The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-11-08
BORELLA TAKES
COUNT BEFORE
A. J. MARSHALL

Before a large crowd at Pastime
Hall, Newport, Saturday night.
Charles Borclla, wclter-weight
wrestling champion Of Vermont met
his second defeat of the Border City
mat season at the hands of Arthur ].
Marshall, the middleweight who hail
from Brunswick, Me, Borella was
outwcighed by rs pounds by his hca-
vlcr and lcngthier opponent, who
holds the middle-wcight champion
snip OF France. During his several
years %So1ourn in the United States
Navy, Marshall was the nremier
wrestler among men Of his weight.
Had Borclla been endowed hv
greater weight and reach, he might
have been successful in coping with
Marshall. 1t vas evident to the spec
tatorS at the inception of the strug-
gle, that the odds were heavily in
favor Of the French champion with
his wealth of Drawn and muscle. Un-
daunted, however, by his larger adj
Versary, Borella turned in as fine an
exhibition of skill and speed as could
be expected in view of his great han
dicap Of lack of weight.
At the very start Of the tusSle,
Charlie secured one of his note
worthy toe holds, which have made |
him one Of the most feared mat-men
in the SQUARED ring in Vermont. At
ter several minutes Of squi:ming,
Marshall was able to tear himself |
free. Throughout the contest, Borella
constantly resortcd to the pedal ex-
tremity grip, by which he forced
Marshall many a time to exert him
self to the limit in order TO extri-
cate himself.
First blood was drawn by the
hustler wrestler, Marshall who after
Is minutes managed to secure a pin
fall on the Newport champion, by
means of a body scissors. Borella
got into action quickly during the
stanza and after but seven
forced Marshall to the mat
with a leg and arm hold.
With a fall to the credit of each
man, the third round began and,
somewhat brief, was reple.e
with fast work. Marshall Immediate
Iy took the offensive and forced the
battle into Borella's territory. The
mailman kept up an ~incessant
tire of conversation, which he appears
to utilize as part and parcel of his
game. He strsve in every way to dis
the attention of Border CITY
wrestler. Soon he clamped Charles
head in a dangerous species of neck
scissors and awaited results. Borella
appeared to be in a serious plight, but
by employing in strong back muscles,
,atapulted himself out of his predi-
amid the plaudits of the
ans. With a powerful body spring,
he Newport boy launched out of
N~arShall's hold and was on his feet
gain in a moment, and into the fray.
t was the most sensational bit of
wrestling during the evenings per-
.Ormancc.
At the termination Of nine minutes
MARSHALL forced his lighter adversary
o the mat, and Referee Bill Leonard
pronounced him the victor by Il pin
all.
The younger element furnished
'Icnty of amusement to the fans in
he preliminary bouts. Diminutivc
4ouiS May, a star Observation-Disclosures
pulled on the mitts with
Henry Tatro, whom he bcstcd after
cveral rounds. The Buskcv brothers ;
ext went upon the mat, and indulg-
d in a fratcrnal wrestling contest, {
which was won by the younger of the .
uct, Percy. t
Borclla's next appearance will be +
tuesday, evening at Music Han, Lyn- (
%onville, where he will meet again t
Pembroke, the clean and fast !
Dung wrestler from Westminster {
heir last meeting was at Newport !
wo weeks ago, when Charlie won af- t
one of the most Gruelling match
S that he has ever been subjected to. i