The daily sentinel., 1913-09-27
TOEHO[DENDS
TITLE BOUT;
GREEKW|NS
One Hour 45 Minutes Necessary
to Clamp Deciding Hold on
Du Cray; Great Crowd
Sees Go.

| nc HIMSELF lnlllCLeq upon chris
Jordan in Monday nights match,
FRANK DuCray, challenger, last night
for the third time for the middle
weight title of the world, gave in
only after the most bitter struggle
against the inevitable, ever witnessed
in the city, after one hour and 45
minutes of spectacular wrestling in
the championship match at the audi
torium. The crowd was as large as
has ever attended n match here and
included a number of ladies'.
1t was perhaps the greatest wrest-
ing bout ever staged in the city and
VIII live long in local sport history.
| me second fall was secured by Jor-
dan after a little over nine minutes
work. DuCray was a crippled man
and the fall was easy for the cham
pion.
Compared with Monday nights
match, which went two and one-half
hours to a draw, last nights event
was fully as fast and all the more in
teresting. due to the fact that the
men were known absolutely to be a
splendidly matched pair.
The main bout started at $3.50.
Jordan entered the ring wearing full
length tights, which he did not wear
before. DuCray followed. He was
not as nervous as the Greek, appar-
emily. The men went to work quick
| ly and were not Ions in hitting the
mat with Jordan behind. The first
hours work netted neither man
much advantage. DuCray was be-
hind the Greek the majority of the
time. but the dark skinned son of
Athens did not seem to worry about
that and took things even more cool
| ly than in the last match. At times
they both loafed and smiled good
naturedly at their friends in the
crowd. Jordan had many admirers
in the audience who Cheered him on
but the mass of the people were on
the alert for every good move made
by the local champion, and yelled
hoarsely when he pitched Jordan off
bodily twice and took the aggressive
himself.
Ancient Trick.
At the hour they looked good for
three more such periods and were
working hard by spurts, first one do
ing a dazzling stunt and then the
other The Greek saw some boys in
the skylight and pointed upward. Du-
Cray, momentarily tricked off his
guard, looked up too and instantly
the panther-like Greek was upon
him and all but pinned him. DuCray
got out of the tight hole after few
minutes work and a little later
caught Jordan loafing and snapped
him down. suddenly with a quick
back heel trip, that ratified the whole
platform. Still later DuCray caught
the champion off his guard again and
flopped him hard. AS the match pro-
gressed DuCray seemed to gain an
advantage and was aggressor most
of the time.
Jordan seemed very content that it
should be so and seemed to be bid
ing his time. Both worked constant
ly for the dreaded toe hold although
the Greek tried body hold and arm
lock unsuccessfully several times.
Twice Duke secured flying falls and
1t began to look like he was getting
a big advantage. The work of Jor-
dan, however, was always done with
sort of oyerweening confidence, as
though he had surprise party up
his sleeve" Such proved the case
and the last ten minutes of the first
session was a race for the toe hold,
pure and simple, after both had
found other holds Intellectual. The
Greek played his trump card and like
flash of light snapped perfect toe
hold on the local champion and it
was seen by those at the ringside that
| it was impossible for DuCray to es-
cape.
Wonderful Grit
Those who saw the Greek stand
the pain of a much less perfect toe
hold last Monday and marveled at his
pluck and sand. did not find the
yankee grit lacking in DuCray and
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him net to give in, to fight to the
/ last ditch. that proved his undoing,
when his own veteran judgment told
| him it was best to give in and avoid
certain injury and infinite torture.
He fought back defeat with the last
ounce of strength in his body. With
his face contorted with wild pain, his
great Jaw clamped and he held on
grimly with poignant agony in his
ewes. The Greek champion begged
Referee Childs to call it fall and
begged Frank to give up and avoid
a possible broken bone. Jordan's
face was white and he almost WINGED
himself as he applied additional pow
er to the already injured limb, beg
ging and pleading with Frank to give
in. In widest hope, with the cham
pionship crown glimmering, DuCray
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his powerful hands and crumpled the
heavy cloth in a desperate attempt
to wrest himself loose. His great
muscles finally relaxed and he groan-
ed assent to the referees demands
to call it a fall. A sudden hush fell
over the hall as the challenger was
helped to his feet by his conquerer
and he was escorted to his dressing
room.
Many thought DuCray would be
unable to return for the second fall
but after 20 minutes rest he came
back with the injured ankle bound
tightly with tape. and gamely faced
his now supremely confident oppon-
ent. DuCray was unable to handle
himself at all on one good foot ana
! fell an easy victim to Il body scissors
and armlock in ten minutes time. 1t
was clean. exciting match all the
way through, genuine champion