El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02


Il dsv night al Liberty Hall
Bull dropped a two fall decision
to husky sam Claphan, brlIl1n
heavyweight champion after a bitter
session on the wrestling mat which
for sheer rivalry and scrapptnes5
shaded anything of the kind held
here before Scaling approximation
the same the two Wrigglers Hereby
contested every inch Of the going
and the Fl Paso wrestling enLnus-
lasts we're treated TO as rou6n an
exhibition as they have seens but one
incidentally, which they enjoyed
every minute as there proved 10 be
some real spirit behind every et-
fort OF the big men who apparently
intended to overlook no advantage
which would give them the sllgnrast
margin on the road 20 victory
sam Wins First Fall
Chaplain won the first fan Of the
match in 3 minutes with a head
scissors and bar arm
sam had quite n bit OF diff
Guilty In holding down his rug
Eed opponent As Bull slipped ont
Of dangerous holds time and
AGAIN. Each started rouEhinE IL
early in the game and there was
quite a bit OF elbow work Non
rana nassarcd his opponent'E
ears with his eIbcW as a starter
and sam came hack by clEEinE
his hand into aBuil's7 stomach
while the latter was trying to
get a head hold
Both Of the boys needed trimming
OF their Whiskers- Bull using his
chin frequently in digging into sans
ribs while both forced the sharp
points OF their elbow into Vulnerable
points time and again The match
approached q sparring exhibition in
several instances and the only thing
needed was the gloves.
@BuIls Comes Back
Montana came back after being
thrown on the first ian and took the
second In handy fashion with a double
wrist lock BE twisted Sans arm
around behind his head and hsld him
safely until referee Spider H-aWls
patted him between the shoulder
blades This evidently aroused Clap
ham as SAN came out with blood IN
his eye for the third which he Won
in five minutes fiat He won this
first fan IN q peculiar manner as
Bull was partially stunned At the
time and was unable 20 defend him
self In the proper manner SlIp1arn
had greater strength than his op-
ponent and his greater ring cratr
stood him in Cood stead as he broke
many dangerous holds
During the time elapsed between
the first and second falls Chaplain
showed his ability as defensive
wrestler more than once He repeat
edly broke choice holds on Montana
and Immediately applied the sans
hold 10 his opponent
On the third fan 1Iourana
seemed a certain victor, but the
defensive tactics Of CIauham
solved the puzzle. While sBun1
was bearing down on one Of
sans legs Clapham used his left
foot as a leverage and showed
-Bull7 in the chin. The big
italian was forced hack for sew
eraI feet and was partially stun
ned Clapham saw his chance
and used Il TO advantage He Oh
tanned a head and body hold with
which he pinned Monfana's
shoulders TO the mat.
There was quite an interesting lie
tie battle in The semifinal. when
'BoLcar Johns and Tommy Rascon
hattied 70 a draw Both OF these boys
showed their CHARACTERISTIC pep and
speed and kept the bugs on their
feet during the greater part OF tbs
time. Rascon gor a head scissors and
body hold. for the first fail OF tia
match IN Is minutes Johns came
right back for the second and took
Il in II minutes with a double wrist
lock and body scissors
Hod some Toe Hold.
The railway product showed an ez-
traordinary ability with the toe hold
anu AAaaAAAA A-aAAAHa escaped LEE-1E
being thrown By This dangerous hold
more than once The contest had a
IS minute time limit the rest OF the
bout being draw They VIII prob
ably be rematched-
Nike Vasqusz toppied ScosEie Mus
kopf IN the first preliminary with a
half Nelson in u minutes. This bout
had a one fail time limit OF Is rim
ules. ana Nike showed his usual abi1-
ity IN handling the rugged ex-cavai-
lyman
spider RaWlH was the official
referee OF the evening. Jack Hur-
ley was announcer and umpire
Harry Kane held down hfs usual
post OF timer A number Of chaI-
lenges were read AZ the rinrufde.
among them being one from
Charles Hentrop, claimant OF the
middleWeiEhr title OF Euroue.
Rentrop Il well known here. and
arrangements are being made 10
ntch him with CIapham for n con-
test during the middle Of sep
TENDER.