Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-11
MAHMOUH Pins BELL TO MAT i
Turk Gets Better Of Wisconsin Man
in Two Falls.
FASTEST MATCH m MANY MOONS
Deen Tries for Toe Hold. but Turk
Gets Out Of Pinch with Easc,
Taking FaIi. in Thirty-siS
aud Twelve Minutes.

Yussif Mahmout took two straight falls
last night from Fred BELL IN CLASSY
graphing exhibition. The first fall went
to the Turk in thirty-six minutes and
twelve seconds, with an English bar and
body hold He got the second fall In
twelve minutes and thirty seconds with
body hold.
Over l,5oo deyoteesN OF the mat game
were at the Boyd. The bout :.as one OF
the cleverest. fastest anc most furious
ever held In Omaha. A large number OF
the feminine supporters turned out to
the game and were highly pleased with
the entertainment afforded.
\ Beell lived up TO his reputation Of
being the fastest man for his weight in
the game today and time after time
brought applause. He went on the mat
Weighing 1877 pounds. while his adversary
weighed IN at soi pounds. At that NAH
mout said he never had a harder test
in all his life than he did last night. Nah
mout also proved beyond doubt that
Frank Gotch knew what he was doing
when he picked the Turk out as the
greatest foreign wrestler America has
ever seen. He was the equal OF Beell In
every department Of the game and won
the good opinion of the fans
Fast from the start.
Farmer Burns had hardly announced
the two grappiers TO the large crowd
when they went after each other tooth
and nall. Both men worked hard and ut
no time during the match did either one
let up the least bit. For time afahmont
had a hard time getting mold on the
elusive Beell, but after few minutes OF
parleying he suddenly started after his
man and II was but few seconds be-
fore they were on the mat. Hold after
hold Bcell would break and when he
would get behind the Turk, the, latter
was just as slippery. Twice Mahmout
had his man in bad holes, only to have
the little fellow work out Of them.
Beell tried continually for toe hold
on the Turk, but the latter seemed to
have no fear whatever Of the dread hold
and when II seemed that he was TO sue
cumb to the tortures OF this painful treat
ment he would straighten outlhis leg and
get behind his man. After he had worn
his man down the Turk suddenly secured
a bar hold on Beell and bore his back
to the mat where with the assistance OF
his body he won the first fall.
second Round Furious.
The second fall started out more furi-
Gus than the first. Mahmout went after
his mar from the start with determine
ton to settle the affair as soon as
possible. Beell, however, managed to keep
his opponent away until after twelve
minutes Of hard wrestling. Beell aroused
the Turks anger by. setting him in a
tight hole. Then started a battle. worth
seeing. Hammer and tongs they went
for each other. from one side OF the
mat to,the other. now en- their feet and
then on the mat. until suddenly the Turk
threw Beell to the mat. and rolled him
over on mis- back. almost before the crowd
could realize that the match had ter.
minated. ~
In the preliminsties Young Miller. threw
George Snah .wo straight falls. Farmer
Burns proved a most popular referee
and his decisions we're accepted with
cheers. ...