New-York tribune., 1919-12-09
Western Star
Gains Victory
On Scissors
Polish Giant tDOwned i'm 2:24
After Sensational Match
Before Crowd of 5000
Bv W. 0. Mcclellan

Ioe stecher, the Nebraska farmer
how last night threw Wladek Zbyszko,
.hs Pole. in one of the most dramatic
finishes that ever concluded wrestling
Itch in this vicinity. Nine thousand
rersons jammed into the list Regiment
srmory saw the amazing wind-up
+hroush the thick haze of tobacco
smoke.
Rising from the mat from head
hold Zbyszko caught Stecher about the
lnees and whirled him through the air
SIX times the huge Pole swung him
'round and round. Then he threw
Stetcher crashing to the mat so hard
.hat il seemed all of the wind had been
jolted out of the farmer boys body.
Quickly Zbyszko pounced upon the
prostrate young American to pin mis-
shoulders to the mat. AS the Pole
sprang Stecher twisted his body aside
and the heavy Pole rolled over him.
springs and clamped his deadly scissors
hold about the Poles neck while he
gripped one arm with his own. The
hold frightened like the coils of boa
constructor, and the Pole settled to the
mat inert and out.
1t happened so quickly that few real
lied how it had ended. When the Pole
was whirling the American through the
ar the gallery groaned. II looked as
though Stecher would be hurled to the
mat dazed and out Of it, as had one of
the preliminary wrestlers earlier in the
evening But Stecher was not too
dazed to take the chance when it came
TO him.
Zbyszko Near Victory
The match lasted full two hours,
twenty-four minutes and sixteen sec
onds before Referee George Bothner
tapped the shoulders of Stecher to in
o!cate that il was over. Until that mo-
ment il looked as though it might last
until morning Once or twice Stecher
ened to strangle him, and several times
Zbyszko was almost caught in the tolls
of the fatal Stecher scissors hold.
Stecher handled himself in q work
manlike manner all through the match.
While the temperamenral Pole made
all sorts Of faces. and at times showed
signs OF losing his temper. Stecher re-
tanned an immobile set of features all
through it, Never a scowl was there
He started like farmer boy who had
an obstreperous bale of hay to place
in certain position and he never once
showed disposition TO say even:
Gosh darn it," when the bale wouldn't
stay put
209 while Zbyszko confessed to about
alongside the beautifully proportioned
Nebraskan. Despite the "No Smoking"
order, the multitude started to burn
tobacco, and with the ventilation shut
off, the place grew foggier and foggler.
Zbyszko was dangerous always. Ev2n
after being pinned to the mat by head
holds that dazed him he would wriggie
loose and come back trying Several
times he had the toe hold on Stecher,
but the farmer boy always wrenched
himself free and without suffering any
considerable amount of pain. The Pole
is 10 Gotch when it comes to using that
toe hold.
Curley Bids 100000
By way OF variety, Jack Curley, the
promoter, announced that he would
give $4,000 for the Carpenter
Dempsey fight. It was also announced
that Earl Caddock, the real American
champion, jut out of the army, had
ship bout in New York City next
month.
In one Of the preliminaries Sulo
Hevonpaa. announced by Joe Humphries
as the popular and peaceful Finn,
threw Markus Yousko. Hevonpaa
seemed to heed the admonition of Jack
Curley to act like nice little gentle
man. He did not bite his antagonist
once, even when Youska seemed about
to massage the small Hevonpaa's nose
into oblivion. Hevonpaa's little nose
is his only vulnerable spot. 1t is his
tendon OF Achilles.
uyoro +,,rpo6 au-o ~
from the armory last night. 1t looks
as though there will be plenty of
grappling here this winter at the end
OF The snOrt-mad Year