New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
RA|CEV|CH TAMES SIX
Italian Wrestler Throws His
Opponents with Great Ease.
ALL LOOK ALIKE TO HIM
Twenty Minutes Enough to Down
Cosmopolitan Array Of AS.
sorted Talent.

Giovanni Raicevich, the Italian wrestling
champion. lived up 10 his contract By
throwing six men in A handicap match At
Madison Square Garden last night Ger
man giants. Greek demons and Polish
what-nots all looked alike to this powerful
grappler from sunny Italy. who weighs
about two hundred and thirty pounds.
According 10 the advance announcements
Raiccvich was 20 try 10 throw SIX men IN
two hours devoting twenty minutes 10
each opponent. and In the event Of any
one lasting that long the successful one
was to receive 5000. There was no men,
ton Of anything 50 reckless last night
Raicevich crushed his opponents ike 40
much chan, going through the cosmopoN-
tan assortment IN 10 minutes and G seconds
OF actual wrestling The calibre Of his op-
ponents. however, was mediocre, and II is
still a question whether be would be able
TO make a good showing against men like
Gotch or Zbyszko. II was rumored about
the Garden last night that Raiceylch and
Zbyszko would I'm all probability Re
matched TO wTestle there the latter part
Of this month.
There was disappointment over the fall
ure of Yankee Rogers 20 appear as one
of Raicevichs opponents Rogers was
there and told the writer he was willing
10 go on. but not under the conditions Of
fered by the management.
There was a fair sized and noisy crowd
present From the gallery snowhalls flew
at short intervals They were apparently
aimed at the ring. and once Or twice mar
rowly missed hitting the wrestlers
l.. -
the disturbers swarmed 70 the main foor.
throwing chairs about AMI making them
selves generally offensive There were
not sufficient police present 10 keep the
unruly ones in check. and the cut-ups
seemed TO be aware Of the fact.
In the first preliminary Bersen. intro
dUced as the middleWeight champion OF
the navy. grappled with Bull Montagno.
powerful Italian. After twelve minutes OF
lively work MoDtagno pinned the sailors
shoulders 10 the mat with a double arm
lock. a brief rest followed and then they
got at It again. with Bersen doing most Of
Of the work He threw his man with q
body hold in twelve and a half minutes.
Z 5 they had agreed 10 wrestle haif an
hour, there was only five and a half min
utes left, and when time expired both were
hard at IL. The referee called II a draw.
Next came a ifteen-minute special bout
between a pair OF heavyweights. Jim Gal
vim. styled the Irish champion, and Mel
Olsen. Of Denver. There was action every
second Of the time both men going at each
other ssvagely. Neither man succeeded in
gaining a fall and then Calvin came in
for a great roasting" from the crowd, all
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his rival
Raiceyich's first victim was Harry Petof-
ski, a 200-pounder from Poland. In less
than two minutes the Italian had his mans
shoulders touching the canvas. but the fall
was not allowed He got a body hold an
ins slant later and threw his man, the time
beng two minutes.
Next came August Faust. who put Up an
equally weak resistance. After / minute
and 20 seconds Faust succumbed 10 al
arm hold and the crowd gave the Italian
great reception.
Raicevichs third opponent was George
Sandele. known a. the Greek Demon
While IL lasted the bout was fun OF action.
but the Italian got his man 70 the mat
with double arm lock I'm minutes and
80 seconds.
The demon didn't seem to think he had
been thrown fairly and made a great show
Of fight at the end. He retired amid a
storm OF howls from the crowd.
The fourth man to wilt under the Ital-
ian's vicelike grips was Paul Schmidt. a
massive German. weighing about go
pounds. Schmidt broke several holds, but
finally caved In when Raicevich applied a
half nelson and neck hold. The time was
g minutes and 10 seconds
The nth man TO face the star was John
Lehner another German. The result was
the same. the trial horse making a good
stand for a brief period and then weak
ening Raicevich started with 4 fun nelson.
hut inally pinned his man with half nell
son in minutes and - seconds.
The sixth and last victim was Fritz Mohl.
carded as a Hollander, weighing 222 pounds.
Sometimes Fritz has been known as the
Hoboken Iceman. He lasted only minutes
and So seconds, an arm hold dashing his
hopes.