South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-20
BY TEX KELLY.


Kid Ross in his usual clean cut
manner attempted to throw in two
out of three falls last night a wres-
tier that would rather rough it than
tussle and found that the referee
would rather sit down than work.
OF course with a combination that
seemed to have the effect of a cor
pOratiOn or trust dead against him,
the best defensive grappler in Indi-
ana's mrddleweight class was given
no satisfaction at all and was forced
10 accept defeat by two out of three
falls.
with a brilliant offensive attack
that kept frankie Burns crawling
always towards the end of the mat
to be freed from some whipping
hold. Ross won the initial fall Of the
evening with a cross half Nelson af-
ter ten minutes Of milling. Burns
did nothing in the offensive line
worth notice He took TO roughing
and pounding on Ross nose with
such regularity that the injured
member looked more like a very
sore boil at the end of the fall than
it did a nasal organ.
Has Hard Luck.
In the second fall Burns started
a little offensive play. He picked al
Ross ears and pulled his hair. He
attempted to bite several times and
bit his tongue when Ross retaiated
bit his tongue when Ross reta1tated
who were scarcer than hairs on
Johnny Coulons or Burns head. be-
gan 10 see visions of a prize fight
for Il sure looked the part. Then
Mayor Gaylor stepped through the
ropes and started 20 watch the Crap
ping. Burns. who is of a very
chummy nature with all fans. began
TO josh ard kid the ringsiders. Six
teen minutes had elapsed. Ross
wanted to see the battle ended. Tie
thought he saw a chance. Quick as
a flash he slipped his arm about the
head Of Burns in an effort 10 subdue
the wou,d-be pugihst with a head
lock. frankie. nice fellow that he
is. tried 10 blacken Ross eyes. Then
as the Kid slipped Sideways he
threw full Nelson around the
shoulders and legs of the pride OF
NIishawaka and before the surprise
had been received by the fans
Ross's shoulders had touched the
mat. Referee Farmer let 1t be
known that Burns had won the sec
ond fall in Il minutes Of graphing
"PIay Nice Boys"
The third encounter OF the head
line pair was the one that rendered
the best laugh OF the night. The
referee. Farmer. became tired OF
the walking he had been forced 70
do. He picked out a nice, comfort
able seat IN the corner and pro
ceeded % watch the battle. Burns
glanced around. thought ne saw the
referee asleep. and started 10 rub
Ross ribs with his elbow. The
crowd started to holler and yen 20
Burns 10 cut the rough work and
Farmer calculated Here. Boys
PLAY Nice" That's Nice" was
Burns rejoinder. Then after Burns
had fooled around enough 20 satisfy
anybody and everybody Ross grab B.
bed him by the toe. He bent al
his weight on 20 that pedal extrem.
sly and 81 looked like the curtain FOR
Burns. He jumped into the air and
landed on Ross chest knocking al
the wind from the KIDS body. For
a second the men rolled; Burns
yelled. There, his shoulders are
touching" Just as Ross laid resting
on his head and neck. IL was a lone
walk over TO where the men We're
GRAPHING. Farmer evidently thought
ne saw those capable shoulders
touching the mat. Anyhow. he tap
ped the men and announced thai
the fracas had been won by frankie
Burns Of FEnt. Mich
There weren't enough spectators