The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-27
ZYBSZKO DRAWS
WITH JOE STECHER
Wrestle One Hour in Garden
Without Either Gain
ing a Fall.
by GEORGE p. UNDERWOOD.

In the star bout Of the wrestling tour
nament in aid OF the United War Work
Campaign fund in Madison Square Gar
den last night. Joe Stecher OF Nebraska.
wrestling Instructor at the~9reat Lakes
Naval Training Station. and vladek
Zybszko of Poland. wrestled one hour
without a fall to a draw.
The time was too short for either the
lean, sinewy Nebrastan or the herculean
Pole to secure a fall Zybszko. however.
apparently was fast firing while the
wiry Nebraskan was going stronger than
ever
John DIN Of Finland and Rinald Car
DIM, the italian champion. wresped ff-
teen minutes to a draw also.
Cardlni hurled the huge Finn to the
boards with q quickly taken head hold
ard back heel after three minutes of
wrestling. but DIN quickly rose and
took the aggressive. He secured q
nelson. but the italian spun out Of It.
Both secured and broke several holds
in the next I'VE minutes of wrestling.
Twice olin secured DANGEROUS looking
nelson's. only 10 have Cardini bridge
and spin out. Cardlnrs frequent head
holds easily were broken by the stall
wart Finn.
Only 1000 Present.
LESS than 1000 persons were in the
Garden when Jene Westergaard of
Brooklyn and Leon Hood Of the U. S.
s. Seattle clambered on to the mat for
the opening bout Despite the slim at
tendance George Bothner. the director.
announced that the advertised card
would go through as scheduled, with two
additional contests thrown In for good
measure.
That the wrestling fraternity was
anxious to do Its bit for the War Work
Campaign fund was shown by the num-
Der Of wrestlers not on the programme
who volunteered to wrestle for the fund.
Renate Cardini. the Italian champion,
who wrestled John DIN. paid his own
expenses from Akron. Ohio. where he Is
in the hotel business.
westergaard and Hood meant business
and went at each other hard from the
start, but the two were 80 evenly
matched and the time limit, thirty min
utes. go short that neither scored fall.
The contest resulted IN a draw.
You'll go a long time before seeing
a faster match than that one" ex-
claimed Lightweight Champion VIII
Bingham, who refereed the bout between
Gene Bruce ard John Smithson. U.
s. N after the contest
Bruce won with full nelson in 10 20.
, Smithson withstood a terrific gruelling
before his opponent pinned his shout
ders to the mat. The sailor squiTmed
out OF several dangerous holds before
the superior strength OF Bruce decided
the issue.
Jack Monroe Referees.
Lieut. Jack Monroe of the Princess
Pats, former heavyweight boxer, foot
bali player. lumberjack. prospector, mine
owner and corporation president, win
his left arm still almost useless from a
wound received ut Ypres. refereed the
contest between Carl johnson, New
York A. c. wrestling Instructor. and
Otto Sampson OF The Bronx. The Mer-
curry Foot man woa in 1850 with body
scissors.
In burlesque match John Kilonts'
who paid his way on from NorloIh'
Va. and Cyclone Ress of Macon, Ga.
coryulsed the crowd for thirty minutes
| with their apparently ferocipus enor'
tn tear each other apart. FOR laugh
| making propenslties either OF the Two
had sulu Hevonpaa. the King OF NAV ,i
| buffoons, backed OF the boards. Tine
only fall scored was on the spectators
who FELL for the contest in thinking
| It was a real match instead OF an act
| By two clever partners.
Then came an added feature in the
shape of an impronptu tlu Jitsu matcn
! between Al Gross of circus fame, VINO
wrestles occasionally under the name OF
/ Petain, and VIII bingham, the "hite
races most clever exponent of the an
! Client Japanese art 1t was refereed by
Lightweight Boxing Champion Benny
| Leonard Petain outweighed Bingham
/ by thirty pounds. The conditions called
! for Petain to throw the lightweight In
| ten minutes or forfeit the match. Petain
failed to turn the trick.
With the deadly toe hold Tommy
Draak of Holland made Fred Plkalon
| OF Russia quit after Is minutes ana %
seconds OF wrestling.