The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-22
ZBYSZKO THROWS
STRANGER LEWIS
Pole Wins Heavyweight
Wrestling Match by Gain
ing Fall in 1:84:87.
LOSER Is THE AGGRESSoR
Contest, Replete With Action,
Watched by Big Crowd
in Garden.
LOSER IS THE AGGRESSION

vladek zbyszko. the giant Pole. last
night In Madison Square Garden In the
presence of q throng that packed the
area from pit to dome vanquished Stran-
gler Lewis in catch as catch can
match that lasted ono hour and a half.
BY winning one fall Zbyszko under the
terms OF the agreement was acclaimed
the winner, and he thus puts himself
In position to claim a match for the
championship with the title holder, Earl
Caddock. who now Is in France in the
service OF Uncle Sam.
The contest between Zbyszko and
Lewis was full of action from start to
nnish. and the manner In which II ended
was a distinct surprise to those familiar
with previous contests between these
two grapplers. Lewis In previous meet
ings had been the victor and was de-
cidedly the favorite over the Polander
in last nights encounter.
In the hour and q half that the men
were on the pad Lewis was the-ag
gressor, and was on top of his man the
greater part of the time. Only once
during the combat did the Pole have
Lewis In trouble, and that was when
he fastened his deadly toe hold .on the
Kentuckian. On getting out Of this hold
Lewis limped painfully for several min
utes and was on the defensive until
no regained the partial use of his left
foot.
Toe Holds weakens Lewis.
From that time on Lewis gave evil
dence that he was weakening. He lacked
the vigorous aggressiveness that had
marked his work in the early stages Of
the bout and not until he again got his
deadlock did the kentuckian show any
p,,t hnl1
been his dying effort, for after partially
dazing the Pole with n head pressure.
ZbysEko escaped and got to his feet
The Pole was groggy and Lewis leaped
at him like a panther In a desperate
effort to regain his deadlock. He finally
readjusted the hold, but the Pole broke
II quickly and grasping Lewis about the
waist lifted him high in the air and
flung him to the canvass for the final
fall.
II was noticeable that the duration
Of the headlocks obtained by Lewis were
very much less than in the previous
encounters between these men. 1t was
also observed that the time Of each
deadlock decreased as the bout prog
ressed.
Zbyszko had no sooner been declared
the winner than he practically collapsed
in his corner and required the attention
OF his seconds. Lewis. on the other hand,
seemed to throw of the weary feeling
that had oppressed him during the last
half hour OF the bout. Lewis smiled
sweetly at Zbyszko as he shook his hand
and then jumped nimbly out Of the ring
The winner. on the other hand. was
helped to the dressing room by his at
tendants.
Gardini and Linow yictors.
In response TO sustained whlstling
from the top gallery Renator Gardini.
the Italian grappler, and Carl Schilllng
Of Germany came on for the opening
bout. Gardini was on top Of his man
from the start and won a fall in 2:17
with a body hold.
The next pair was Ivan Linow. the
Cossack. and George Tengar OF Isonia.
This was n we'll contested bout. Linow
had considerable weight on his opponent
and the smaller man was on the offen-
sive throughout. After a struggle last
ing IL $40 Linow won the fall with a body
scissors and double wrist lock-
A tremendous crowd swooped down on
the Garden. soon ciogged up all the en-
frances and swamped the ticket sellers
and takers. The Garden was damned
long before the principals entered the
ring, and a regiment of wrestling en-
thusiasts surrounded the Garden in a
fight to get into the arena long after
the grapplers had taken hold.
The contestants showed the good ef-
fscts Of hard training. Zbyszko espe-
cially was rid OF much superfiuous fat.
The giant athletes. head to head and
hands gripped. swayed about the ring
for fully ten minutes before Lewis by
witch and trip brought the Pole to his
knees with the Kentuckian on top. Then
ensued a series of maneuvres by Lewis
TO get an effective hold.
Zbyszko's right arm was bandaged
just below the elbow as . result OF an
injury in n previous bout. He also
sported a mourning In his right optic.
Lewis remained on top six minutes and
fifty seconds. when the men wrestled
Off the mat and they were sent % the
centre on their feet by the referee.
The action was so slow that the gall
leries began to complain. whereupon
Lewis fastened his famous deadlock on
the Pole and held the compress for about
three minutes. Zbyszko then broke the
hold and got on top momentarily.
Lewis's speed enabled him to break
away and reach his feet
Shift 10 Queensberry Tactics.
Zbyszko shortly after fastened his
famous toe hold on Lewis and the vic
tim WINGED visibly for about two min
Ytss wtsG Lewis" -isr breal-s
ing H.
After an hours wrestling Lewis OBJ
tained a double nelson on the Pole and
had Zbyszko close to a fall. BY super
human effort Zbyszko broke the hold
and took a neck lock on Lewis. The
latter emerged from his dangerous posi-
ton with a head spin and both regained
their feet. Then ensued some Queens
berry tactics on the part of the Pole,
who sent a couple of left jabs to Lewis's
face. Lewis responded with a right to
the body. The hostilities ceased at the
order of the referee. During scramble
for hold zbyszko took body scissors.
but Lewis quickly hustled out OF It.
Lewis next took a head lock and held
Il for two minutes and forty seconds,
the Pole being dazed when he broke
II. Zbyszko then got his toe hold and
when Lewis emerged from II he limped
very plainly.
After an hour and thirty minutes of
wrestling Lewis got his head lock and
held II probably about four minutes.
When the Pole extricated himself by
means OF head spins he got to his feet.
took a body hold on Lewis. raised him
from the ring floor. slammed him down
on his back like a bag Of oats, fell on
him and pinned his shoulders for fall
and the match. The time was 1887.
sKATERs MAKE FAST TIME.
In preparation for the Metropolitan
indoor championships some fast half
fnifes have been skated In the workouts