East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-11
NJ CARROLL WINS
STRAIGHT FALLS
OF FRED CRABBE
Roundup BulIdOgger Proves He Can
Throw Men As Well as Steers; Good
Bout COmes 20 sudden Termination !
WIN Meet Nike YOkel Next

Frank McCarroll, who won the
bulldogging championship Of the
world at the last Roundup, proved
last night that he knows how to
throw men as well as steers. Before
a crowded house in the oregon theat-
er he defeated Fred Crabbe of salt
Lake. Rocky mountain middleweight
champion, securing two straight falls.
The first fall came at the end OF
"A minutes and 25 seconds OF fast
wrestling when the local man threw
the other so hard that he was tenn
porarily daRed. The second came In
five minutes when McCarroll fasten'
ed q cradle-lock on the Salt Lake
man.
The bout, the first seen in Pendle-
ton for a long time, was a clean one
and one that pleased all of the several
hundred men and women there. There
was no smoking in the theater, no un-
seernly language and no disorderll
conduct.
Crabbe, who is short heavy, strong
anu ACTIVE was Il ASN PpNiiN' heHNN'
than McCarrol but he proved him
self a finished grappler He took the
aggressive from the first and during
the first forty minutes of wrestling he
was on top the greater portion of the
time. He fastened hold after hold
upon McCarroll and seemingly had the
big bulldogger in dangerous situations
several times. However. the latter S
great strength of body and arm was
always sufficient to break all holds
with seeming ease just before his OPP
ponent could force his shoulders
down. Crabbe won the admiration OF
the fans by his cleverness and few
were expecting his downfall, so sud
denly and without indication did IT
come.
McCarroll fastened double wrist
lock on him, hold he had been try
| ing for before. suddenly >lurched
backward and pulled his adversary
over and beyond him with such force
| that all the wind and most OF the wits
/ of the other went wandering. Nc
Carroll followed up his advantage
quickly and fastened a straight body
hold that won him the fall,
After a short rest the two mer
took the mat again. 1t was easilj
seen that Crabhe had not fully recov
cred from his hard fall whereas i
was just as plain that McCarroll wa
not going to waste any more time il
| letting his opponent tire himself out
MoCarroll rushed Crabbe and became
/ a whirlwind of action, In a few
seconds he had fastened hold upo'
/ the Salt Lake champion that all bu
put him down A lite bit later anoth
er hold seemingly put Crabbe'
shoulders down but. before the ref
cree signaled. the latter had wriggle'
loose. However, It was plain that tn
end had only been delayed. Just a
the five minute period was up McCar
roll fastened a cradle-lock over leg
and neck and forced the other
shoulders down.
l. X. Harlan Of Pilot Rock, actet
! as referee Of the bout, Ray McCaT
/ roll. who promoted the bout, an
nounced that his brother would NEE
Mike Yokel. middleweight champion
at the oregon theater on Februar
4 20. II was also announced tina
q Crabbe wanted a return match. he t
4 weigh in at 143 and McCarroll at IS:
j The main bout was preceded b
three preliminaries. Young Riding
Of Portland sucGumbed to Youn
Wilks Of Pendleton in 2:55. Ea'
Newquist of Pendleton and Lawrenc
q Markham Of Echo were evenl
II matched and went Is minutes to
draw. Pinky Brown threw Your
q Kuyll after minutes Is seconds bl
I'll Guvll came back and pinned Brown
9ll a little more than minute