The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
Crowd Goes Wild When Bel gian Scores Second Fall
 and Victory
BOUT FEATURED BY
 FREQUENT THRILLS
Draak Suffers Numerous Injuries as Result of Rough and Tumble Affair-Faust Is Good Wrest-
 Ter, But Poor Sportsman
By JACK BETHEA

The most thrilling WT6SIlIl5 lIldltI put or in Birmingham in recent years was that last night at the Athletic club be- tween Tom Draak and Harry Faust. The match went to Draak. in straight falls after 50 minutes of wrestling inter spersed with fighting.
 The largest crowd that has yet wit messed match at the Athletic club saw Draak down the German, and went wild when he was proclaimed the winner by Referee Pritchard, wlro, incidentally, gave very satisfactory service
 There is no question that Draak is one of the most popular wrestlers who ever appeared in Birmingham and he gained hundreds of additional friends by his sportsmanship last night. It is difficult when one is being ''roughed" not to rough back, but Draak achieved this height and won his match without any of the tactics which caused the German to be repeatedly hssed.
 It was rough and tumble go from the start Faust early in the match demonstrated that as a wrestler he was superb but as a sportsman of very poor calibre He butted with his head jabbed with his elbows, slapped with his hands kicked with his feet, and did other things which while not exactly against the rules are unethical to say the least Faust displayed a remarkable inclina- tion to give punishment but when he was on the receiving end immediately yelled for the referee, which did not win him any friends.
 DRAAK INJURED
 Draall was butted in the abdomen dur ing the wrestling for the first fall, and was almost rendered hors du combat, but came back and pinned his man 10 minutes quicker for the second time Draaks left eye was closed and his nose was skinned from the constant mas sa ging to which it was subjected but he did not vince under the punishment and continued to wrestle cleanly.
 To this is attributed the tremendous ovation which he received when he left the ring the victor Enthusiastic mat fans crowded around him skipping him on the back and congratulating him for his clean, fast and apparently tireless work. Draak is really a remarkable wrestler and one who will be hard to find. He stayed an hour in the ring with Stranger Lewis, which is about as good as anyone has done and speaks for itself as to his ability. With it all Draak is the husband of an American girl, a clean, young fellow, of extremely pleasing personality and a ring general of the first water.
 But to get back to the match last night. Draak, as usual, was on the of- fensive the greater part of the time That is another thing that has endeared him to Birmingham; there is an utter ab- sence of stalling about him that is re- freshing after experiences of the past. Draak. it is not to be denied, had all that he could attend to in Faust Faust is wonderfully clever wrestler, and "a 10 II a ayhihifion as did Kandrat the week before, he would have had many we'll wishers. As it was, he was hissed repeatedly during the match and after it was over.
 DRAAK WINS FIRST FALL
 Both falls came with the most spec tacular holds which it is possible in wrestling. Draak on the first fall, after 30 minutes of terrific work, got in a tight place. It looked to the fans as if he was doomed Faust secured toe hold on the edge of the mat and worked irto half nelson. Draak first wrig- gled his foot loose and then bounced out of the half nelson, coming to his feet like a flash of light. Before Faust could recover, he was seized with a half nelson and crotch hold. Draak lifted him high into the air and slammed him to the mat, pinning him with a head scissors. .2e
 The second fall, which came after 2l minutes of rough work under somewhat similar circumstances, Faust worked over to the edge of the mat and again essayed a toe hold with a body scissors. Again Draak bounced out of it, and, seizing Fausts legs put his shoulders to the mat with his legs high in the air. It was a folding body hold, one of the most difficult and at the same time most deadly holds known to wrestlers. It was all over and then came the remark able demonstration.
 Strangler Lewis, it was announced at the end of the match, challenged Draak for a match in Kansas City. Draak de- clared he was perfectly willing to meet Lewis but preferred that the bout be staged in Birmingham. Tn the interna- ticnal tournament in Madison Square garden Draak went on hour with Lewis without a fall.
 Only one preliminary was staged, but t was up to the calibre of others on pre- vious occasions. Robert Harrell defeated Milner Kelly in two falls, Kelly winning one. The battle royal was the best put on yet.