The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-07
Ed LEWIS DEFEATS
MADvAS IN MATCH
Stranger Pins Shoulders OF Pole In
;. J y q straiTht Falls * Academy; !,
WAS GnUELLINa CONTEST
Real Wrestling Displayed by Giant
Hcavtes Before Large Audience.
Which Proved to BE Non-Partisan
and Checrcd Both.

Richmond and Ivan Madvas were
given practical demonstration of the
famous deadlock OF Ed t"Strangler")
Lewis at the Academy of Music last
night, when the Kentucky boy pinned
the shoulders of the giant Pole to the
mat In straight falls The bout was
one Of the most gruelling seen here
since the game was revived and also
was witnessed by one OF the largest
crowds that has attended q match here
in recent years.
Lewis triumphed by means OF his
famous deadlock. but not before he
had used 1t several times In an effort
TO put the shoulders OF Madvas to the
mat. Heralded as one Of the most ter
rible holds known to the mat game.
1t was expected that once his head was
in tho powerful grip of Lewis, Madvas
would either succumb or have his
shoulders placed gently on the mat
This, however, was not the case. for
Madvas broke the deadlock six times
during the match. twice in the first fall
and four times in the second.
Lewis Wildly Received.
Promoter Bernstein introduced the
wrestlers to the audience and Lewis
was the first to appear. He was given
great ovation by the crowd and 1t
was plain that It was glad to have the
Stranger" here again. Lewis weighed
In and his weight was announced as
22S pounds. Madvas followed and the
Pole was applauded wildly. His
weight was announced as 2l0 pounds.
which 10 fifteen pounds less than he
weighed when he wrestled Hassane.
the Turk. here over two weeks ago.
At the start OF the match Madvas
appeared bit wary OF the Strangers
terrible deadlock and kept away from
Lewis grip. but at the same time fish-
ing for 4 body hold. Early in the first
fall Lewis secured an armlock and II
seemed al II the Pole was destined
to be thrown In short order, but b.
means OF his strength. broke away
from Lewis. and the crowd cheered.
That the audience was non-partisan
in it's cheers was demonstrated when
Madvas later secured a deadlock and
the Stranger broke 1t. Both men got
into several tight places during the
first fall, but each managed to emerge
.thout being thrown. Later Lewis Sc
cured his deadlock again. but Madvas
merged safely, after which he paused
ong enough to rub his head.
First Fan Reaches Climax
u ~as shortly after Madvas had
broken the n~aGe.sck 70. :Ae second
time that the first fall reached its cli-
max. Lewis rushed his pponent
about the mat. cropping for the head
lock. Ringsiders were forced to va
cate their seats several times while
Lewis was chasing the elusive Madvas
about The Stranger secured good
grip upon Madvas and the Poles
shoulders went down. The time an
nounced for the first fail was thirty
dre minutes.
"a burnt child fears the flre." So.
during the second fall, Madvas feared
the deadlock. but despite the fact that
he endeavored to keep out of range of
the powerful arms OF Lewis. he was
headlocked four times but managed to
break loose.
The second fall was featured by the
men running from the mat on several
ing of seats until finally Lewis pinned
the shoulders of his opponent and the
match ended. Twenty-Five minutes
was required for the closing chapter.
More real wrestling took place In
the anal round than was the case in
the first. Several times Madvas SEEM
ingiy had Lewis down. but Ed wrig-
glcd out. and several times Lewis ap-
peared to have Madvas down. but the
fall that the only body bridging OF the
night occurred. With arms locked and
heHfs tokgtter. The men brought their
bodies from the mat, forming what
seemed to be q stupendous arch, In an
effort to break holds.
Mndyas Admired.
Madvas won the admiration OF the
audience by his willingness to keep
plugging away and putting forth his
best efforts despite the fact that he
was no match against the deadlock.
He did nit quit. hut on the other hand
took the offensive throughout.
Ed Eandow. manager for Lewis. APP
pearcd before the audience between
the falls on behalf Of the Boy Scout
movement In America and had high
praise for the men OF tomorrow as
the called them.
Sandow attributed tho excellent
physical condition OF Ed Lewis to the
work that he did in the army. Both
men served Uncle Sam in the capacity
Of athletic instructors.
Young Newman, OF Richmond. and
Harry Brown. Of the du Pont club,
both l4o-pounders, were matched in
the preliminary. The local boy took
the match In straight falls
Doc. McDonough refereed both
matches.
1t was announced last night that Joe
Stecher would be brought here soon
In . match with an opponent to be
selected later.