The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-18
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GAME SAY
OFFICERS
Indian and Greek Mix
Decision Goes to Chief
MOntOur

The event promising to be the best
card in the annals Of the wrestling
game In Chlckasha was nothing bet
ter than a mere piffle. Costaatinos
the terrible Greek, and Chief Arthur
MontoJr, the Canadlan-lindian, we're
booked as the principals with the Air
dome as the see Q Jf action last night
As the Greek Appeared in the ring
Montour registered a kick because he
was bareiooted but proceeded With
the match when the Greek refused to
put his shoes on They met in tho
center and In technical wrestling terms
"bulled' about the ring FOR a time win
neither gaining the advantage, aud
both apparently a little leary to start
anything. The crowd was patient and
didn't call for them 10 ink x ap proper
for many minutes being content 10
watch the biz fellows push each other
about the mat Montour was the az
gressor In thls aud was the general
tayoritc. The crowd called repeatedly
foF him 70 pat The Greek down ana.
out. There was nothing doing fer
either grapDleF. They vent to the mat
and worked through a few holds, but
neither appeared to want much ol this
mat work
The uiii as q whoie 8as slow. pune.
tuaicd az times by a BIT OF sIleed Oh
the part of the Indian. Out OF an en-.
tire wrestling Time ol more Than anI
hour they spent not to exceed ton min.
uics actually down On The mat whore
one or the other could get the adyant
age OF a hold, Il eliminated in a real
juvenile affair They were on ,he mat
with Moniour on top Then Arthur.
remembered the absence of shoes in
the neighborhood Of the Creeks feet,
calmly proceeded to twist a ireclan
toe. which so incensed that gentleman
that be swailed the Indian thrice ID
TIE vicinity Of The fiTth rib. Arthur
went through several contortions on
the mat and claimed foul, whi.h foul
was not granted b. The referee and
the mach proceeded. Ten minutes
later The Indian suddenly lell back
wards out Oh a mixup with his hand
TO his jaw. claiming that the Greek
had uppercnt him. This difficulty was
PASSED and they met 10 the center ana
proceeded 10 Xiii a little more time
"bulllng around the mat. Presently
the Indian emerged from a mlxup close
to the back Of Tie stage with the blood
irickling down his face from a cut in
his right eye, which cut. Montour
claimed, was CAUSED from a short arm
Jolt delivered by the Greek.
The Greek asserted that Montour
used his head too freely. a la Jim
Flynn, and was roundly hooted. Mon
tour claimed the match on a foul and
was granted that decision by tie ref.
cree after much wrangling and several
nearfights. The crowd had 10 be
driven of The stage and out Of The EN-.
closure by the police. They repeated.
ly gathered in little knots to hold AMI.
mated discussions aud adopt set OF
resolutions against the referee, mean.
while, impromptu. short lived riots
broke out and hud 10 be queiled
The whole proposition, from start
70 unish, was a frost, and killed the
wrestling game IN chickasha rs dead
as the proverblal door.nall.
The decision was against the iudg.
ment OF those IN the ringslde seats,
but was highly in accordance with the
general idea OF the crowd in the "par-
Quet" and side seats.
Chief Of Police Doss and Sheriff
John Lewis both said that this marks
the end Of the wrestling matches in
Chickasha.