He
Palscc In an effort 10 make his adver-
sai-' angry.
Tries to Frightcn Turk.
At the very beginning of the bout
pcmeiral 1abhcd his fingers in the Turk s
face. causing the latter to fear injury 10
Turk on the arm ume and again. de-
sig Ing Just soon enough 10 avoid bring
ing blood.
Irmejral. who is quick as a cat tried
one hold after another but tho Turk
who was considerably stronger than Dem
ctral. wisgled out OF many prccarious
situaIions' ROUNDS OF applause greeted
The Turk on these occasions. as well as
Deuetrai.
The Turk go; Demetral on the mat
number OF times but he seemed abso-
"a - -.-iF 10, ..s ,..lg u
MIN. He lacks knowledge OF tho game
and Is not uesrl, 50 quick az Dcmetral.
2 measure for those handicaps
After one hour and fourteen minutes
pcmcTsl got toe hold and head lock
Many persons in the audience. including
Tinlekecper u \. Callahan. who knows
The wrestling game I'm all it's phases
Thought II was a strange hold. but the
referee decided II was not strange
hold and permitted Demetral 10 continue
The Turk. although suffering great
agony. held out gamely until the pain
compelled him 10 surrender.
The Greeks IN the audience almost
raised the roof with their cheers when
Demetrsl won the FIRST fall
After twenty minutes intermisslou. dur
ius which the orchestra rendered several
pleces the men came 10 THE mat agnln.
The Turk was lame and stin suffering
from the effects ~ MS first bout. Not
Ntthstanding this he met Demetral half
way and tried TO be as aggressive as the
Greek. but much OF his strength ~as
lacking. Neither man was fast a in
the first bout. but they kept working
all the time. In this bout tho Greek
sOt the scissors hold on the Turk lime
and again. but the Turks great strength
enabled him 10 escape.
After twcnty-one minutes % wrestling
bcmetrSu threw Yousour with a toe hold
and half nelson. This won the match
foT the Greek.
Promoter HcaErcn. who is bringing
Gotch 10 salt Lake soon. VIII tn TO In
ducc remctTal io go on with the world
champion fer an exhibition bout