The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-19
Bemidji Mat Artist Wrestles
Parcaut Two-Hour Limit;
- Match Called a Draw
IOWAN SECURES FIRST ,
FALL, CURTIS SECOND
Second Meeting of These Men
Results in Best Match
Ever Seen in City


valuable asset by lending added ex-
perience and scientific wrestling to
Bemidji's mat artist, L. C. Curtis,
when he met Ralph Parcaut of Royal,
Iowa, at the new armory Thursday
night and wrestled with him for two
hours to a draw, each taking one
fall. Under the rules agreed upon
before the contestants went to the
mat, two hours of wrestling was all
that was permitted. Parcaut, just
claimant of the worlds middleweight
title, won the first fall in one hour
and 40 seconds with head scissors.
Curtis, claimant of no titles but open
to all corners, won the second fall in
20 minutes and 10 seconds with the
same hold. Thirty-seven minutes
and ten seconds of wrestling for a
third fall, the period allowed under
the time limit of two hours, failed
to force fall, although both men
worked hard for victory. Curtis
\ weight was announced at 155, while
Parcaut went in at 1852.
Curtis, the older by at least IL
years, showed the results of extern
sive experience and training, his
science proving valuable asset
against the younger man. The Be-
midi wrestler is commonly conceded
to be one of the most deceptive men
on the mat today, his strength and
science being largely a surprise to
those who see him perform. He in
variab1y takes the aggressive and
shows rare ability to floor his oppo-
a 0f hnc
pair of hands and wrists in the game
today, all of these qualities proving
valuable asset against even heavier
men than himself. ..>:..
Parcaut's uncanny ability to break
away from holds which usually re-
suit in fall saved him several times
during the match. Time and again
he would free himself from head
lock by lunging, feet first, springing
we'll up into the air and landing right
side up with care. During the last
period on the mat, he escaped from
, five dangerous looking headlocks in
rapid succession. In these Curtis
showed rare ability in being able to
clamp on such a hold. All were Sc
cured so rapidly that it would be
difficult to explain just how he gets
them.
1t is commonly conceded, in any
event, that this was by far the best
wrestling match ever seen in this
section of the country. 1t was staged
under the auspices of the Loyal Order
of Moose, and was fairly we'll attend
ed, as far as attendances at wrestling
matches in Bemidji go.
Curtis admitted openly after the
match that Parcaut was the best man
by far that he had ever met. Par
caut declared that Curtis was one
of the toughest men in the game to-
day. He also stated off the mat
that the Bemidji wrestler is better
man than Johnny Meyers Of Chicago,
who has been successful for some
time in shielding the middleweight
championship claims, although Par
caut scored over him in an Iowa
match about two years ago. Since
that time he has met Parcaut only
at Chicago, under his own terms and
with Chicago referee. In such a
match about six weeks ago, Meyers
was given the decision of the referee,
although IL ten-minute rounds under
the new rules failed to result in a
fall. The fact that Meyers was CIV
en- the decision is easily accounted
for inasmuch as he, as a rule, takes
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