Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-11-11
DOMER WINS GREAT MATCH
Big Crowd Witnesses One Of the Fast
est Wrestling Matches Ever
Held Here.

sig Cr0wo witnesses One OF the faSt-
est Wrestling Matches Ever
Held Here.
BY a remarkable exhibition of skill
and endurance Floyd Domer, of this
city, won the wrestling match from
George Young, the Greek light heavy
weight. of Minneapolis, last Friday
evening. The time for the first fall was
one hour and twenty.seven minutes,
while the second one was secured in
quick style, only eleven minutes being
required to complete the Job.
The first one as result of head
scissor, and a combination bar arm
and hammer lock, which forced the
Greeks shoulders to the mat after
some OF the most sensational work wit
messed here in long time. The second
fall came when Domer clamped on
another head scissor, aided with
crotch hold.
DOmer wrestled at a great disad-
vantage as the rules of the match,
barred the toe hold. Floyd freely ad-
mits that he makes good use of the
toe hold, lot SO much to directly Sc
cure fall, as to get his opponent in
position to clamp on a hold that usu-
lily results in a fall.
The two men secured much more
evenly matched in the matter of
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GUS appearance. Young gave his
weight before the match as ITO lbs,
while Domer weighed fraction under
180, he having reduced quite a bit
since his last appearance in the city.
The men didn't spend as much time
in preliminary feeling out" this time,
as previously, but they started right
after each other. They went to the
mat after about a minute and a half
Of work, first one being on the offens-
i've and then the other. During the
first hour the Greek was kept almost
entirely on the defensive, and it was
there that he showed at his best.
With his pet hold barred, Domer
used the scissor, both body and head,
to good advantage, and several times
it seemed as If he had fall, but by
some great budging and twisting
Young managed to wriggle out of dan
ger. Both men perspired freely and
that made the securing of body holds
|doubly hard.
After being hard at it for the hour
and 10 minutes, DOmer secured a head
land leg lock, and it looked as if the
first bout was over. The referee
awarded Domer a fall; but there was
such general dissatisfaction expressed
that Domer agreed to keep at it, and
give Young another chance
Here Young assumed the offensive
and clamped hold upon hold on his op
ponent but to no avail, as Domer broke
them all. Soon after this the head scis
sor, bar arm and hammer lock got il
their good work.
After a rest of 10 minutes they
started in again and it was evident
that his bout wouldn't last as long az
the first one After 10 minutes O.
wrestling the Greek found himself
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crotch hold brought the second fall.
The result Of the match was partic
ularly gratifying to Domer's friend:
as it showed that he didn't have tt
depend entirely on the toe hold to VIII
his matches, and it had been freel,
predicted that he couldn't throw
Young with the toe hold barred.
He gave the crowd the best he hat
during the entire hour and 80 minutes
of wrestling, and his speed and clever
ness were remarkable for man Of hi
weight.
AS for the preliminary between Che
Nelson and Bill Jensen. After wrest
ling for about seven minutes the latte
injured his neck and was unable t.
continue the match being forfeited t.
Nelson.
Chas. Lelouq refereed the matche
land gave general satisfaction.
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