The New York herald., 1922-03-22
PINFALLS ARE TO BE
REVIVED IN JERSEY
Important Matches, Invisible
Falls Barred, to BE Staged
i'm Newark.
by CHARLES r. MnTHIsoN.

Jack Curley, VINO now frankly admits
that he is the father of wrestling, has
engineered flank movement on the
defenders of the flying fall, and will
seek to intrench the pin fall on the soil
of New Jersey. Curley has matched the
two leading italian wrestlers, Renato
Gardni and Georgia Calza. for contest
In tho First Regiment Armory, Newark,
April 8. and the winner will be COM
PEELED to pin the shoulders of his oppo-
nent to the canvas. Rolling or other
forms Of invisible falls will not count.
In addition TO matching the rival Italians
Curley has engaged George Bothner to
act as referee
Curley insists that the rolling falls
rule has wrecked the mat game so fan
as this city is concerned. but feels that
IL the patrons OF graphing can be as
sured OF pin fall contests they will travel
to Jersey to see their favorite sport. 1t
will be decidedly interesting to see IL
the resumption OF the pin fall system
will restore wrestling to It's former pop
ularity.
In addition to wearing a thatch OF
red hair. Bobbie Barrett. the newcomer
i'm the lightweight division in Philadel-
phia. who created sensation by knock
ing out Hyman Gold In Jig time, re-
sembles the late Bob FHzsimmons phys
'ically and. in tho forcefulness of his
punch. Barrett Is a left foot forward
fighter, and looms as a formidable rival
to Lew Tender. the eminent southpaw.
Every time Mike McTigue boxes out
eide of this city, and Especially in de-
cisionless territory. telegraph VIII es are
loaded with reports of an extraordinary
victory by the so-called champion OF
Ireland and Canada. McTigue and
Tommy Loughran met in Scranton last
Tuesday, and almost before the bout
was ended the telegraph wires began to
sizzle with details of the glorious vic
tory achieved by McTigue.
Joe Smith. manager Of Loughran. in
countering the reported victory by Nc
Tgue. sends newspaper articles written
at the ringside, all of which declare
that Loughran took command in the
third round and held his lead to the end.
1t does not follow that Joe Jacobs.
manager of McTigue, is the author of
the teleGraphc victories by McTigue.
but L7u~Nran's manager insists IL must
be some one connected with McTigue."
Possibly Jacobs is not guilty i'm this
instance, but 1t Is matter of history
that the young man once arranged an
international championship match with
out the knowledge or consent of a pro-
moter and the opposing boxer and his
manager. Jacobs was managing a ban
tam named Astey and he announced
that he had matched his man with
Jimmy Wilde for the worlds flyweight
title at the Liverpool Stadium.
While Astey did not loom as a logical
contender for Wilde. yet the match
received considerable publicity In this
city, Then came a letter from A. Hart
nett Taylor. director of Liverpool Sta
dium. in which he said he had had no
communication whatever with Jacobs.
and that neither he nor wilde's man
ager knew anything about Wilde
Astey match.
1t is quite evident that any of the
first to the wire managers who hope q,
achieve distinction in that line OF effort
win have to get up on their toes In
order to excel Jacobs