The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-27
JOE PERELLI
TOOK THE BOUT
When Pembroke Agreed to
Go on Mat in Absence
Of Shimkus
WAS HANDICAPPED
BY RECENT INJURY
There We're Several Other
Interesting Matches
Last Night

For two hours, an audience that filed
Clan Gordon hall awaited the arrival
of Joe Shimkus, who was expected to
arrive in Barre last evening to meet
"Roughhouse" Joe Perelli, with whom
he was matched for finish bout, the
best two out of three falls to win the
contest. Shimkus through some unex-
planned means, failed to make an APP
pearance, so at 10 o'clock Bernard Penn
broke of Montpelier went onto the mat
with Perelli for a finish match.
Perelli secured the first fall with
body scissors and an arm lock in nine
minutes and 40 seconds, and the second
in seven minutes and 40 seconds with
body scissors and double wrist lock
1t was under the handicap OF a cracked
rib that Pembroke clinehed with Perel-
Ii, and this Perelli took advantage of
by working necessarily for the body
scissor hold. Pembroke's injury pre-
vented the breaking of this hold and
for this reason he was hoored quicker
than if in normal condition. As it was,
he put up hard tussle with the Ital-
ian and made him sweat from head TO
foot in getting his two falls.
Before this match was begun, the
message from Al Llrndstrom, known as
the Swedish Marvel" which challenged
the winner of last evening, was read to
the audience. Should Shimkus refuse ,
to wrestle Lundstrom the management
assured the audience that Yelles, the
Newport wrestler who failed to show
up for match in Montpelier two
weeks ago against Shimkus is willing |
to take on Lundstrom or Shimkus, |
and as an insurance of his appearance |
he has authorized Eli Bourbon Of Clare |
mont, n. H., referee of last nights |
bouts, to put up a 500 forfeit This |
match will be held in Clan Gordon hall |
next Friday night, March 5, the man
agement assuring the public that both |
principals will be here in due time for |
the affair.
While waiting for the train due at |
the Barre Central Vermont station at
7:35, but which did not arrive until |
1912. number of preliminary wrest-
ling bouts were staged The first of
these was the most interesting, as the |
participants were evenly matched in
weight and science. These were James
Greig and Edgar Beaulieu, Beaulieu
secured two successive falls, the first I
with double arm hold and body scis-
sors, in five minutes and SO seconds, |
and the second in two minutes and Ii |
seconds with a double wrist lock and I
body scissors.
A rather peculiarly matched pair
next made their appearance, Charles
Clough, who declares he was middle
weight champion OF the United States
I'd cavalry in 1918 and who weighs l5S
pounds, came forth with Raymond I
Mosher of Montpelier, a fyweight of
los pounds The odds were plain to
be seen, but were allowed to 20 on to
furnish amusement while hopes for the
arrival of Shimkus at any moment
were expressed by the crowd. Moshier,
however, is somewhat Of an acrobat,
and when matched with such large
opponent was forced to use his aero
batic tactics to keep his shoulders from
the mat. Clough worked but little
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five minutes stalling.
Silvio Cheechi next defeated Beau.
lieu in three minutes and 10 seconds,
and Modesto Hiogua in five minutes.
Perelli, after the bout with Pembroke,
then gave an exhibition with Checchi,
who is a promising young wrestler, for
10 minutes.
Some talk prevailed concerning big
wherein such men as Joe
Steteher and STRANGER" Lewis would
be brought to Barre Mr.. Bourbon, in
. conference after the match with one
Or two men interested in such, declared
these wrestlers could be procured if the
Barre opera .house could be secured for
Ihe staging of such bouts. Thus far ]
this year it has been impossible TO
rent this place for wrestling bouts and
rs there is no other place in the city {
arge enough to accommodate crowd !
hat would wish to see such men per- l
'orm, the use of the opera house is in {
,vitable if such performances are to |
DC staged in this city. /