Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-29
DEFEATS FRED ANDERSON
PACIFIC COAST CHAMPION,
IN FAST MATCH.
THROWS ANDERSON FIRST
TIME WITH TOE HOLD
Title Seeker Stays 27Ia Minutes But
Succumbs to Reynolds Pet Hold
Second Fall Comes in 11Ha Minutes
With Head Hold and Body Roll
"Farmer" Burns Gives Exhibition.

Jack Reynolds. OF Cedar Rapids
| champion welter~eight wrestler oi
America, successfully defended hif
title Tuesday night when he defeated
! Fred Anderson, of Los Angeles
champion Of the Pacific coast and
! challenger for the national title, In
| straight falls. Reynolds secured the
first fall I'M 81 minutes. 80 seconds,
with, toe hold peculiar to himself
! and known as the Reynolds toe hold
| and the second fall In IL minutes.
80 seconds. with a head hold and
body roll. The match was held under
the auspices Of the American Legion
at Legion hall.
Anderson was no mean opponent
and made the champion step a lively
pace to get the decision. He wan
too heavy at the waist line TO be In
the best OF condition but dubbed con-
fidence which caused some to believe
the title was to be carried. back to
California. He was heavier than the
1owan. probably being little below
155 pounds.
Reynolds Is the cleverist man seen
in this city since the days OF Frank
Gotch. He Is. in fact, a Gotch IN
miniature. his build and actions re-.
sembling the deceased king OF the
heavies.
"Farmer" Burns Entertains Crowd.
The appearance of Farmer" Burns,
thu man rubn ynoIn cutal,
can wrestling and trained a great
who have attained fame in the last
century. was q treat for many fans
who had never seen the famous old
mat star stripped for action. He
gave most interesting demonstra-
ton OF physical prowess and demon
Btratcd holds with the assistance Of
q young wrestler.
Reynolds Carries Fight.
The Reynolds-Anderson match was
one OF the most satisfactory ever
witnessed In this city. It was not
hippodrome affair. as many of the
heavyweight offerings In the past
have been. but clean hard-fought
contest in which both contestants
were eager to win. Reynolds was on
the offensive most Of the time but
when Anderson was behind the
Iowan had little difficulty In wiggling
out OF holds and regaining the adj
vantage. Reynolds was behind
twelve times for eighteen minutes In
the first period Of the match. Ander-
son was behind six times for less
than Aye minutes. In the second
period Reynolds was behind four
times for eight minutes and Anderson
was behind twice for two minutes
The men were on their feet little
more than two minutes before they
hit the mat. Reynolds clamped on a
toe hold. which Anderson broke after
suffering considerable punishment.
Two minutes later Reynolds applied
a hammerlock which was broken
with difficulty, Anderson making
good rolling escapes following the
breaks.
Anderson Hss Peculiar style.
Anderson's style is peculiar, facing
his opponent on tip-toe. with his
back arched like a fighting cock. He
showed tendency to rough 1t, when
closely pressed.
Coming out of dangerous posi-
ton, Anderson made great rolling
escape, hoped to his feet and
plunged to the mat like cat to
catch Reynolds. but the latter was
out of the way and the coast star
hit the floor on his stomach.
Anderson almost Immediately fell
into another bad hammerlock which
he broke with the greatest difficulty
Anderson then showed his best form,
applying deadlock to his opponent.
which he held for more than q min
ute before the Iowan freed himself,
In breaking the hold. Reynolds se-
cured clamp on Anderson's foot and
gave the fans their first view Of the
eighteenth" toe hbld. The challen-
ger was in agony Immediately the
leverage was applied and stood the
pain for the greater part of minute
before Hopping to his back. Once
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