The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-15
-sTRANoLER- LEWIS 70 AWARD
90 DECISION OVER
ZBrSzko-
Latter Resorts 10 Dirty Tactics whI>h
Are Properly Resented BY the
American, and Referee
Ends Contest


"a -stranKier~ LOWS Last evening
. won the worlds heavyweight cham
pIonship when he was awarded the
dscision over Wladeck zbyszko. the
. giant Pole. In a match NJ the Market
auditorium The bout was staged IN
. the presence OF hundreds OF the wrest-
ling fans from Wheeling and sur
rounding territory and proved one OF
the most interesting and exciting ever
seen hire. zbyszko. by dirty work.
started rough house after an hour ana
. ave minutes OF hard work His tao
tics brought retaiiatory measures
from the stranger" and Q pretty
/. little slgging match was staged for
been parted and a ten minutes rest
given they were ordered by Promoter
DOC" Crane 20 continue the bout
They returned TO the mat and within
ten minutes rough work from the
Pole started another scrap
The bout which was the biggest
, ever staged here. was also the most
, interesting. Both wrestiers seemed 20
: b IN perfect condition and there was
, plenty OF action from the time the
referee called time. Zbyszko weighed
IN ~ as and Lewis gave his weigst
/. ~ 225. Karl Stem. the Giant lin. OF
Martins Ferry. refereed and Arch Nc
Fariand acted a. timekeeper.
Time was called at $40 O'Clock and ef-
ter shaking hand sths eiant srspP,ers
. srausd for opening and each seemed
( trying out the strength OF his opponent
- brought his opponent 20 the mat. II
. brought n rousing cheer a. lewis Sc
cured a head lock from which Il seemed
impossible for his opponent to break
/. However. he brought his superhuman
etrengH TO bear and after n tussle OF
several minutes both grappiers rose TO
Played waiting o~rns.
.. The Wrestlera seemed satisfied
. with standing up ana pushing each other
> around the ring during the greater part
Of the time. This. however. was spiced
+. by some fast action and flying falls
vantage The mat artists displayed
great knowledge Of the game and time
after time. only main strength was
their method OF saving themselves.
Both Lewis ana Zbyszko used boring
in methods both were rushing the work
and seemed trying TO tire out his opro-
Il zbyszko displayed great condolences
4 and Tor n time worked as thought he
I was a sure winner. After about IS min
= grow more wary and after a time began
10 use tactics for which he was r,loeat-
edly warned by the Referee. While the
men would stand up the foreigner would
repea tedly use his head on
Lewis face and several times seemingly
might be said however TO the credit OF
the boy from the blue Grass state that
he acted the part OF the clean athlete.
Just as the referee announced the cz-
piration OF one hour Of work the men
locked and both came 20 the floor.
2 be able TO secure a toe hold. Thev
squirmed TO the ropes and just the ref
Lewis to tell them 20 move to the cen
ter OF the arena Zbyszko struck Lewis
:. a blow on ne Jaw with his nst. Both
little slugging match equal, III not So.
..Perior 20 that INDUCED in by Jess VIII
lurd ana JACK johnson.
Then Trouble Started.
For a few minutes the wrestlers
giant. did ali IN his power 10 keen O then
each tooR several f seSItsy nG swing.
: 70 the ring and after considerabIe ira.
Die succfeded In parting the wrestlers
Lewis TO his corner. while several PLAIN.
=. clothes men Of the city force tool
charge s1o OF zeysz iSo and his manager.
the wrestlers finish the match and sftel
ten-minute rest they came back e
the arena TO start all over again. Boil
start that no dirty work would b,
stage and announced tat the bout mus ss'l
continue or the purse would be with
At 1877 tho wrcstlers came to IN,
middle Of the arena and started all over
Ibyszko started his former tactics and
was again warned hy the referee to de
sist While the garpplers were locked
In each others arms zoyszo again slipped
one 90 Lewis jaw. Again the sOuthernc r
came back and once again the fans wert
delighted to see a boxing match between
. two men who were not afraid 10 mix
things. This lasted but a few second,
however. the the police entered the rinl
and placed the participants under arrest
kowalsh interfered and he was also
taken 70 the lookup. Referee stem then
rave Lewis the decision anG awarded th'
match 10 him on account OF the foulinf
tactics that had been employed bl
Zbysxko. All we're taken 20 the ci.l
building. where they put up for their ap
pearance In police court this morning
The preliminary eve nt was between
Walter Lefty" Travis and George Let
Their. Travis weighed I'm at 124 and
Letther tipped the scales at 1877. Travis
won the first fall In 5 minutes and 3.