Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-09
BRATTLEB0R0 LOCAL
"LITrLE GIANT" AGAIN A VICTOR.
to Canvas-Greek Secured First Fall
Boln and Barden Match Draw.

with Toe Hold Hanson Brought kilonls
to canvas-Greek Secured First Fall
8olIn and Barden Match Draw.
Fritz Hanson again demonstrated his
right to the title OF little giant Mon
day evening when he threw John kilonis
of Manchester, N. H., 10 pounds heavier,
after ITO minutes of whirlwind wrestling.
The Greek won the first fall, but the
next two went to Hanson. More than
500 enthusiastic persons watched the
contest. which began about $50 o'clock
and finished a few minutes before IL. A.
c. Wilcox of Greenfield was referee.
The first preliminary was between
wayland Graves and Timothy Merrill
local men, who had not appeared on the
mat before. Both showed a lack of
knowledge of the game and Graves won
the first fall in eight minutes and the
second in two minutes and 10 seconds
Graves weighed 140 pounds and the loser
145. The second preliminary was a
battle royal" originated by Fritz Han
son, and refereed by him. Six boys en-
tered and the winner was decided by the
process of elimination. The six boys
were Bernard Dunlevy, Edward Moran,
Charles Aher, Arthur Graves. Francis
Fleming and Bryan Gale. At the word
"wrestle" they began. Francis Fleming
and Edward Moran were the last to
stand and Fleming won in seven minutes
from the time the match began.
In the semi-final, two local boys, Ed.
Bolin and John Barden of Crosby's ware
house, met. The strange hold was
barred and the contest was limited to 80
minutes. The referee did not announce
the time limit and thereby got in bad"
with the audience later on. While Eddie
had had more experience, Barden showed
UP well and the contest was interesting
Bolin won the first fall in seven minutes
u,ifb har nd ho1l
the men again came on the mat they had
23 minutes to go and those minutes were
full Of interest. The last five minutes
were fast and when time was up Bolin
was on top. Wilcox separated the
men and called the bout draw and
as the majority did; not understand that
the match had reached its time limit
they demanded an explanation, which
was forthcoming.
The match between Hanson and the
Greek begean at $50 Kilonis started
fast and kept Fritz jumping. He had a
disconcerting trick of sta bling at the
local mans face with his open fingers
which Hanson stood without grumbling
until the latter part of the second round,
when he rushed his man and gave him
to understand that enough was enough.
Hanson's face, arms and body were bad
ly scratched by his opponents finger
nails. During the first round Kilonis
did fast work and had Fritz under him
a good share of the time. At the end Of
40 minutes Fritz secured toe hold with
Kilonis's head in chancery and held him
several minutes, but the Greek wriggled
out, showing wonderful strength. At the
end Of AZ minutes Hanson's shoulders
went to the canvas with the Greek on
top with a head scissors and arm hold.
The second round was slower and it
was evident that Hanson had more en-
durance. He was the aggressor the
greater part of the time, but Kilonis was
on top as often as the Swede. At the
end of 35 minutes the Greek made a
squirt and threw Hanson around the mat,
but the welterweight secured a head
scissors and in AZ minutes and seven
seconds the big man was down.
The last round went fast and furious.
Kilonis "roughed it, several times and
Hanson reciprocated. Once they were
off the mat rolling each other over the
floor near the stage door. and again Han
son went flying through the air and land
ed in a sitting posture near the scenery
in the back of the stage. At the end of
20 minutes Hanson obtained a far arm
hold and was the master of the situation.
Reaching for the Greeks toe he caused
such excruciating pain that with a gasp
Kilonis dropped back to the mat, whis-
pered Down" to the referee and the
match was over. The time was 81 min
utes and five seconds. Kilonis challenged
Fritz and another match may be arrang-
ed.