Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24
CHALLENGER IS
VICTOR IN MATCH.
MYSTERIOUS CONDUCTOR WINS
TWO OF THREE FALLS FROM
ROsAUER At GRAND.

portunity of seeing another wrestling
match Tuesday night after six
months lapse Of time, and few IL any
feel that the exhibition generally add
ed much to the interest In the game In
Ottumwa. Challender took the match
in best two out of three from Rosauer
of Hiteman.
Wrangling and harranguing over
rules for the governing of the match
delayed the beginning of the second
fall after more than twenty minutes
was taken out between the falls. Ex-
plantations and personal appeals to the
audience by principals, referee and
management was one of the features
of the evening and 1t did not help the
game nor principals with Ottumwa
mat fans
Both principals claimed to be out Of
condition. Rosauer complained of ton
sill trouble and planned to have his
tonsils removed in Ottumwa today be-
fore returning home. Challenderi
stated that he too was not in condition
and the fans were promised a good
match when he could again get in trim
at which time he is willing to meet
Rosauer again.
Conductor Wins Go.
Referee Joe Ktterman announced
at the outset that the match would
be best two out of three pin falls with
strangle hold barred. They took the
mat at $50 and In six minutes Chal-
lender had the first fall with bar
arm and scissor hold Following the
cratory in which principals, referee
and management took part, the pair
again resumed the mat at 10:07 p. M,
and in just three minutes and half
Rosauer with bar arm and reverse
nelson had the conductors shoulders
on the canvas. The third fall was
taken by the conductor, who came
back strong and after three minutes
wrestling with half scissor he won
the match.
Preliminary PIeases.
A preliminary between Walter Far
rington and Wilfren DeLude, two lads
employed at the packing house, served
to arouse some interest as curtain
raiser and held the attention Of the
crowd for half an hour
Harrington b. hard work finally
took two out OF three falls but at no
time had a cinch on the winning. His
sturdy young opponent is five pounds
heavier in weight and seemed favor
lite, but failed in the endurance that
characterized Harrington. who took
first fall in six and half minutes by
further arm hold which really was
more a matter OF wearing his an
tagonist out, for he lay across De-
Lllde's body In manner hard to at
tribute to any particular hold.
DeLude came back strong In the sec
ond fall, winning by a reverse body
and arm hold in nine minutes.
Both boys seemed tired at the be-
ginning of the third go. but they show.
ed the gameness of fighting cocks and
it was no ones match until fourteen
minutes elapsed when Harrington,
throwing DeLude hard to the floor, got
a full nelson that was effective.
Perhaps the funniest feature Of the
evening was the boxing exhibition
This served to enliven the crowd
which cheered and enjoyed the per-
Torrance, not SO much because OF its
fine points in selfdefense but rather
for its comedy. It was no decision
six round affair in which Bob White,
colored, amateur champion of Des
Moines, and Nose Robinson, colored,
Of Ottumwa, were to have appeared.
The latter falling to enter, Phil Null
doom substituted for Robinson and
helped to amuse the crowd. The diffi-
Guilty Of Muldoon to keep his trunks
in position was aided by the timely
assistance at intervals Of Referee
Arnold Murray, who would now and
again gently draw up the boxers
tights and thus permit the bout to con-
tinue.
AS side feature Of the sheep mems
convention, the go would have been
splendid, as the prancing of the con-
testants resembled the gamboling cf
lambs and was quite as harmless.
There was no danger Of law infringe
ment In the bout as conducted.