The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-14
WINNIPEG TEAM
ii. IS SELECTED
Manitoba Wrestlers Who
Will Meet Grand Forks
Boys Chosen

The men who will meet the Grand
Forks Y. M. C.. A. wrestlers at the
tournament to be held in Winnipeg
IN the near future, have been Sc
lected. The local boys are preparing
for the event and will be able to
against the Manitoba champions, who
have been decided as follows:
los pound. J.. Allan.
115 pound, A. Mcintosh.
1875 pound, r. Hutton.
1876 pound, r. Reskoff.
las pound. Chris Aikens.
1853 pound. D. Hart.
Heavy, l.. Ore.
Following Is the report of the tour
nament by which the men were elm
mated for the province titles:
The los pound championship was
decided in fast time, 1t taking only
forty-six seconds for J.. Allan to pin
j. Howe to the mat.
125 Pound Class
A.. Millward and A. Macintosh had a
struggle royal in the 1876 pound class.
There was scarcely any mat work, the
men having neck holds and wrestl-
ing on their feet for the greater part
of the time. The men showed con-
siderable speed and after two periods
OF six minutes each. had passed. the
judges decided on n third period Of
three minutes. The men moved fast
er In the extra. time. but still neither
succeeded in obtaining a fall and the
decision went to Macintosh on points.
1875 Pound Class
In the semi-final of the 1876 pound
class Reskoff succeeded in pinning his
the aggressor all the way and wore
his man down. In II final it appear
cd as If Reskoff had met his match
in S. Kennedy who assumed the ag-
gressive on the start and soon had
Reskoff on the mat. He secured a
couple of good holds but the superior
strength of Reskoff enabled him to
~. Reskoff took advantage of an
opening when Kennedy was seeking
a fresh hold and jumped to his feet.
He Immediately grabbed Kennedy by
the waist. throwing him heavily and
succeeded in forcing the latter's
shoulders to the mat. Kennedy was
dazed by the heavy fall and made lit
tie resistance. He was still groggy
when he left the mat.
14S Pound Class
Chris Aikens n j. McKinnon, old
rivals. both of whom have held the
Manitoba championship. faced each
other in the final of the 145 pound
scientific bout. although no fall was
secured by either. They wrestled at
arms length. sparring for holds dur-
ing two periods of six minutes with
out going to the mat and tho third
period was well under way when
Aiken obtained the first advantage,
getting Mckinnon to his knees. He
was not able to get his opponent into
any dangerous position before time
was up. The Judges could not agree
inc the referee gave his cast to Aikens.
File explained that it was a difficult
matter to decide between the boys.
but acting on the rules he would give
the championship to Aikens. The lat
ter had four pounds in weight and had
a considerable advantage in height
over McKinnon.
Heavyweight HonOrs
The heavyweight class gave a good
exhibition in the short time it lasted.
Ore, the Free Press representative. was
pitted against J.. McFadden, and the
latter started out in good style. He
He had Ore to the mat in quick style
and worked in a couple of good holds,
but could not retain them. Ore play
ed the defensive for a time and then
suddenly became busy. getting a firm
arm hold and winning the bout in
2:25.
There was no bout for the 1853 pound
as ]. Mitchell. who was to wrestle d.
Hart. defaulted and the latter was
awarded the championship.