The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-25
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SPORTING EVENTS
MADVkS DOWNS TURK
NEXT TO MEET LEWIS

! Ivan NasiyAs. the big two hundred
land twelve pound Pole and veteran
tcf The i4te world war. VIII meet I'D
,1Sas,es Ky, -, - : " II ,-s, .r =
y MadyaS won me riRflr TO meet the
Stranger phtn ne deCisively defeated
hob llaSa4ne the Turk. NJ the
Academy OF Music IN straight falls
last ulEat The first taking twenty
3 five minutes and the second twenty
one minutes
y Madvas. who made his first
aS4earance here. won the match he
liz .9t@< won the favor of the local
mat dcvotecs by his cleancut wrest-
ling throughout and his marvellous
display IF strength Tho audience sat
back and rssped at the Sampson OF
Poland and applauded vociferously
when Hs iu4nascd TO break loose from
The grip oi the Turk on numerous
ocr ..sStoGc HaSsdne was on the verge
Of obtaining a fall from Madvas but
.each time The Pole wriggled and
twisted aud got his body free.
HassaHo relied mainly upon the
body seI~slrs is means OF pinning
the she !ders of his opponent to the
mat b4t each '.me the strength Of
Turk WIS forced TO relax his grip.
DL ing he first fall the grapplers in
s,ued plenty % action into their work
and went 81 IT with hammer and
tougs. Seth or asked the other for
an inch ard some OF the finest wrest-
ling seen here since the game was
roviseI in Richmond was witnesse
dur!ns the first fan Hassane fell a
victim 10 the terrible arnlock Of
Madvas and the Pole took the first
fall.
II took Madvas tust four minutes
less TO secure the second far than was
required in the first Refersn Nc
Donoueh annuurced he time Of the
second fail as being twenty -one
m lutes. Both rrapp)ers were re-
freshad by the rest between the falls
and more pep was displayed in the
closing stanza. Again IIassanc re-
sorted to The body hold and several
times came near securing a fall but
Madvas brought his strength into T'ay
and managed 30 break loose The
Pole Obtained the second and decid =
ing fall by the use or the hammcrlock
and inflicted severe pun ishment upon
tho TURK before Hassane's shoulders
finally were pinned TO the bat
Practically free from roughness on
the par; or either Erappier was one
OF the redeerning features of the
match. Both men wrestled clean and
10 violent ortburets OF temper were
,nouceatIc. The crowd appreciat ted
The efforts ri the men and ,he spirit
they Displayed ou the. mat and
voiced It's hearty approval
Last nights match was the begin
ming ~ a series of matches bet wee y
hca- ights and the local promoters
IL to bring some o. thc best
81 a< "a hare
The ..arh between I'd Lewis and
Manras March A. is expected TO draw
me largest crowd that ever witnessed
similar affair in this city. Lewis Is
an old favorltc with the Richmond
mat fans and the work of MadVas last
nirh shows that he VIII be worthy
!orpouent for the Stranger. While nc
definite arrangements have beer
made 1t ia probable that Richmond
may witness Joe Stecher and I'd
Lewis action together. sHlc,, {
match vets contemplated last yrstr aut
the support given the Lewis Madvac
70 will 70 "A long way in decidinf
whether or not Stecher and Lewis
can hc brought here.
Harry Ritter. Of weat Virginia anc
Tom Sloan. Of Richmond staged 2
fast preliminary before the main bou
and sloan was the victor OF both falls
Mickey Devine, champion middle,
weight Gcappler OF New England, re
!erred ;hc preliminary.
D.. PAT McUonough was refree of tht
bout between the heavies-
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"what hns become Of your baby sis
ter. MAKE asked A mother Of he
little fre, year-old SON II haven