The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-17
LEWIS CONQUERS
FARMER" BAILEY
Wins Two Falls with Head
Lock, Second in Only
Five Seconds ST
TAKES FIRST AFTER r
49-MINUTE STRUGGLE
Bailey Hurt in First Fall and in No
Condition to Go On-YOung O'COnnelI
Wins Preliminary After Nick Panar-
tos Takes First Fail.

tOs Takes First Fail.
In five short seconds Ed Stranger
Lewis, the California wrestling marvel,
won the second fall of the match with
George Farmer" Bailey Of Brattleboro
in the Auditorium last night with
head lock- He already had accomplished
the first fall with similar hold after 40
minutes of strenuous work, in which
Bailey gave his larger and heavier antag-
onist something to think about, and
after the second fall Referee Jim Barnes
of Springfield, Mass, awarded Lewis the
match.
When Bailey went down for the first
fall he plainly was hurt, and after the
sudden termination of the match Bailey
stepped before the f0otlights and said
that he was in no condition to go on
after the first fall, but did so to show the
fans that he was not yellow"
Before Referee Barnes gave the word
to start he announced that the style would
be catch-as- -catch-can, to a finish, strangle
hold barred. The principals clasped
hands and the test Of skill was on. 1t
was not long before Lewis showed him
self clever at tripping his opponent, but
Bailey's superior strength soon convinced
Lewis that skill alone would accomplish
Bailey'S downfall.
Bailey employed the toe hold to good
advantage, clinging doggedly to it through
out series of acrobatic stunts which
Lewis started. but Lewis eventually broke
the hold each time it was employed.
Bailey got a toe hold at the end of %
minutes that looked sure for a fall, but
Lewis by a magnificent plunge shot his
body entirely clear from the Vermont
champion.
A few minutes later Bailey put
Il che .havF pnt1
off the mat and the referee made them
break the hold and return to the mat,
which, while 1T was clearly a legitimate
ruling, was a disappointment 20 the
crowd. In a minute more Bailey had
Lewis in perilous position with what
some of the audience thought was a
strangle hold, but Lewis coughed and the
referee said if he could cough he was not
stTangling.
In the 49th minute. while the two men
were on their feet, Lewis suddenly seized
Bailey by the head and snapped him
down with a thud and in a position that
made the fall an absolute certainty in a
second or two. 1t was a great demonstra-
tion of science. To Bailey's credit, how
ever. it should be stated that he gave
Lewis many more close calls than the
Californian was able to do with the Brat
tleboTo man, and the crowd, which be-
cause of unfavOrable weather was smaller
than was expected, felt that it got its
moneys worth.
The preliminary. between Young O'Con-
nell and Nick PanartGS, both of Green
field, Mass. also was an interesting affair.
O'COnnell won the match after losing the
first fall. He was somewhat heavier, and
during the latter part of the match he had
to do all the aggressive work, PanartOS
making little effort except to keep right
side up and tire his opponent out
Panartos took the first fall i'm u min
utes and 20 seconds with a body scissors
and arm lock. O'Connell took the second
in II minutes and 10 seconds with a re-
verse hammarlock. and the third in IS
minutes with body lock
After the match PanartOs said he had
not wrestled for month and offered to
meet O'Connell for fun, money or mar
bles." to which O'Connell replied that he
would meet Panartos anywhere, any time,
winner take all.