The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-12
SHIMKUS LOST
ON TOE HOLD
He Had to Yield to Henry
Yeeles or Have Right
Foot Broken
MATCH CONTINUED
FOR 81 MINUTES
In a Lesser Bout One Con-
testant Had Collar
bone Broken

| of the season in Clan Gordon hall last
evening at the hands of Henry Yeeles
| of Berlin, n. I'll. Yeeles did not get the
| decision on pinning the Lithuanian's
| shoulders to the mat but with a grape
| vine toehold, after 81 minutes of very
| cautious and scientific wrestling, that
| compelled Buffalo Joe" to yield or
have his right foot broken. Shimkus
chose the former and even then was
| unable to leave the mat without as
sistance to his dressing room, for the
Finlander administered the hold with
all his might and main. The winner,
according to the agreement, must
throw his opponent two out Of three
falls, but Shimkus forfeited the match
after suffering such injury. This he
did with reluctaney, yielding chiefly
to the advice of the referee.
Referee Eli Bourbon announced to-
the crowd of spectators that taxed
the hall to its utmost the decision of
the evening with an offer from Shin
klis that he would wrestle Yeeles again
for a side bet providing Yeeles trained
down to l65, or the weight of Shin
kus. This offer brought about an ar.
gument between Shimkus, who came
to the mat to forfeit the bout, and
Yeeles, Buffalo joe" was willing tot
bet $50 that his opponent weighed
more than ITO pounds, which Yeeles
claims, adding that he weighed nearer
$50 pounds. Yeeles jumped up from
his corner and declared he had 5000 !
to bet that his weight was less than
$50 pounds.
The argument started after Referee '
Bourbon asserted that Shimkus would |
be doing an injustice TO himself to
continue the match with a man out |
of his class, light heavyweight, and
with foot in such condition Bour-
don further assured the largest crowd
of the season that Shimkls had done
well to stay 81 minutes with Yeeles,
who he declared he had seen in but
one match before, and that with Peter
Goulette of Woonsocket, r. L., one of
the country's best wrestlers, whom
Yeeles succeeded in Debating with his
favorite hold, the grapevine toehold.
This match. it is understood, occurred
in Claremont, n. H., about seven weeks
ago. Yeeles, a sort of dark horse" TO
wrestling towns, had been laboring
about three weeks in Claremont be
fore this match with Goulette was
made. His hobby seems to be wrest-
ling and springing surprises, for not
until short time ago did he make his
appearance in this section and then at
a match in which Shimkus was one of
the principals.
Last evening Yeeles had the support
of many Barre men, who had seen him
wrestle Al Lundstrom. He is undoubt- |
eddy one of the coolest wrestlers that |
ever worked on a mat. Shimkus APP.
peared worried before he entered the
ring and his cautious tactics in the
bout confirmed the belief in the minds /
If the onlookers. He was very wary
md wrestled chiefly on the defensive,
while Yeeles seemed confident and con
.inued to work hard on Shimkus. He
succeeded in administering his favor !
tie hold once before but Buffalo Bill"
iucceeded in breaking away after suf-
ering severely from It.
)ne Wrestler Had Collar Bone Broken.
In the chief preliminary bout Ray c
3elville of South Barre sustained a Y
'roken collar bone in a match with
Iohn Xaiz. This accident happened
IS the two were working for the sec
md fall Xaiz had won the first in \
wo minutes and 20 seconds on a body
cissors, and in trying TO down him
he second time, the two fell heavily,
Ielvile striking upon his head and
light shoulder. Belvile lost the last I
all in one minute and "a seconds,
roceeding to wrestle after the injury. ?
lie realized he was injured badly, but n
ontinued, later walking to the dress \
ng room, where physician was sum Z
loned. q
Two youngsters, John David and 81
William Matthews, entertained the
rowd with a sparring exhibition of
wo minutes. No knockout or no de-
sion was rendered, possibly because N
sveral sheriffs and an attorney general
ere seated near the ringside.
Dave Spicer Of Montpelier announced =,
rat "Pinky" Gardner and Joe Shin -
Us would meet again in the Montpel-
r armory hall on March 25, and would :.
restle to a finish, two out Of three y
Ills winning the match and no time Il
init for the three falls. Bourbon an :,
ouneed that Shimkus will wrestle ~
lex Bozinis, an Italian middleweight =,
Boston, in Barre next week Friday a,
ght. ~