The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-07

I Sol Berry put up a good match against Karl Benson, but the superior skill of the New York grappler proved too much for the local boy. In the 115-pound class, Benson attempted to cop another title, but after winning his way into the finals, lost to Sam Pammow.
 Toto Jaffe put up one of the finest exhibitions of nerve seen here Tn some time In his semi-finals match with E. Lecourt, Y. M. G.SC New orleans, he sprained his ankle. However stick 1 ing out the match with remarkable courage, he succeeded in pinning flat 1 the shoulders of the New Orleans boy, 1 just before the call of time. Jaffe was unable to appear in the finals match, 1 and was forced to forfeit title to An- drew Callas.
 Babe Taylor, giant football man. made wonderful showing in the heavyweight class, considering that he [ is nothing more than 9 novice at the game of wrestling. Taylor won hls way to the finals by two victories in preliminary and semi-final matches. l Only endurance and determination car ried Babe over to the finals In the championship match he lost to Nalnan- l iel Pendleton, New York Athletic Club. | 1 finished in fine style.
 108-POUND CLASS 1 Finals-Karl Benson, Swedish -Ameri- I can Athletic Club, New York, won the bantamweight title by pinning the 1 shoulders of Sol Berry Birmingham I A. C., flat with an arm lock and body hold.
 I At the first tap of the gong Benson rushed his man, and obtaining the body l n the The
 New York grappler then seized an arm l lock and forced the B. A. c. grappler down The end came after two minutes of wrestling.
 1 Finals-Sam Pammow, Chicago He ] brew Institute, was the victor in his match with Karl Benson, Swedish sAth letic Club, New York. to decide the championship of the featherweight class.
 Pammow made short work of Ben l son, who was wrestling in a class above I his actual weight. The Chicago grap- l pier won with body hold and half lnelson; time. minutes ' seconds. REBOUND CLASS 1 mi-finals-Andrew Callas, G. o. O., Chicago. threw Max Cans. M. A. C., | Chicago, with a half nelson; time, | minutes 56 seconds.
 Standardization Jaffe, Birmingham
 A. C., threw E. Lecourt, Y. M. G. C., New Orleans, with double arm lock; time, 9 minutes 31 seconds.
 1 Finals-Jaffe was forced to forfeit the specia1-weight title to Callas. be- cause of inability to appear for the sl finals match. Jaffe sprained his ankle fl in his bout with Lecourt.
 135-POUND CLASS Semi-finals-G. Metropoulos. Gary Y M. c. A. threw W. c. Smith. Oklahoma A. & NJ, with body scissors and arm ! lock; time. minutes S3 seconds. Semi-finals--Bert Johnson, Birming ham A. C.. threw Max Scholder, Bir- mingham A. C., with wrist lock; time
 1 minutes 19 seconds. I Finals-G. Metropoulos won the de cision over Johnson in the finals bout to decide the lightweight title Me. | tropoulos was the more aggressive and ! was on top most of the-time. Johnson ! had wristlock on his opponent when time was called.
 q Semi -Fina1s-P. Metropoulos. Gary Y M c. A., gained the decision over } A. E. Santachi, S. A. C., Chicago. after ten minutes of wrestling. Semi -Finals-Tikka, R. A. A. C., New York, threw Frisco, Oklahoma A. & M. , with head lock; time minutes 27 sec j, onds
 : Finals-Tikka gained the decision
 over P. Metropoulos in the deciding match in the welterweight class. Tikks ,1 was on the offensive the entire fifteer
 minutes, and not once was Metropoulo' } on top. Tikka was easily the winner. 15S-POUND CLASS :. Semi -Finals-E. Leino, New York A
 O. threw G. Hausen, M. A. A. C.. Port
 land, Ore, with head scissors and body
 lock- time minutes 34 seconds.
 Semi -Finals-W. Maurer, c. H. I.
 Chicago, gained the decision over c
 Tagos Gary Y. M. c. A; time 10 min.
 utes.
 Finals--Eino Leino wo nthe middle
 wegiht title by defeating Walter Maur.
 CT in the finals. Leino won with heat
 scissors and double shoulder lock; time
 , minutes 50 seconds.
 Leino was on the offensive the entire
 match, and easily outfought his op-
 ponent. Maurer put up some good de JCIrY LEAGUE HAS