Evening journal., 1916-03-08
HERACL IS winner
over DRAAK ON FOUL
Bout Had Sensational End
ing as Local Man Lands
Knockout Blow
CHAMPION ED LEWIS
WINS FROM KANDRAT


John Heracl the Delaware champion
wrestler. before an audience that crowd
ed The Play house last night, won from
Tom Draak, the Belgian champion. on
foul, after - - minutes wrestling
The end came n "a sensational way
DraAk, evidently angcrcd because of his
disappointment n NOT being able to-
throw the local strong man, had started.
roughmg it, and ,iciously ht llcracl
several times about the face. While thcI
rules ALLOW the contestant, TO slap with
the opcu hand IL looked as though
Daak might bc using his fist or heel
oi bis hand in iabblng llcracl, who
backed toward the footlights. llcracl,
to protect him-clf suddenly mcorkcd a
short arm Jolt that landed flush ON thcl
| Bclgians lav. The blow Travelled only
short distance. and was 80 quick that
umnN did mot .cc it coming Draak
landed several feet back ON the mat llc
wa. completely knorkcd ont and was
carried from the stage unconscious.
Referee Cooper announced hat
llculcl had won. I'm the confusion many
oi the spectators did not understand
the decision. Later "Blly'' Sandow.
manager ol "~trauglcf' lewis made a
public announcement from thc stage
relative to the decision ilc explained
That the referee had awarded the fight
to ilcracl. not because he throw haak
hut hccau-e the latter started the rough
tactics and foulcd llerad before the lat
fer landed the knockout blow
In addition to the Hcracl-Draak
bout there was also an interesting
contest between Ed "Stranelcr"
Lewis and Andy kandrat LOWS won
from Kandrat in two straight falls the
first i'm 81 minutes and the second in
/ " minutes
The Hcracl-Draak contest was
/ handicap match In which Draak was
TO throw his opponent twice within
an hour. for a side bet lie was not
only unable TO do this. but Heracl
was really the aggressor most Of the
20 minutes they wrcstlcd. Draak hc-
ms on the defensive and compelled to
use all OF his science and knowledge
OF the game to keep the Wilmington
man from downing him. Heracl had
: his opponent in positions several
times whore man with more sci
! cnce would have won, He showed a
, lack of experience in failing TO follow
B. mp bis advantages
The work of llcracl even surprised
bis friends Tho strength he dis
played was too much for Draak who
soon realized that nc had hard
proposition on his hands. He had the
toe hold on Dragk once and the lat
ter had hard time twisting out af-
tor suffering great pain Draak. also
: eOt away from toe hold using his
| strength to good advantage "Strang-
lcr" Lewis during the bout remarked
that Heracl looked like a top-notcher
/ with more experience and said his
strength was equal to any man in the
same today. Lewis and his manager
"Billy" Sandow will probably take
/ Horacl up to coach him.
4 An evidence Of the great strength
il, Of Heracl was shown at the very
/, start Of the Lout In a position with
both hands fiat on the mat he al
, lowed Draak to take a hold and the
latter could not bulge the local man
. or get his hands from the floor. Draab
p. was apparently firing when he start
cd the rough work After Heracl had
O. landed his knockout and Draal came
e TO- 'ho first thing he said was "what
lhapUened2' Heracl announced his
Willingness TO go on with the bou
but Draak said he was not in con
@ dition 10 proceed.
l. The Lewis-Kandrat bout was clear
e cut and interesting. but the champion
. had something on the Lithuanian
Kandrat made Lewis exert himself &
I the limit TO get out of some OF hi
( I holds and finally wrest the victory
: The nrst fall was secured by Lewis I
5 thiIty-one minutes. with a doubl
: wrist-lock hold The next fall wa
o. secured by Lewis in seventeen min
5 'utes with body scissors and halt
Nelson. Kandrat made many friend
| lby his clean and hard wrestling an
Z he gave Lewis the hardest bout tn
) champion has had in Wilmington
; while it lasted.
During the ntermissiOn a Telegram
D. from DR.. B. r. Roller the great ply
sician athlete challenging Lewis to
finish match was read. DR.. Roller de
clared that he was entitled to a mate
with the champion, as he wanted an
, other chance al the title. AT the en-
r of the bouts last night, Lewis an
, nounced that he had accepted Roller
} challenge and that he would meet hin
: for a 81 200 purse in a finish bout
two falls in three at The Playhouse
next Wednesday. March IS.
Some one in the gallery called out
= How about Stecher." Lewis repliel
- that he was matched to meet Stecho
a. i'm New York. az Madison Square Gar
= den. on May 3
BENCH SHOW MEETING.