The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-25
ZBYSZKO WINNER
IN BOUT AT B. A. C..
Mighty Pole Has Hard Time
in Throwing American.
Uses "Flying Mare +.

Charles Cutler, the veteran
grappler, was a hard nut for
Zbyszko to crack last night,
and it was with difficulty that
the latter was able to throw the
American in two straight falls.
The first fall resulted from a
Flying mare" body hold, and
came after one hour and ten
minutes of hard wrestling. The
second fall required only 10
minutes, and resulted from a
toe hold.
The victory was not an easy one for
Zbyszko. Cutler many times forcing
him to the mat and almost pinning his
shoulders flat The match was about
a toss-up between the two until the
mighty Pole Iatched on to his favorite
body hold and sent the American fly
ing over his head. shoulders flat on
the mat The force of the impact
knocked the wind our of Cutler.
Cutler was the heavier of the two
by % pounds, but appeared to be out
Of condition in comparison with TIE
superb Zbyszko. The rams were af-
forded action right from the begin
ming and the first few minutes of
wrestling seemed to indicate Cutler
victory The American seized the first
hold. an arm lock, but Zbyszko came
back with a toe hold. This was easily
broken, but gave way to another, far
worse than the first However, Cutler
came out in fine fashion. and, grab
bling bad arm lock on Zbyszko, came
within an ace" of throwing the> Pole.
However, the yells of announcement
of the crowd were of no avail and
Cutler was forced to let go his hold
when Zbyszko sauirmed out.
After that it was nip and tuck.
neither wrestler gaining any apparent
advantage. Zbyszko seemed to be spe-
cializing in the toe hold. while Cutler
favored the arm locks. Zbyszko seized
many a bad toe hold. but the Amer
leans leg was rubber. so to speak,
and each time Zbyszko was cast aside
by cutters mighty trunks. On the
other hand Cutler had many arm
locks. but ZbysZko was too strong for
him and easily broke away each time.
But the end was bound to come, and
it did when ZbyszSo secured the toe
hold which pinned the Americans
shoulders flat.
The seoond fall was an easy affair
for Zbyszko. Cutler seemed tired out
from his early efforts and gave way
before the rushes of the Pole. When
Zbyszko seized a bad toe asld Cutler
was forced to tap The MAJ and the
bout was over. Zbyszko the winner.
Zoy11ko put up a good clean flight
and only once or twice showed any IN
cliEation to trough stuff On the rare
occasions that he did, Cutler demon
strated that he was master In that
line himself and after he had rushed
Zbyszko out of the ring. tearing down
the ropes in doing so. the latter gave
up his rough tactics on the whole
the bout was very clearly wrestled.
The preliminary bill was unusually
good and furnished the fans many
good laughs as we'll as some amateur
thrills. The first thing on the pro-
gramme. fast three one-minute round
bout between Wade and league. two
promising looking gentlemen of the
70-pound c1ass. and the affair ended
in a draw.
Next Charley Hopkins and Toto
Jaffe wrestled is MINUTES to- "a draw.
The bows weighed 1873 pounds. and both
were fast and aggressive and knew the
game well.
The browning glory of the prelim
was a fistic tournament staged by six
members of the black race. Many
kicks and grunts were exchanged and
finally the fight lay between two
"coons." When they were given time
out for rest one of them threw his
wet handkerchief in the ring and the
hattie was over.