St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-12-28
Local Men Show Themselves
Past Masters of the Art.
Lacroix Beats Pardella Here
and Feltus at Slidell.
TONY Gabriel Wins One Fall
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and the Match by Default.


attendance that was expected at the
wrestling match Monday night, but
while the crowd was not large II
made up its lack in size by the en-
thusiasm and interest, and the en-
thusiasm doubled up when the local
men made such a good showing that
even the handicapped match wal
turned into an even struggle when
Ed. Lacroix placed Pardelle on the
defensive most Of the time ana thre"
i him in the second bout in four min
ntes. something that had never nap
nened to Pardello before In MS ex'
nerience as q wrestler. Lacroix Gov
cred himself with glory. weighing
INIT 40 pounds and having Du
couple of days in which to get mt
condition. he had all the best OF II
With Pardella, who is considered !;
top-notcher who weighed 2l4 pouhos
and who agreed to throw MIN t~lce
in one hour. ..,,
Tony Gabriel won the second fan
from DIR. Feltus in three minutes
after losing the first in nine. GaD,
riel is a good wrestler but was II
NO condition for long wrestling bon'
with = man like DR.. Feltus, who If
hard A steel and in thorough condl
tion. but unfortunately for the Doc
tor he was suffering from q badly
damaged arm, which was pulled from
its socket by Gabriel, making 1t I'M
Dosgible for him to go on the MAJ
again.
was a very pretty exhibition OF quick
ana clever work. Both showed them
selves to be good men. 1t Is the
general impression that Dell would
have won had the match gone to q
Anish. but after the first bout, III
Witch Dell won a fall, he became
e;ck at the stomach and vomited.
II was evident to all when he step
ned ON the mat for the second bout
that thessnap and vim which cnarac-
terized his first work was lacking
He was thrown by Mccormack IN nve
minutes and was too Ill TO contlnue
the battle.
A numerous situation in the wres-
thing was the evident surprise OF the
visiting professionals at the hafo
work that was laid out for them o.
the, mat. Mccormack frequently
voiced his wonder by such remarks
"a ..where did you get this man, any
how" when Dell broke hold afte;;
hold with simple ease. Pardella hae
the same wonder in his eyes. but his
exclamation was one of desperation:
"They didn't tell me was going uI
arainst anything like this" lie
showed his disgust by the way he
would shake mis- head and throw out
his hands. If he had pulled his nan
he could not have added to tEe
h,,nor of his desperation. Lac:c'A
only smiled. He was master OF the
situation.
different matches:
Feltus and Gabriel-The Doctor
looked confident and Gabe was a
little wary of giving him too mucf
opportunity, not being ANXIOUS 1o1
his embrace, but they were soon
down on the mat and Gabe displayet
considerable dexterity in breaking
holds and wriggling out of perilou'
positions, but in spite of it all the
Doctor got an arm and head hold
putting Gabe's shoulders down witt
what Is known as push head.
Time, 3 minutes.
In the second bout Gabe seemed
anxious to go on the mat withou
the usual intermission, but 1t wa'
decided to put on the first bout o
the McCormack-Deil match. aftel
which Gabe threw the Doctor in shor'
order, getting a hammerlock and scis
sors hold. In this bout the Doctor
arm, which was in bad condition
from a former match, was so injur
ed that he could not 90 on again.
Time, minutes. Gabriel declared
the winner.
Mccormack and Deil-The worh
by these men was fast and a very
pretty exhibition of wrestling. Boil
seemed in fine condition and holt
after hold was broken at the crucia
moment when fall seemed probable
The fall was won by Dell with {
double Nelson hold. Time, 25 min
utes. The second fall was won by
Mccormack with a, chest and wais
hold, in 5 minutes. Before coming
on the second time Dell was take,
sick At the stomach and vomited
1t was easily seen that his movements
were sluggish and not in keeping
with the brilliant work he had done
in the former bout. He was no,
able to finish and the match wen,
to Mccormack.
Pardella and Lacroix-The resul,
< of this match was surprise to every
body. for the huge proportions o1
Pardella, compared with Lscroix a!
they shook hands ON the mat, made