Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-03-24
WINS
Domke Puts Up Game Fight But
Losses to Greater Weight. In
wood, Scene of.Big Match.

Tuesday evening at Inwood, Iowa,
Jess Westergaard of Des Moines, and
Paul Domke Of Sioux City, late Of
PipeStone, Minnesota, were matched
in a wrestling bout and Westergaard
won in straight falls.
The match started with two pre-
liminaries, in the first, Leo Mac Of
lnwood, wreStled Roy Smith of Larch-
wood. The boys displayed great abil-
ity and showed quite a bit of know
ledge of the game for youngsters.
Leo Mac lost the first fall but won the
next two. Leo weighed l25 pounds
and Smith of hardwood $50. The
falls went respectively, Is minutes for
the first. 3 for the second and Is for
the last. The second preliminary was
between Carl Myers Of Doom, Iowa,
and "Pete" Hanson Of Inwood. These
two young men put on a pretty exh
bition and after % minutes Of hard
work, Myers was declared winner Of
the first fall, with body roll and ham
merlock. The second period was
called a draw because Of the lateneSS
of the hour and at 1870 Dad Green
of Rock Rapids, official referee, m
nounced The big event OF the evening.
Jess Westergaard was introduced and
"a given a great ovation and quickly
following Paul Domke was introduced
and the crowd went wild. Domke
unS thn fa vnrifo hainp tho smaller
nan and better known.
At l0:4O sharp they shook hands
and the bout was on, both sparring
for an opening. Domke went to the
mat with Westergaard behind, 'bull-
ing" Domke and trying for a toe
hold. Failing in these ATTEMPTS, he
slipped a half Nelson on Domka but
that gentleman quickly spun away
from danger. This Vas kept up 40
minutes, one man behind, then the
other, each getting u of tight places
only to find another. When as min
utes was called by the time keeper,
Westergaard secured the scissors and
crotch on Domke and slowly forced
his man to the mat but o until he
had tried every trick in the game to
get away; time At minutes.
The second bout was much faster
than the first, circling the mat so
fast it was hard to follow their move
mentS, when suddenly Westergaard
slipped to the mat with Domke be-
l;,I Do,,Eo triad ayaruthirn h,,t
could not turn the big fellow who
would either spin out Of the bad holes
or would slip behind and when 20
minutes was called by the timekeeper,
Domke spun out of a crotch and half
Nelson only to have W~eStergaard
catch his head in chancery and then
he was slowly forced to the mat with
three points down, % minutes, and
Westergaard was declared winner of
the $500 purse put up by the Inwood
business men.
W~estergaard weighed 2lO and
Domke 1875. Westergaard was called
to the front where he made a neat
little speech, complimenting Domke
and his game hight but stating ne was
too heavy for Domke and he knew it
was a question of time before he put
his shoulders down. After this the
manager of Thompson, wrestling part
ner of Mohamet, the "Turk," chal-
lenged Domke for the light-heavy
championship of the world and for a
side bet. the match to be held in In
wood or any place suitable to Domke.
Domke quickly accepted the challenge
and set the time for next month, the
place for the match yet undecided.
The Inwood business men have
shown the right spirit in staging the
''big'' men and the LEADER offers
congratulations for their plucky fight
against big odds.