Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-11
uSSER WINNER
over BIG DANE
rstps Firss Fall in - Minutes al
Shew Last Night at the
Empire Rink.
.,SIsH MARVEL FORFETTS
ts;urv Received CauseS Him to
Give Up Chances Prelim-
iDarieS Please.
BY mac
WIRE Sting RESULTS.

Pete Wiser wins over Hal
Christensen. the Danish Mar
vel 1T t95 pounds. First fall
in a minutes by use of body
FacS het6. Christensen for
ieitsd Sc second fail by his
;aahlif 10 return TO the mat
dae to an inquiry 10 his left
side
klG 4lycr Of Moline at $50
eeunaz moved up in better
| condition with Roy Hufford of
Nelr. at $50 TCuHdS i'll a 20
MINI Ro-iaIl bout
Char. NordhOlm of Moline
and siiat Pi>aHa Of Chicago did
stunts III l5-miDute exhibition
b0a!.
Ray lies of Rock Island won
= fsli in foHr minutes from
Hay-y BryEdc!I OF Rock Island.
cleaner wrestling show was
rsyer pu- on in this city than that
zsst night al the Empire theatre
I, -snE when Pete Wiser outmaryeled
/ Hal Christensen. the Danish Mar
vel vine comes from Denmark,
and his present appearance in tae
United States Is his second tour Of
Il MS country
: fair crowd witnessed the first
,-rest-ing encounter Of the year and
he bout between Wiser and Chris
Jensen was one that obtained gen
eral approval.
Both men being clean-cut sports
men. they wrestled without the
slightest degree Of rough or dirty
work
Although Christensen sustained
N injury and was unable to go
! through with the bout, the belief
Dreyails that the Dane was up
against his superior and would
have eventually gone down to de-
feat before the end Of the tWo-hour
tine limit
Wiser was in little danger at any
tine Of having his shoulders pinned
! to lie mat and did not for any
length Of time allow his opponent
10 take and keep the offensive.
Several times Christensen OBJ
taineI holds that seemed as though
hey were bound TO make Wiser
some tTu-h-e. bat the Davenporter
manage nv ger in the clear before
tie situation became serious. On
the ether hand Christensen was in
close quarters on several Occa-
si01s, and in the last Is minutes
managed to sCutrm out of Wiser s
grasp just when q fall seemed jm-
minent However. the Dane IS a
great grappIer and should at any
tine give Wiser all he can handle.
Claims Injury.
Both Erapplers showed exceIlen.
condition, and although showing
signs OF their eEerti0ns at the end
0f three-Quarters Of an hour, were.
however, in good shape TO do some
fast battling unless il be with the
exception OF Christensen, who
claimed TO have hurt his side in a
fall on the edge Of the arena planks
Is minutes before his shoulders
were pinned to the mat The fall
came with a suddenness that sur
pFised all Both men were on their
feet milling around for advantage
=
lock. raised his opponent from the
mat and fell with him. Christen-
sens shoulders were pinned down
n z trice
In the preliminaTies, Ray Zies,
well known local boxer. showed his
ability also as q wrestler when he
obtained fall in four minutes from
his opponent. Harry BrOndell. Mike
PlBsnO OF hiCagO, out of the game
for TWO years, showed great WORK
n the exhibition bout with Charlie
Aordh0lm o. Moline. His manager
however. refused 10 accept for his
protege a challenge hurled by
Young Houder of Moline for a bout
At the Grand theatre in Davenport
Oct. 10, a. which time Kid Mayer
Of Moliue. who. with Roy HuffOrd
entertained last nights crowd, will
7, 90 to q finish with Harry Brondell
! Of Davenport.
Mettler Pleased.
4. y. Alsttler, promoter OF last
nights show, announces that he is
well pleased with the turnout fol-
lle first show Of the season, and
says Che next bout will be pulled
OF Oct q. when several Of the bes,
grapplers in the game will be put
On.
W. y. Sitter Of Moline refereed
-ast nights preIiminaries and Roy
Hgforl @. Moline acted as referee
loT the main 90.
Jean Jordan Of Davenport intro
aueed the graplers as they came on
and also presented Bob York. Pu-
ehlo. Colo who viii box Jack Dill
ION a. tn .-unfre Oct II