New-York tribune., 1918-03-20
Big Crowd Watches wres,l...
Battle for Supremacy
at the Garden

Id "StranglerY Iew;.
S Mladeh zbysako in thsi. wss.s,' ueisats'
bout at Madison Squire Cards ss','ss ~,
night. zbyszko was disona''s a,aen las
buttins after 1926 minutes ",'fea of TOT
ing. Referee Billy Roche eavo y. .s' s'es''
cislon to Lewis. S 'ne DE-
, .a.:, 1t was after breaking out Of o,. :.
LEWIS $ mead locks that the Giaot +Is ~, %
enraged, deliberately butted ,a"' ",'', fole,
;. LIS head. The blow struck Ed : fsis with
between DC y, the eyes and knocked him ,4,ny ~
on ms back. The great crowd a@ nat
i. the seats and let loose a s,ass ssse IN n
"'sSes' ~ hewis's seconds climbed ;,'l 81
the ring and lifted the fa,lan 'su into
his feet. '''c" man 10
ADyszEo affected surprise at p..,
action, but the crowd was "V'ae S
threatening, and the Pole do.;s' swung
make hasty exit. ''eu TO
AS Zbyszko walked tbron.,
49,, y. ~ MS ofessing room men ros.
ana tried to strike the giant wres.,a' .Iss
for minute or two there wax. s,s'e'' N,'.
elements Of an incipient riot, = h". t"s
osners succeeded in calming the Stow
before actual battle took pjaco ~
"hlle It lasted the bout was Of
se'sa''ohai i'aturc, each man alw.r.
trying for his favoritc hold p.m way
their grips several times, but ne;tsss sS.
was able to bring the other to the on;,
ting point. Lewis got at least. ~. w.
head holds on Zbyszko, but he AID a., ~.
seem able to retain the hold As 49,. .'
lively as usual Tho Pole sbow.s.
mendous strength IN breaking tho a ,esl e,s'
ana 'Wice lifted Lewis bodily ',,aI ,nS
crashed him TO The mat. '' aha
Lewis Clamps on Head.Lock
Just before the Spectacular s,a,,.
OF the hout Lewis clamped ON v;";sas c"S,ls
deadlock and put on the ;u;.a a.'0e'
BILLY Sandow. his trainer, yelled TO- hin
to DO. Zbyszko, who had been bnttsa dsa
ana punching continually, finally lov
his head and charged mandly At Il
and knocked him down, like hn1I
bultlng in the bull ring. WI
10 those close to the ring Il :,
peared that Lewis was not in his usu,l
good shape. He was not as fas. o. sis,' ~,
merly and his failure to retain W, u,
many head-locks indicated lart J,
prime condition. "
Zbyszko, strong as an OK. was ls,a
ing on points when the end came sri
looked like a winner had the h,t' homt c,,. AVN
to finish. ''''
1T was after 10:30 before Lewis AMI
Zbyszko entered the ring. Lewis sr
! arraycd in a bath robe of royal nu,rL
and about his head wore a bandage d
white.
No time was spent in feeling es,i
other out and the Pole went at his on
ponent like an enraged bull. Afi,
about three minutes of pulling al
tugging the giants wen. to the ms,
with Lewis on top. but thcv were mi,
a half minute. No damage.
After about ten minues' work Lew
clapped his dreaded deadlock o.
"Zibby's" hcadpiecc. but it was Mt ]
locked" properly and the Pole bna
away.
Clamps On Toe-Hold
Zbyszlo worked his head out ofn
other lock and then grabbed a toeAds
on Eds left foot, pulling savagetk
1t. Lewis gave a quick roll and te
and was free again.
After. twontv ;, Post utr
Lewis snapped the deadlock on ont
more and held 1t for almost two nj
utes: Zbyszko stood on his head u
finally catapulted himself out
The Pole got wicked toe-hold q
: Lewis a lew minutes later and tortuN
Ed for about five minutes. It looEa
i bad for the American. but he worka
out of it finally.
The semi-.inal brought Mort Hnde
son. known in the dark days II wress
ling as "The Masked MarI,' AM
Yusif Hussane. the Balkan boas
crusher." together in a finish match
The bone crusher was the stronger d
the two and the more violent, but Hen
| derson knew more Of the science Of thu
! gentle art OF squeeze EN- and choke
EN-.
The men got tangled into dozen 81;
| sorted knots and ran the ganut Of
holds. with Nussane always on tn
aggressive. and half dozen times n
had Henderson in danger. After @;s
had passed Hussane pinned his ni'
with an arm and crotch hold.
At 1905 p. m. Joe Humphries hoppsSs
into the ring and wrestled the poor on
English language into submission
less than three minutes. Joes 1op5
was the war. the Kaiser and i@
stars and bars, and Joe threw the 0sss
of Berlin with tongue hold. =.
Having done that little thing y
caught bills, checks. gold piece, ~
the ordinary jitpeys that "our sex -
! familiar with. The outpouring cane
a result of the Knights Of Cciun'y
Catholic war drive. Joe making one E.s
his most eloquent pleas Emu Ms ~.
contribute $3.50 to the pile. Ine w
amount raised was S2,064.25. -
i They say the great American peyss \.
are easy going and we are ioless w.
believe it, for some 1000 OF tne,n -. s.s
in the Garden last night when 'as '''
preliminary bout was put on.