The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-04
AUSTRIAN GIVES THE MIDDLE
WEIGHT CHAMPION TWO CLEAR
FALLS.
BOUT FAST FROM
START TO FINISH
Indian Won the First Fall and Then
the Austrian Began to Whip Up
Adamson, Of Chicago, Referee
More Challenges Issued.

Last night at Convention hall Chief
Montour, the middleweight champions
lost his match to Charles Delivuk, the
Austrian grappler, in the fastest,
fercest match seen on local mat
Montour does not lose his title as
worlds middIeweight champion, owing
70 the fact that Delivuks weight is
distinctly out OF the middleweight
class
Ed Adamson Of Chicago, noted Crap
4 rler and referee, ofticiated, and demon
strated that he was master Of every
situation.
Montour was seen at his best in the
4 first period Of the mach and was over,
under and around Deliyuk so fast that
he Of the mustache and German dia-
lect was uncertain Just what was TO
happen next The chief bored in from
the tap Of the gong and as a rule had
Delivuk in bad way. After twenty
two minutes of hard work Montour
demonstrated that he could use his
famous head scissors successfully on
the Austrian Delivuk was clamped in
the yiee-lixe hold and held helpless al
though he displayed classy line OF
defense in his bridge work Having
struggled in vain for three minutes,
twenty seconds, and having gamely
taken the severe punishment, he was
ground down to a fall, Mountour win
ming the fail in twenty-five minutes,
twenty seconds, With head scissors
and arm lock.
During the intermission Montour
went to his dressing room for rub
down while DeIivux was content to
Sit in his corner and nervously twirI
his mustache. The tide Of battle turn
ed ere the second period had progress
ed far and both grappIers took worlds
OF punishment. Delivuk worked for
/ armholds almost entirely and the
. mighty chief was kept busy getting
away. The second fall had progressed
some ten minutes when Montour was
on the mat caught in a head lock. He
was forced into what appeared almost
y sure fall with a quick twist, how
ever. he came out of the hold, but not
until the audience had conceded he
n was down. AS the match progressed
X the cries Of eRotten!' directed at
d Referee Adamson became so persistent
a that that gentleman called time and
motioneG the men to their corners. He
r. and Montour then appealed the decis.
II ion to Delivuk who s3ii 'Lodies and
" chentlemeens. i got Something's to say;
ip if anybody dinks We are not wrestling
let him sthep onto der mat and the
match was On again. Delivuk won the
second fall in fifteen minutes, twenty
seconds with double arm lock.
The punishment he had received il
the second fall seemed to have taker
y some Of the stamina out Of Montour
\ He worked largely on the defensive il
y the third fall. Delivuk furnishing hin
severely with ram and head holds. Ths
third and last fall came in thirteer
N minutes, thirty seconds, and was Sc
T. cured By Delivuk with an arm loci
and head hold After the tail Mon
tour arose slowly and shook Deliyuk1
hand. then resumed his usual smile
Ii After the match I'd Adamson said
II !. ~ would like to meet the Austrian
" here or any other place provided hi
would handicap me twice in on
IN hour When asked if he would mee
rs Montour here Adamson said: 4 hai
n just as well meet him here as any
-n where
Seen this morning Montouf said:
Iit' have learned something about the Aus
De- trian's tactics. I am not through wit
him and would Ike to met him her
Ib. again"