The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-03-14
ACG|E COLLEGE
MEET TAKEN BY
VISITING 7 { AM
Illness Robs Locals of
Victory in Closely Con-
tested intercollegiate
Event.

Wrestlers of the Utah Agricultural
college lived up to their name as the
Rocky Mountain conference cham
pions Friday night, March 10 at the
American theatre. College of Idaho's
hopes trailed the strong Utah team by
the score of % to Ia. The teams were
SO evenly matched that only the breaks
of the game gave the victory to the
visitors.
To Fred Robinson college welter-
weight, goes the honor of showing
the greatest gameness ever displayed
in local athletic event Robinson
won two out of three decisions from
Roland Smith, won them on nothing
more than his bulldog nerve. The
Middleton boy had been confined to
his bed up to the day of the meet but
insisted upon entering because he has
shown himself to be the most con-
sstent point winner all year and the
team would have been greatly handi-
capped without his services. Smith
showed his best wares in the first bout
| in this class, winning the decision and
unintentionally cracking one of Rob-
inson's ribs in the first bout. With
out saying word to coach or team
mates, Robinson went into the second
bout harder than before, won the bout
and had his'opponent's shoulders pin
ned to the mat with the referees
hand ready to call the down when time
was called In the third and deciding
bout, Robinson kept his opponent con-
tinually on the defensive, winning the
decision by mile. In the last three
minutes of the bout however, the To-
cal man had lost all consciousness of
his acts but kept up the fight to the
end, staggered bewildered off the mat
and then in the dressing room tainted
dead away.
/ Illness Costs Match.
The c. of |. which has bucked the
toughest kind of luck for the past few
weeks, had one more serious blow to
end the season. Chiffon Bryant in the
Us pound class had his bout won and
nearly sailed away, only to be taken
by serious sickness in the dressing
room. Bryant won the decision in the
first bout with Obed Haycock. The
second bout ended in draw and &C
cording to the rules under which the
meet was run, another draw or a de-
cision would have won the match for
the college and with this match won,
the score would have been reversed in
favor of the Caldwell team. Bryant,
however, was so sick that he could
not stand upon his feet and after the
third bout was passed which marked
the time limit, the Caldwell team had
to forfeit the six points which were al
ready within their grasp. Bryant has
never fully recovered from his attack
of the grippe which has kept him out
of condition for the last four weeks.
C. W. Simpson, Utah, won a quick
fall in the first bout of the lightweight
class with Thurlow Bryant by Lewis
deadlock in 2:20. The Logan man
,, took his opponent completely by sur
prise and turned the trick before he
had had time to start wrestling. Bry-
> ant came back and won the second
bout by decision without any ques-
y ), ton. The Utah man was awarded a
. :. close decision in the third bout Utah
= thereby collecting eight points.
:. James Evans, Aggie middleweight
: and also the holder of the amatuer
: championship of the state of Utah,
|, lived up to his reputation, and showed
;, by far the best wrestling and the most
aggressiveness of the visitors, win.
ming the decision in the first bout from
Irving Cornell and winning fall in
the second match by double reverse
arm hold, time 2:05 Cornell was out
weighed by eight pounds and was il
constant danger OF being pinned il
;, both bouts.
Captain Jim Jackson won the onl,
: match by fall that the Caldwell team
4 captured. Jackson was pitted agains
=. Karl Harris, whose appearance wa
- very deceiving and the crowd showed
~ that they thought Jackson would have
:, easy meat. However Harris, whos'
- main fault was that he preferred tc
stall rather than wrestle, when pushed
: to the extremity of self protection o
determination, put up good battle
~ The first bout in this class was very
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