Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-01-25
CYCLONE WORKMAN
THROWS FAST SWEDE
BY G. f. CLARK.

Before an attendance Of 112t2 the
half being represented by a 12-year-o old
boy-9C Cyclone" NJ. P. Workman fthe
NJ. p. standing for Much Power) de-
monstrated that lie is one or the class
lest men on the mat in this neck Of the
woods, If not the classiest by decisive
~ throwing in two straight falls at the
Orpheum theatre in Nampa Friday
night, Charles Olsen Of Chicago, Swed-
ish champion. the first fall coming IN
80 minutes with double arm lock, and
the second in four minutes with a dou-
Bile scissors Nick Collins refereed.
Olsen wrestlcd under a great handi-
cap, having injured his right knee by a
hard fall the night before to such an
extent that he was practically without
the use of it. Both men gave a fine
exhibition of fast, snappy, scientific
wrestling that highly pleased the crowd
The evenings festivities opened with
a Commute wrestling match between
Kid johnson and kid" Nelson, both
of Nampa; each of whom got fall.
The bout was declared draw.
The second affair was between Bat
Ting Roth" of Nampa and kid Mex
of Boise. and was a slam bang study in
smuggling from start TO finish. After
getting Walloped with everything bur
"a 16-ineh shell, kid Mex suddenly
discovered that his right hand was good
for something else than to convey ham
and eggs to his face As for Roth both
Of his lunch hooks worked overtime
on various parts OF the anatomy OF
"Kid Mex"--in fact. the whole shooting
match sounded like a bass drum solo
with Battling Roth as the soloist.
Battling Roth got the decision. hav-
ing Won the first, second and fifth
rounds BY largo margins, with Mex
getting a shade in the third and fourth
stanzas
For the fun OF it, kid" Grooms.
behemoth III the super -dreadnaught
class, boxed two rounds with Young
Riley rated us protected cruiser
kid" would swing around for broad
side and let go with his forward gun
Young Riley would duck the oncem=
ing shell. come up out OF water and
smack Kid Grooms smartly IN the
coming tower. After two fast stanzas
1t being necessary TO call for pnlmotors
TO get their lungs working again, they
agreed to call It off.
The main event started at exactly 10
o'clock. Owing 10 the injury of Olsen,
"CXclone.s good sport that he Is agreed
to bar both the toe and strangle holds
The men went to the center of the mat.
shook hands and without any ado, went
To work. Both men were shifty and
very fast. Time after time, ono would
get hold that seemed unbreakable on
tho other, but the under man would
come out all right, to the delight of tho
assembled mnltitudes. The footwork of
both men was excellent--both were old
heads at The game and knew every an
gle and trick in the trade and the ex-
hibition grow faster and more scientific
as 1t Went oil. Time after time, Olsen
got out of holds with a fall impending,
and several times Cyclone" was placed
IN tight boxes that he managed 10
squirm out Of
At exactly 80, Cyclone. got
double arm lock ON Olsen, threw him
completely over his head and held him
pinned down for the first fall. The
men rested 10 minutes and went at II
again IN another speedy exhibition of
eleverness and speed. until, at the end
OF ofur minutes, Cyclone hung a dou-
BILE arm scissors on the Swede boy.
and 1t was all over but the shouting.
Olsen deserves great credit for his
gameness, for he wrestled with a knee
that twisted his face with pain many
times 1t was practically useless to
him in breaking holds. or doing much
with his opponent, and before the
match he was on the point of forfeit
Ing, but finally made up his mind to
go on and give the people the best he
had under the circumstances. He is a
clean, fast wrestler, and the odds might
be reversed If the men wrestle again.
when Olsen is in better shape. Nick
Collins will stage "Babe" Brown and
Olsen to finish match in this CITY
shortly. Frank McCarroll CHALLENGED
the winner Of last nights bout, and
Cyclone averred that he would take
on any man of his weight in the world.
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