El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-05
YoungAn1ericus, Challenger,
Loses Hard Bout To Veteran
Chris Jordan In Tl0o Falls

By BUD RI
lTEEN and crafty Chris Jordan.
n veteran OF the mat game. carved
one more niche in his upward
! trend toward supremacy over all mid
} dleWeight Wrigglers WedEesddr night
when he dOWned Young Americas. the
I cleancut Iowa boy twice in less than
: two hours in a bitter match
] In mis- fourth FL Paso appearance
Chris had that same advantage wnich
I he has held over acclimated
I 70 the high atmOsphere-and while
! hard pressed during the first 50 min
utes due TO the continual offensive
l tactics Of his more youthful opncnent.
I he hiGed hla tine as usual and won
out in the end Once he came very
/ near losing his temper. rushing
Americas of the mat DIt f. was more
] OF a display than anything else and
. Americas took the Outburst gooi ns
/ turedly and forced the cha m9i1lship
claimant back into the middle OF the
mattress The thorough sportsman
7 ship and gameness displayed by the
younger man-aud Chris also-caused
much favorable comment and there
are many fans who want 10 see
Americas in action again
Won BY n Toe Hold.
Jordan forced his opponent TO the
mat with a body hold and deadlock
grlmly held on for several minutes
Amerieus finally broke the toe
hold just as he had many pre-
viOus times but the younger man
was 50 weakened by the strength
applied TO wriEElinE out OF the
dangerous hold thar he could not
Withstand the offensive Of Jordan
who applied n deadlock and body
hold with telling effect. This
first fall came In one hour and
four minutes and IL required but
one minute more than half that
time 10 Obtain the second fail
The condition Of the right leg OF
the challenger rendered Il I'M
possible for him To little more
than hold his oTvn-Eyhich he did
nObiy, earning the applause Of the
fans again and uEain-
Jordan's toe hold in point OF fact
seemed 70 be his only effective means
OF combating his rival HeadlocEs
were broken again and again by some
quick SHIFT while attempted half Mel I
sons and scissors on both head and
body were either slipped or turned
into an advantage for Americas The
latter took the aggressive from tina
first and in the initial 10 minutes
caused Chris severe pain by giving
him the hammerlock- Jordan has
rheumatism in the right shoulder and
whether Americas respected the fact
or not Is a matter Of conjecture butt
II is a certainty that he laid of this
shoulder during the remainder Of the I
bout, not wishing TO cause any per
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CHS Gets Scissors.
JOrdon obtained his first good hold, 8
a half Nelson and a body scissors at I
the end OF 20 minutes OF fast Wrest-
ling he held this for but a few sec
ondss however, as Americas Wriggled I
out Of it The challenger was appar- !
entity faster than the claimant and !
seemed 10 be just as strong. He OBJ
tanned several dangerous arm holds
but Chris always managed TO get out
Of them at critical times II seemed Z
as if the craft Of Is years experience
on the mat WIS fighting against !
speed, youth and strength as Jordan J
met his youthful opponent at every 1
angle and was always able to hold
his own {
In 20 minutes Jordan got his
first hammeriOek-his fnvOrfte
hOld-but IL was broken. Amerf-
Gus still had the aggressive at the
end Of 80 minutes with n head
scissors which Chris broke n mo-
ment later, getting n deadlock.
Americas then obtained a head
lock, but IL was broken in turn.
Jordan pushed his opponent sew
ernl times in the face and Amerf-
Gus retaliated with the same kind
OF tactics. Called back to the cen
ter Of the ring the two men
elashed and Jordan rushed Amerf- Z
Gus off the mat f
They were brought back by referee f
Spider Rawls but a second later Jor- /.
dan again rushed his opponent into Z
the seats He was warned by the Z
referee and on coming back to the r
mat got a dangerous hold +
Americas remained cool and broke e
the hold. getting a dangerous head I
hold himself Jordan wriggled out Il
Of this and managed to get a head /
lock which Americas broke with ease. Il
Some Hard Wrestling. Z
IN 80 minutes Jordan was still found /.
attempting to get his faYOrite hold {
while Americas seemed to be firing E
tried several half Nelson's which his B
rival eluded and at the end OF one (
hour had a toe hold He held on grim Z
" and refused 10 let go. Americas +
seemed to be in much pain but bac- E
tied manfully- He finally broke the {
hold through a superb exhibition Of E
strength but was apparently so weak Z
ened that he could not resist the at I.
tack Of Jordan who pinned his Shout Z
ders with a body and head lock. /;
Americas limped when he got up from E
the mat and IL was apparent that his E
foot was in bad condition. E
Goes After Toe Again.
Jordan followed up his advantage
when the two men clashed on the 1.
mat for the second fall and frnmed-
lately went after a toe hold. Amerf-
Gus was wary however, and speedily \
broke the hold. For the next Is
minutes Americas took the aEgres-
sive and used his favorite hold
head scissors and half Nelson-time II
and again Jordan's shoulder was N
often within two inches OF the mat /.
but Americas did not seem TO pos
sess the strength necessary to pin d
the shoulders Of the claimant Chris n
used a peculiar style Of defence n
when he broke the hold. vvriEglfne
from under his opponent to a more II
convenient position
The final fall occurred when
Americas was weakened by a body
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