Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-14
SOLDIER GRANT IS
|VOMATCH FOR TARO
M|YAKE At JUIJnSU
1.-the, Lek-Muscled Oriental
Played With Warrior for Two
Periods, Then Took the
Match With an Arm Hold.

Though Thomas F. Grant, wrestling
instructor at Camp Lewis, was game,
he was no match In skill for Taro MI
yake, champion jiu jitsu wrestler of the
world. at the Pinney theatre Thursday
night. The husky brown man from the
Orient. after playing with Grant for
two periods, speedily won the match In
the third period in just three minutes
with an arm strangle hold that nearly
broke the right elbow joint of the SOL
der lad.
Miyake contenting himself with
working on the defense, though he oc-1
Casionally showed flashes Of speed and
class when the husky heavy dough-
boy" from the cantonment would get n
semblance Of a good hold on him. Then
Miyake would bring his powerful. well
muscled legs into play. the hold would
be broken with ease and Grant sent
sprawling. The Jap was willy old fox
with years of experience and a world
of knowledge at his command--Grant,
q husky, good-natured American style
wrestler with lot of nerve and clean
sportsmanship.
The "appetizers" blew up with a bang
right from the onset of the boxing
matches. Vivian Gilbert of Caldwell
and Sailor Jenkins of Meridian went Is
minutes of wrestling without a fall
DR.. Harold Dresser refereeing.
The next affair was a scheduled five
round boxing contest between kid
Mex" and AL Nelson. both of Boise. In
the middle Of the third round, promoter
Collins stopped the bout, 1t being ap-
parent to some that Mex" had no show
with his opponent, though the brown
skinned battler was all right and mere
ly playing on the defense. Babe
Brown, coming wrestling champion,
refereed.
The third event was 10 minutes of
wrestling between Jim Morgan and Ar
ley d. Ward of Bull The exhibition
was fast but Morgan was too heavy for
Arley. DIR. Dresser was also referee
Of this tilt.
MAIN EVENT.
In the main event Grant got the first
hold and endeavored to choke Miyake.
The Jap let him go a while. brought
his pair of powerful limbs with their
educated feet into play. and the SOL
dier boy went sprawling. The Jap was
like brown steak. Grant sought con-
tinually throughout the period to choke
ties and skill were too much and after
getting hold after hold on the Jap's
neck, Grant would find himself rolled
off or awaited away. The Jap worked
continually on the defensive, continu-
ally manipulating his feet and legs in
a weird manned that was extremely eff
fective and bit discouraging to the
soldier lad. The period was slow, with
"a ovNanfinn Of a eYhihift0na nf
very pretty footwork, flights through
the air and nifty falls.
kid" Latham of Boise and 1.-THE
Virginia Kid" from Richmond, Va, sub!
appeared for the last prelim. virginia
Kid hit the kid" with everything but
AL Tompkins' fiddle during the melee
Jack Collins refereeing. In the third
stanza, kid" having found he had
hurt his knuckle on the top-piece OF
Virginia" threw up the sponge and
retired to the seclusion Of the dressing
room and Desert Horse" cigarette.
In the third period Grant was still
aggressive. He was on top from the
very start. Miyake got loose and bound
ed to his feet. He and Grant wen:
round and round for d minute or so
Suddenly he clamped on a body scis-
sors and the air was filled with legs
arms, Jap and soldier boy. Miyake
clamped the soldier boys right arm If
an arm strangle hold, put pressure or
1t and snapped it nearly out. DR.
Dresser, at call Of pain from Grant
stopped the match and gave 1t to Mi.
yake. Grant laid on his back. Miyal'
went over to him, and showed his
sportsmanship by pulling his injured
At IL f.,A- ~l..1 fS~ax d.