Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-05
ROLLER WON MATCH
HjaImer Lundin Throw Twice
Before Large Crowd
Hanson Lost to Young Gotch, Failing to
Secure Two Falls in as Mlnutes-Roller
a Pleasing Arbter.

DR.. b. f. Roller and Young Gotch were
the winners of the wrestling matches in
the Auditorium Friday night which were
watched by one of the largest audiences
of the season. Dr. Roller won two
straight falls from Hjalmer Lundin,
heavyweight champion of Sweden, and
Young Gotch was given the decision by
virtue of preventing Fritz Hanson
from throwing him twice in As minutes.
He lost one fall but the local man could
not get him for the second within the
given time. Dr. Roller refereed the
Hanson Gotch match and Hanson acted
in the same capacity in the bout between
the big men. Dr. Rollers work as ar
bitter was pleasing to the audience as
several times he explained the holds that
were being used and called attention to
points that are interesting to know about
the sport. Hanson found no difficulty in
keeping the heavyweights within the
rules. William Thayer was timer for
the first match and George Bailey held
the chonometer for the big men.
The principals in the Hanson Gotch
match agreed to bar the strange hold
and the toe hold, but the latter was left
to the discretion of the referee, who said
he would allow its use if there was
chance for the victim to turn on his
shoulders. Hanson was to throw Gotch
twice in As minutes or lose the match and
Gotch was to be given the match if he
threw Hanson once in the allotted time
From the start the men worked hard
and kept after each other with VIII.
Gotch was given much punishment with
the body scissors, but managed to escape
those wearing holds each time. He also
succeeded in breaking several toe holds
Gotch weighed 10 pounds more than
when seen here before and appeared to
be making better battle He kept Han
son busy all the time and more than
Nl.A lNAtt Of
the heap with things not exactly coming
his way At the end of 80 minutes Han
son won the first fall with a body scissors
and far arm hold.
The second round was fast and the
work of the men was applauded repeat
eddy. Gotch sustained a slight injury to
his ankle after eight minutes of wrest-
ling that interfered with his work, but
at the end of the allotted time both men
were squirming on the mat At the finish
of the ma tch Gotch challenged Hanson
In behalf of his protege whom he re-
Gently brough from Canada.
The big men came upon the mat at
945 o'clock. DR.. Roller wore his usual
costume, which consisted Of a pair of
swimming trunks. They agreed to bar
the strangle hold. Both men looked to
be in fine condition and DR.. Roller was
the heavier Lundn is shaped somewha
on the lines of Bob FitZsimmons. For
four minutes they We're upright on the
mat, each trying to get the other to go
down. DR.. Roller playfully patted Lun-
dins chin and cheeks with his open
palm, but the Swede blinked his eyes
and bided his time. At the end of four
minutes the doctor by good work, got
Lundin down and then there was some
good sport. The Washingtonian tried for
all parts of Lundin's body while the
latter apparently preferred to get his
holds above his opponents belt. They
frequently went off the mat and it was
necessary to stop the match so that they
could go back to the centre. At the end
of 80 minutes Roller secured a toe hold
on the big Swede and eight seconds later
Hanson gave him the match, as Lundin
surrendered.
Shortly after the second round began
both men went off the mat. Lundin be-
gan to crawl back on his hands and
knees and he had gone about three feet
when DR.. Roller, in a playful spirit,
hoped after him and accidentally landed
on his knee. This member recently had
been bothering him and it was injured
so that at the end of 10 minutes when
the doctor secured leg nelson, followed
by head and crotch hold and a double
body hold, Lundin could not gather suff-