New-York tribune., 1921-04-05
Champion Near
Defeat Often
In Hard Match
Finally Pins Aggressive Chal-
lenger With Arm Bar and
Hammerlock in I:34:32

catch can, successfully OeAsHueN ms
's,;o last night and pinned the should
O. the mat after one hour, thirty-four
,s;nntes and thirty-two seconds of the
,nnst spectacular head-spinning greater
Tsw York has ever seen.
lewis disposed of his lighter advers-
.rr with a hammerlock and bar hold
ssisr ~ he had been on the verge of de-
90 dozen times or more. It was
sr,.s strength that won for Lewis. He
S"n1sweiched the game Pesek by nearly
sSrtv mounds. Lewis tipped the beam
~ SS2: Pesek scaled only 1876 pounds.
., a,,. as the battle waged fiercely and
-,nra fercely it appeared rather a
$50 Of excessive girth than excessive
N,'s;ght or strength that decided the
''T The "strangler" got most OF the
money out of the evenings entertain
ment; to Pesek fell more than half the
Glory. He Chat is Pesek) csme on
rom his Nebraska home to battle the
hest mat man Of the world for the
naltry sum Of $500 Lewis left Jack
Curlev scarcely enough of the cato
money to pay the ushers.
''S"S The bout proved that "Strangler'
Yawis is no demon when his crucifying
absad. lock- is barred. After his per
formance with Pesek last night smart
wrestling critics predicted that under
won conditions as Pesek toiled either
loo Stetcher or Earl Caddock could
make mug of the vaunted cham
pion.
Title Holder On Defensive
Indeed, Pesek made much OF mug
al Lewis through the first hour Of
oostilities The Nebraskan was the
aggressor throughout. He fought
Lewis at every turn. met rush with
rush and counter with counter. Pesek
was plainly the aggressor throughout
me first three quarters of the milling,
giving no account whatever TO the
deadly handicap in weight under which
he was placed.
There might have been different
story had Pesek played the passive
game. Half dozen times in that first
hour he lifted the huge bulk of Lewis
head high from the mat and treated
him TO the flying dervish, only to have
The Strangler squirm lucky out of 8
stunning fall at the very last instant.
These Herculean efforts on the part
Of Pesek sapped his own strength more
than it injured Lewis. After an hour
and : quarter it was plainly seen that
Pesek was weakening much faster than
his burler, bulkier and heavier foe.
There wasn't an idle second in the
hour and half and more, BIT. - poem
OF action was crowded into the last
fifteen minutes.
Time after time Lewis broke away
from holds that threatened speedy
termination of the bout. No wrestle1 =
ever seen about New York presented
such fine coordination of leg and arm
play into perfect fulcrun. The Ne
braskan would wriggle out of Lewis
attempt at wrist or hammerlocks to
clamp in his own turn the body SETS
sors. the arm scissors the nelson cr
The hammer. AS often he would vary
with the toe-hoId, utilizing his legs
prettjly to assure a double pressure.
Lewis Uses His Great Bulk
But ever it was the case of the In.
evltable, because of Lewis's tremen.
dous strength and exceptional girth
The lighter man and the smaller mar
could not, because of physical deficien
cies, bring into play that deadly pres
sure that would have been his agains
rival of equal measurements. An,
always when an opportunity presented
the crafty Lewis would rest his ful
weight on the littler man: this was
strategy that hads nc little bearing il
the result.
Both grapplers took every advantag
OF technicaities. When in grave dan
ger ii possible they would squirm an,
worm to the ropes in order to get tn
advantage Of a new stand in the cente
Of the mat. Two dozen deadly grip
were broken in this way by one or tn
other Of the principals.
The head lock was barred, or rathe.
the "side chancery." Lewis Therefore
on only two occasions attempted hi;
great stock in trade, and each offens'
called speedy adjustment on the par
OF Referee George Bothner. Deprived
OF his pet hold, Lewis played almos
exclusively on the wrist lock, varyin,
with the half nelson, the hammer ant
Hylng rolls only enough to keep Pesel
guessing when he was on the defensive
Pesek, on the other hand, showed
thousand different holds, almost. H
was the busiest little bee you ever di'
see while on top of Lewis, and he wa
on top more than two-thirds of tn
time. Pesek was the most wonderfr
shlng Imaginable on offense; defnsivel
nothing finer ever was seen locally.
Pesck's Strength Slapped
After about an hour and a quarter
while he was still comparatively fresl
and strong, Pesek eventually broke
deadly double wrist lock, that had hin
IN trouble fully three minutes, by thre
beautiful bridges. He wriggled an
squlrmed around until ne was able t
spring cruel toe hold on LOWS, whic
the Strangler broke by brute strength
a series of double wrist locks tinall
ssapped Pesek's strength. Lewis, VIII
is one Of the headiest wrest1ers fh
mat game has known, kept playing thi
a'tack against Peseks right arm, a
He plays his deadlock in the crisis.
was the trick that won the mate
eventually. For when he had Pesek'
psSt arm out of commission throug
continual punishment the Strangle
was able at last to get the perfec
alammerlock. He quickly switched
var mold In conjunction, and John Ps
seA was the richer by $500 and Who'll
'ot OF experience.
nut John Pesek, granting he ia onl
swehty-tour as they claim, has lots G
slihe TO learn. Put twenty moro pound
on MIN and he would throw all ou
mesent crop Of grapevine artists q
Hackiy as two men could pick them VI
Prelimina ries Over Early
me three preliminaries lasted les
snan J' lorty minutes. Two of these wer
sueelded by falls, while in the thir
r.e referee threw both combatants OF
ene ring. Max Lucauf, of Russi
and Charles Karnold. Of Bohemia, wer
sscused for the rest of the evenin
after vdinly trying to wregtlc for ii.
Ieen minutes.
In the frat l.,A 1r.y JoL,,o