Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-09-12

''The bigger they come the harder
they fall" Thus quoted some old
sage several hundred years ago. Last
night Oluf Nielsen, champion wrest-
Ter of this city, vouched for It's truth
by twice throwing George Ludakoff,
a giant Russian weighing forty
pounds more than Nielsen. In sixteen
minutes. Jorgen Reckless" Hansen
won from Henry Alberts. of Paterson,
and Fred Christensen defeated Ole
Lind In two straight falls in the pre-
liminaries.
From all appearances Perth Am
boy is going to be the center OF some
wrestling matches this winter which
will bring together the best there
are in the game. All that Is now
necessary Is to secure Joe stecher,
"Strangler" Ed Lewis, DIR. Ben. #,
Roller. Wladeck 2byszko and George
Bothner and Perth Amboy can have
a tournament of Its own similar to
that conducted at the Metropolitan
Opera House in New York last win
ter, only in this case 186-pound Oluf
Nielsen will meet oil corners, regard
less of size or weight.
Nielsen last night received a chal-
lenge from none other than Alexan-
der Aberg, Graeco- Roman champion
OF the world, who offered to take on
both Nielsen and Ludakoff in one
night. A letter received from Mort
Henderson, the Masked Marvel, was
read asking for return match. and
when put before the largo audience
for them to decide, a unanimous
yes proved the confidence of local
fans in Nielsen. One other chai-
lenger was present last night. Joe
Bazoc, in person challenging Mel
sen. From present appearances Mel
sen is having busy season booked
for him but meeting big men seems
to be the least of his worries.
Nielsen Handicapped
When Nielsen and Ludakoff walk
ed to the middle of the ring for their
tussle and disrobed 1t was almost I'M
possible to compare them, 80 unlike
were ,they. The giant Russian tow
cred several inches above Nielsen
and ITS great weight could be easily
estimated by. his powerful arms, legs
and. chest. Nielsen on the other hand
looked out of place with his immense
antagonist, he having none of weight
of the other man but his steel like
muscles quickly caught the eye,
When timo was called Nielsen
started off like a bantam rooster y
ing to match hts own against big
Shanghai. Ludakoff picked up Mel
sen as he would child and threw
him about. bringing Nielsen to the
match in all positions. Although
Nielsen would have both feet grabbed
by the ankles and would be swung
around in d. circle by the Russian, the
bigger man was not able to pin the
smaller ones shoulders to the mat
with these maneuvers and decided to
get on the mat with him. Half Nell
sons. three-quarters, arm locks, nam
mer locks, in fact every hold yet seen
In wrestling was tried out on Nielsen,
who would give little squirm, kick
and he would be loose waiting for his
opponent to try another trick.
1t could be seen that LudakoH was
puzzled, not being able to keep tract
of both of Nielsen's feet at the same
time. wrestling against a double
1ointed man was apparently some-
thing new for the Russian who would
look at Nielsen's position from time
to time and then shake his head as
if saving How do they do it2' Mel
sens strong bridging saved him from
being downed several times and was
also responsible for Ludakoffs down
fall. Nielsen had bridged several
times to get out of tight places ana
Ludakoff had been unable to break
1t. After going for several minutes
Nielsen bridged and the Russian de-
cided to break It, He jumped up in
the air and came down with all OF
his strength upon Nielsen's stomach.
In spite of the great weight our was