South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-31
ROSS WINS EASILY
OVER BILLY HALLS
Canton Mat Man Unable to
Stand Pace Against Mish-
awake Wrestler.
BY JUNO KINERK.

In the days of old the Greeks may
have occupied the pinnacle of fame
in the wrestling world but in the
goth century the ancient champions
are forced to accept the rating Of
second best. A concrete example OF
the foregoing statement was proved
Wednesday night in the Century
theater Of Mishawaka when IL took
Kid Ross Just 40 minutes to pin the
shoulders of his opponent. Billy
Halls, a Greek from Canton, Ohio,
twice TO the mat.
Halls made a very good showing
but Ross was his superior in every
department Of the game with pos
sibly one exception. That exception
is the grandstand acting that some
Crapplers employ in order to fool
the audience into believing they are
wonders. only a small gathering of
fans turned out for the Dout. but
they should feel amply repaid by the
caliber Of the first fall Of the final
bout.
Ross Looked Good.
After exactly "a minutes Of fes-
and intensely gruelling work, the
Idol Of Mishawaka pinned his Oppo-
nents shoulders to the mat with 9
double arm scissors. Ross did not
monkey much with Halls but took
his time waiting for an opening.
After 90 minutes of work ne slapped
a jackknife on Billy and apparently
had him pinned. The ref-ree muffed
the fail and It was broken before he
had time to investigate it. Ross
then waited for his next opportunity
and secured his victory clinching
double arm scissor hold.
The second fall came in six min
utes. Then men had barely been on
the mat when the eagle-eyed Ross
saw an opening for toe hold. which
he Immediately put into operation.
Halls wriggled and fumed in vain
for approximately two minutes. The
intense pain and the helplessness of
his position forced him TO give up.
Onck Forfeits.
Despite the fact that he won the
first fall in % minutes. Herman
Onck lost the semi-windup wrestling
bout by a technicality. His Oppo-
nent. Mickey Fitner, of Niles. took
the decision because OnCk refused
to go on with the bout FORGETTING it
rather than attempting to gain an
other fan. OnCk won the fall in %
minutes with "a jackknife. 1t was a
slow but hotly contested match.
Two boxing bouts that were moth
iuS short Of sidcsplitting comedies
opened the bill. Two Mishawaka
ads. Red NIonick and Jack Sprawl.
boxed a slow four-round draw. The
lads were afraid of hitting each
other. but pleased because Of their
mirth provocative methods of scrap
ping. The other bout was scheduled
10 go six rounds. but il lasted but
two. Jack Slater. elongated Misha-
waka Colored champ. who should
take TO the movies forced Battling
LYLE. also coIored. 10 Cive up. Slater
hit Lyle I'm the eye. closing that
member. and the recipient Of the
punch gave up. saying, Take EN-
off. An came heah 10 frht anothah
man and not this boy"
Introduce Many Athletes
FnouEu GEetN WTestteIs ana ttlrii
managers TO start a we'll equipped
candy kitchen were Introduces go
the audience They were Chris Ior-
dan. aspirant and claimant -a The
middleweiCht wrestling champion
ship sam Miller. o. Michigan. who
challenged the world ar IS ~ounds,
and particularly the winner cf the
Eoss-Haus bout for q side bet Of
$500 or more. and Jack BOYD. mid
dleweight boxing champion or Can
ada. who meets Clarence Willard in
a ten-round bout at Bremen next
Monday night Boyd is not q Greek.