Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-08
BOISE WRESTLER
GETS TWO FALLS
FROM OPPONENT
Frank McCarroll Pins "Cy-
clone" Brown to the Mat
Twice-Good Program Is
Given.

turned on Cyclone" Brown, the San
Francisco wonder grappler. at the Ma
jestic theater last night and pinned the
squirming Greek to the mat with II
double arm lock. McCarrolrs light
ming like attack brought the fans to
their feet in a stampede of cheering.
The fall was secured in As minutes
flat. Similar tactics were followed by
both Mrestlers for the second fall
which went to McCarrolI, giving him
the match. The Greek cyclone worked
on McCarroll, using head and body
scissors until tired when the Boise ia
vorte secured cradle hold, eXerting
such pressure as to slowly force
Browns shoulders to the canvas. The
fall went to McCarroll in 81 minutes.
Brown met defeat gamely ard in an
address after the match to the fans
present, complimented McCarroll on
his strength and his prospects of de
veloping into one of the best of wrest-
lerS.
1t was a good program deserving of
larger attendance. The program opened
with a reel of feature film followed by
the musical Alexanders, songs and
dancing. During the ntermission be-
tween falls in the main event Nick
Collins gave 10 minute exhibition
wrestling with Babe rown and Ray
Brewster, both amateurs, who are very
promising wrestlers No falls were Sc
cured in either exhibition but they
were thoroughly enjoyed nevertheless.
Brown Me- Carroll Match.
"Cyclone" Brown probably had an
advantage of Is pounds in weight over
McCarroll. He looked big and danger
Gus and he was. Taking the offensive
Immediately after they shook hands,
Brown tore into McCarroll going down
to the mat on top of him. shifting from
body to head scissors and toe holding
whenever the opportunity presented it,
self. He never let up for 40 minutes
and McCarroll. although continually
breaking his holds, was kept very
busy man. Both grapplers aroused
cheering by the manner in which both
eluded the apparently dangerous po-
sitions they We're in Brown attempted
to down the Boise favorite by sheer
strength and weight but he found in
McCarroll a man who has stored under
his sill<en skin remarkable strength
which he used SO effectively as to balk
the Greek at every turn. The brown
body of the Cyclone was soon eSuding
perspiration that was rolling from him
in great drops.
deadlock Is Painful.
McCarrolls famous deadlock used
with the right arm. was very effective
and kept the Greek standing on his
| head to break it, The big fellows
squirmed or wriggled out of seeming
! ~ impossible positions, sometimes go
iy,er l,A
Ialightins on their feet to standing po-
| sitions. Brown worked diligently for
an effective toe hold. He secured it a
, number of times but MeGarroll either
countered with a similar hold or broke
| that of his opponent. The Cyclone
roughed it persistently, but not par
| ticuarly objeesienably, al least to the
fans. He pulled his opponents hair,
| rubbed his free hand over Franks face
or used his elbow to bore into Nectar
rolls ribs. 1t was body scissors that
looked the most dangerous. Clamped
about the trunk of his opponent Brown
locked his legs and squeezed This is
| the hold that Steeher has developed to
such a high stage. McGarroll always
managed to break II.
McCarroll Secures Fall.
| And 50 they tumbied and shifted.
/ sauirmed and t. listed. attacked and
/ countered for 40 minutes when there
came a sudden change. McCarroll
broke a BODY scissors and both srap-
pliers g me TO their feet. Frank shift
ed his tactics. From a defensive
wrestler content to let his opponent
uze everything he had on him, Frank
| , ecame tiger-Iil<e. Spriuginp for
| Brown,s legs. he pick cd the swarthy
lGreek from his Get and threw him to
the mat. But Brown did not succumb
easily. He tried to get from under
thu Boise fayorite. traversing the full
length of the mat in his desperation
| to do so. only to find McCarroll on top
of him. McCarroll strapped on an arm
llock and started to turn the Cyclone