The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-07
Montana Bull Lost to George
i'm SDeediest Bout Seen
in Several Moons.
WESTERNER GAVE
CLEAN EXHIBITION
Bailey Took First and Third - Bolin-
Mattson Match Disappointing Meth
er Getting a Fall - Mattson Con
stautly on Defensive.

George V. Bailey, in the spcedicst
wrestling bout seen here IN several fun
moons, defeated Jack Davis, known as
the Montana Bull, by winning the
first and third falls ut Island park last
night, Both men We're on the 90 from
the instant they shook hands, Davis :
speed serving to make Bailey throw his
gears into higher notch than usual.
The men had scarcely shaken hanls
and come togcth her iii a clinch when
both went flying of the stage into
some empty seats. Neither was injured,
other than losing "A little skin, and
they lost no time III getting at each
other. Hold after hold was tried by
first one and then the other, and each
managed to iop out of danger. Davis
finally got 4 toe hold that bothered his
heavier opponent, who used a football
straigh arm iab to help him out of his
difficulty. Il stunt that aroused the ire
of some Of the crowd.
Davis stuck to the hold but finally
in a living miXup Bailey came up on
top with pretty nearly Il half Nelson
on his man. He worked patiently and
finally his strength and weight told
ana he added a body hold that finally
caused Referee Jim Barnes of Spring
field to award Bailey the fall in nine
and one-half minutes.
Davis worked even faster in the sec
ond bout and in just three minutes and
~ seconds he Popped Bailey with an
arm hold being himself on his back
on top of Bailey at the time. 1t looked
TO spectators rs ii the fall had been
earned many seconds before Barnes
slapped Davis en- the back Bailey,
II
into life and tried 10 wrestle but the
referee finally convinced him he had
awarded the fall.
Tor five minutes the third bout was
a repetition Of the first. the men
brca king from one hold to another
rapidly. but Bailey managed to get .
body scissors after missing Il fall by Il
hair with Il half Nelson, and in five
minutes and 80 seconds he landed Da-
Wis with the body scissors.
Davis gave as clean an exhibition OF
wrestling as ever was seen in Brattlc
boro. or elsewhere for that matter At
no time did he show temper and twice
when in the course Of q mixup h,
landed on top close to the edge of the
platform lie stood mp and walked It
the middle of the mat without askin.
for or offering to try to take the hold
he had earned
The preliminary was disappoint
ment. Cyclone Madison, who wrestle,
Bailey two weeks ago and was defeat
cd, went against Eddie BoIin, who hae
challenged the winner of the Bailey
Madison bout. Mattson wrcstlcd all o
the hour they were on the mat on tn
defensive, and while Bolin did all 0
he work he was never any closer t
Throwing Madison than was MattS0I
to putting Bolin 5 shoulders to th
mat. Possibly three times in the hon
the men got mixed up enough to SIT
up a little enthusiasm.
The situation is best explained h
the remark Of a spectator after III
first Of these exhibitions Of wrestling
GIVE us five cents worth more. Jill
Barnes of Springfield, Mass, was th
referee Of both matches. The atten,
ancc was about the same as that ut til
: first match.