New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-05
Irishman Plus
Syrian Causes
Seismic Socks
Cy Burns and Stephano Saw
ige Feed Thrills to
Wrestling Fans
By Louis Lee Arms

ington Avenue Theatre last night.
From time to time they would abate,
only TO be renewed with greater vigor.
The dull rumblings were traced to the
person Of Alexander Thomaso, OF Syria,
who swore in good Syrian and one
cylinder English that he had been the
victim of bold burglary.
II had looked like a quiet evening at
the International Wrestling Tourna-
ment until the Statuesque Syrian in his
lavender tights came along. To be
sure, Cy Burns, Of Ireland. had gone
over the top with the orchestra, but
with Characteristic racial ease he
had lit on his feet. When last seen
from upstage Cy was carrying two
electric bulbs in his teeth and a hand
full of hair out Of the head Of Tommy
Braak, Of Holland.
Lands ip Belasco's Lap
The press agent for the show tired
TO tell US that the Irishman landed in
the lap of David Belasco, of Egypt, and
il David Belasco. Of Egypt, was there
the press agent was probably right.
Burns's Brodie reminded the fans OF
/ the memorable tumble of the Astound-
ing and Agile Andy Anderson at the
Manhattan. only Jack Curley, OF Spain,
forgot to provide bass drum for the
Irishman to fall through.
Yes, it had been very quiet up to
/ the time Alexander Thomaso, of Syria,
1 net Stephano Savige, the Stupendous
and Slithering Slovenian.
/ The Ststuesque Syrian, who carries
| himself with a certain dignity and
poise, had tacitly admitted for publ
( cation that in a good many ways he
resembed the well-known Mr.. Hacken-
schmidt, though built on a narrower
beam and having less atmospheric dis
placement. While he did not care 10
predict the outcome OF his match with
the Slayonisn inferentislly, IL seemed
as though the Stupendous Slav was
going TO have a pretty rough time OF II.
They met in the centre OF the mat,
and after each had given the other the
lodge sign by rapping with his
knuckles on the side OF the others head
| Alexander lunged at Steve and they
disappeared through the left upper en-
trance, being stopped in their fight by
Joe HUMPHREYS, of Macedonia, as
sisted by two policemen and box of
stage properties.
George Bothner, of India, who was
refereeing this match, called them back
TO the centre of the mat, and with
Thomaso carrying the ball they made
another end run through the left
wings, though Savage tackled the
Statuesque Syrian as he was passing
over the goal line.
Some Real Wrestling
There being no more wings to run
through, and as George Bothner, OF
India, was fast losing patience, the
men came together again in the centre
of the mat, and for a little variety
began TO wrestle.
Ere long Alexander turned Steve
over on his wheel base, but as he did
so the Slovenian, with great presence
of mind, took handful of the Syrian's
ears with him. This put Alexander at
a great tactical disadvantage, and while
he was trying TO recover his listeners
Steve slipped on the old wrist lock,
according TO Eddie Curley, of South
America.
Try as he might. and all grunting
Notwithstanding. Alexander could not
/
ed insult TO injury by adding an arm
scissors TO the handicap the Statuesque
Syrian was carrying.
Nearer and nearer came Alexander's
shoulders to Colonel Mat of Honolulu.
and suddenly George Bethrer blew his
whistle. indicating the match was over
He could not pat Steve on the back. ae-
cording 10 conventions, because Steve
was using most of his back 70 lie on.
Az he blew the whistle the Statuesque
syrian leaped to his feet, thinking he
had won. a..
II was true he had his back to his
onponent and was not in q position 10
tell whether Steve was on the mat or
over on Third Avenue, but he believed
he had won.
Imagine, then, il you can and If you
will, his surprise when George Bothner,
of India, declared he had lost. Alex
ander gritted his teeth, he split his in
fnitiyes, he ran proper nouns head on
into adyerbs, he even tried TO make a
speech to the crowd, and the crowd
spoke with him and at him.
Alexander Takes Flight
Alexander then disappeared into tho
wings, carrying his rage with him.
/
the scenes in the succeeding fifteen
minutes to win an ordinary tourns-
ment. He recounted the hold Steve
had taken in English and illustrated
it with Syrian, the first five volumes
running 1859 pages. And there was a
rumble for every page.
The best match Of the evening was
between Tommy Draak, Of Holland, and
Cyrus Burns, OF ireland. The specta-
tors were too engrossed with the issue
Of a genuine match to even cheer. save
at the finish. Burns went into the or
chestra pit after ten minutes, but
gsmely resumed, and the bout ended in
/ a draw.
In the two finish matches John FREE
berg, of Sweden, and champion at that,
| beat Pierre lie Beige, Of Belgium. in
% minutes and 10 seconds with a
double arm lock.
Wladek Zbyszko. the Polish Hercu-
les, turned Fred Pilakof, Of Finland,
on his rumble seat in 20 minutes and
IS seconds. A reverse body hold did
the trick. II Is evident that while this
was finish it was by no means a
Finnish match.
Eduardo Delivuk, Of Austria, and
Demetrius Tofalos. OF Greece. met in
the first match. Considering they had
no trapeze or flying rings for their act,
they did as well as could be expected
! The noble Athenian at the end Of ten
minutes and ten seconds threw a body
ard scissors hold on Eduardo and
Eduardo kissed himself out Of the
scene.
Joe Rogers, the American Apollo.
Apoloed with less success than on the
opening night His opponent was Carl