The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-01-15
And Joe Purelli Floored
Jim Pappas Two Out
of Three
SHIMKUS-PURELLI
ALSO A A BOUT
Without Decision Before a
Crowd of 200 Admirers
Last Night

Just before the start of two wrest
ling matches. in which Shimkus defeat
ed Jack Monroe, and Joe Purelli sue
ceeded in flooring Jim Pappas " ou'
of three times, Dave Spieer, well known
to every collar and elbow wrestler OF
the olden days in New England, jumped
upon the platform in Clan Gordon hall
last night to announce that Montpelier
people are anxious to see Joe Shimkus
wrestle Bernard Pembroke, the coming
young star Of Montpelier.
More than 200 men, women and boys
surrounded a platform erected in the
center of the hall. Joe Shimkus, now
of Barre, threw Jack Monroe OF Ian
sing. Mich, in two successive falls. The
first he scored in nine minutes and 90
seconds with a body scissors, ear, arm
and head lock hold. The first bout OF
PureIli VS.. Pappas interviewed between
the first and second bouts Of Shimkus,
who in six minutes downed Monroe
with a double Nelson taken with legs
for the second and last time.
Monroe started strong but the clever
ness and endurance of Shimkus made
him a comparatively easy victor. Both
men wrestled clean and fair.
The second bout Joe Purelli, the
champion Graeco- Roman wrestler OF
Italy, against Jim Pappas, the Greek
demon, who at present is making head
quarters in Burlington, though his
home is in Massachusetts, was far from
being a clean bout since the two men
were evenly matched. Purelli at va
rious times during the three bouts re
sorted tc unfair tactics. when in a
tight place, gaining for his opponent
many admirers for his gameness. Pu-
reIli, with a giant swing, thrust Pappas
foreefully to the floor and with a
TIE first fall in 81 minutes and 40 sec
ends,
The second round was ended in three
minutes and 10 seconds by Pappas, who
compelled the italian to quit on a toe
hold. While writhing and turning in
an endeavor to break the hold Purelli
frantically declared, "He choke my
toe and a few seconds later was com
PEELED to forfeit the fall.
PnreIli, as in the first round. man
aged to bring Pappas into the air and
with a merry -go-round swing dropped
him heavily to the mat, thereby win
ming the third fall in six minutes.
Shimkus, who was by this time al
completely arrayed in his street
clothes, came from the dressing room
TO rrange a match with the Italian.
The two men exchanged words freely,
with the result that Shimkus and Pu-
relli wrestled for 10 minutes soon after.
returned to his dressing room
and his wrestling suit before going onto
the mat, however, since Promoter Louis
Jacques offered Purelli $40 if he could
stay with Shimkus for 10 minutes.
Perhaps this was a scheme OF the man
to make the evening even
interesting or possibly he eonsid-
red Purelli in no condition to stay
with Shimkus since his victory was a
lard one.
The two wrestlers clinched and for
10 minutes handled one another with
lut mercy. The Italian upheld the
atoced phrase on his chest, Rough
House Purelli," successfully graphing
With Shimkus for the 10 extra minutes.
Pembroke's teleeraphed challenge
arried to the Barre wrestler asks for a
match with Shimkus at the
armory hall, possibly for
Ian. %. Pembroke, since meeting the
Lithuanian at the carnival here last
has been in training and wishes to
Inch with Shimkus again. The exact
erms have not been made yet. ,