The daily sentinel., 1912-01-02
SMALL CROWD
SEES DUCRAy
DEFEAT OLSEN
Lack of Interest in Wrestling Game
Will Prevent Fans from Seeing
Any More Good Bouts for a
Good Many Moons.

II Will be long time before there
is another wrestling match in Grand
Junction as good as that staged yes
terday afternoon. This is true first,
because men so clever and so well
matched are hard to find, and second,
because it does not pay promoters TO
handle a bout such as the Du Cray
Olson bout with no better attendance
than was in evidence yesterday.
Du Cray and Olson were wrest-
ling every minute of the time and
they were struggling on the mat for
73 minutes. There was no silent
tugEing with bull strength or clumsy
tumbling, but clever, scientific Crap
ping in which the economy of motion
was observed throughout and not a
muscle was eXerted uselessly.
Due to the fact that several bets
were placed on the proposition as 20
which man would be on the defensive
first. the men were especially careful
about this feature. They stood Oh
the quilt for 26 minutes before Du
Cray at last was behind his man. A
moment before, however. Du Cray
was in a bad position at the edge
of the mat and when they again
dropped on the pad their positions
7 IL
fair play. protested the decision of
the referee, and urged Du Cray to
allow Olsen to come to his feet
again.
Finally, Du Cray became more and
more aggressive and kept closely aft
er the Swede and gripped the latter
with holds that were eyaded with
great difficulty.
The beginning of the end came
when he forced Olson to his side
when he turned him with an ankle
grip and held him with an arm hold.
He was unable to pin the big fellow
with this hold but. crawling, quickly
over the PROSTATE Olson, he snapped
his knees about the head for scis-
sors and slowly forced the big man
to the mat.
Referee Hopkins tapped Du Cray's
back in token Of his winning the fall.
although a number of spectators de
clared that Olsons right shoulder was
not flat on the mat. The decision of
the referee stood in spite of the pro-
tests of Olson and many friends of
both men. However unfortunate it
may be that there was a question of
the fairness OF the fall, IL was gem
eraally agreed that it would have
been impossible for the Swede TO have
withstood the pressure much longer.
Another moment would have seen
his shoulders flat without question.
No credence is given to Olson S
protest that the head scissors consti-
tute a strangle hold The Swede,
however, cannot be blamed for maxi
ing such protest as that seems to
be part of the game.
1t took just four minutes for Du
Cray to finish his job. defeating Oh
son with an arm lock and body hold.
1t is unfortunate that no greater
interest was taken in this bout. Ii
means that no more good bouts will
be staged hree for many days, in spite
of the fact that several good pros
poets are being talked of Demetral.
sgd Varney, julius johnson and sew
eral other men could be matched with
Duke" here soon if local promoters
thought it justifiable, but It would
probably be a losing proposition to
try to put any of them on in this
city for some time.
Grand Junction has gained as
much good advertising from the fact
that Frank Du Cray has made this
city his home. as from a good profess
sional ball team. He is recognized
in sporting circles everywhere as the
greatest man of his pounds and inch
es in the game, and as long as he
has been wrestling. not one taint of
crookedness has ever marked a single
bout. He is on the square.
Go to Barton & Terrill's when you