The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-06
YEELES SPRUNG
A SURPRISE
Took Two Straight Falls
After Lundstrom Had
Floored Him
CLEAN-CUT WIRES
THING EXHIBITED
Yeeles Came Back and
Gave a Wonderful
Demonstration

In very clean and scientific wrest-
ling match in Clan Gordon hall last
evening, Henry Yeeles of Berlin, n. H.,
surprised the crowd by defeating AL
Lundstrom, the Swedish marvel, The
first fall went to Lundstrom on ham
mer lock, secured after 81 minutes and
so seconds of wrestling. Only five min
utes and 20 seconds elapsed for the
second fall, which Yeeles scored with
a head lock and body scissors. The
third went to Yeeles after he put Lund-
strom's shoulders to the mat with a
body scissors and wrist lock, working
10 minutes and 80 seconds for the de-
Gliding fall.
In this bout two new wrestlers were
introduced to the Barre spectators,
neither having figured in match in
this city before. Before the feature
bout started, Referee Eli Bourbon an!
nounced that Shimkus wished to chal-
lenge the winner OF the evening.
The two men appeared, Lundstrom a
man with not an ounce of superfuous
flesh, and muscles unusually prominent.
He appeared to be quicker and stronger
than Yeeles in the first match and as
he won the first fall was picked for the
winner
After they had started for the second
fall, Yeeles, the light heavyweight,
whom one would Judge as being slower
than Lundstrom, set out to get this
fall with considerable determination
and, az already stated, only few min
utes elapsed before he succeeded He
had opened his reserve of cunning and
quickness after he had been floored
once. He was a different man than
the audience had estimated, probably
because he made no feinting move
ments or false contortions but made
every move effective. Several times
the two men broke each others holds
when in perilous positions and would
spring TO their feet again to continue
When Yeeles, by his crafty tactics,
got the third or second successive fall,
a crowd of spectators cheered for the
man who at first appeared awkward
proved to be a wonder. He, like Lund-
strom, weighed about IT'S pounds, with
a vast amount of power and experience.
He makes his home in Berlin, y. H.,
having come to America from Finland
two years ago, where he wrestled chief
" in the Greece Roman style.
Lundstrom, whose extraordinary
muscle development attracts much at
tention, is a physical director at the
Y. NJ G. A. at Norwich, Conn, and also
at a high school in Groverdale, Conn.
Lundstrom, after winning the first fall,
declared to a reporter that Yeeles was
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reason to believe later that he had un.
der estimated his opponent. He seemed
bewildered somewhat after being
downed the second time
The Preliminaries.
Prior to this feature bout were two
good preliminaries. The first of these
was between two school lads about IL
wears old. John Romari of IL Seminary
street and William Matthews of For
sythe place. Young though they are,
they know many holds and have all in.
dications of coming young school ath-
letes. Romari, who weighed So pounds,
defeated Matthews with a body scis-
sors and wrist lock in six minutes and
50 seconds.
The second preliminary was staged
bv Silvio Checchi and John Xaiz, two
Young Barre amateurs of the l45-pound
class. Xaiz won the first fall in nine
minutes and As seconds with a near
half Nelson and further arm bar hold,
and the second with a head lock and
body scissors in eight minutes and 40
seconds.
Everything was staged at the SEIZED
uled time and not moments delay
was caused unnecessarily The next
match in Barre will probably be next
Thursday or Friday night between Joe
Shimkus and Yeeles.