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Kid Akeley.
Worlds Champion Ed STRANGER"
Lewis defeated George Farmer Bailey
of Brattleboro. New England heavy
weight wrestling champion, in two
straight falls in the Auditorium last
night before crowd of about 800 yell
ing enthusiasts, which was the largest
audience of mat fans ever gotten together
in Brattleboro. 1t was to have been
expected that Lewis would retain his
title, nevertheless Bailey gave him a run
for his money and showed beyond ques-
ton that he is one of the big ones" in
the game. In contests with Lewis the
Farmer has the disadvantage of being
several inches shorter than the cham
pion, which gives the latter a better OPP
portunity 10 clamp on his famous head
lock hold but this disadvantage is offset
to some extent by Bailey having a short
neck, which enables him to jerk himself
out of the hold, and this he did repeat
eddy last night to the great pleasure. of
the crowd.
The first fall came in AZ minutes with
a deadlock, the 18th hold of that kind
applied by the Stranger in the first
round, which shows that he cannot make
the deadlock work whenever he chooses.
The second fall came in eight minutes
with a combination armlock and head
lock. Bailey then addressed the audi
ence, which had rooted hard for him.
He said he was in the pink of condition
and that in his opinion Lewis was head
and shoulders above any other wrestler
in the world. lie had no apologies TO
make, and none was required. as it was
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bOro man had improved wonderfully in
the science since last seen here. Ore
man who has followed the wrestling
game said he had heard a good deal
about Bailey and expected to see a fairly
good wrestler, but he had no idea of see
ing such real actor as Bailey proved
to be.
1t was too bad that the referee was
not more alive to the needs of the occa-
sion. No fault was found with his deci-
siOns, but he didn't seem TO think the
fans needed TO be told the holds which
one occasion In the preliminary when
there were calls to know what the hold
was he ignored the question and walked
on the stage, apparently not knowing
himself what it was. He was said to be
Duffy of Bellows Falls.
An interesting preliminary was staged
by Young Wood of Brattleboro and Kid
Akeley of Greenfield, Mass. Wood
weighed in at $50 pounds and Akeley
al 134. Wood secured the first fall in IL
minutes 40 seconds with an arm scissors
and arm lock. Akeley took the next fall
minutes 30 seconds. Wood put his OPP
ponent's shoulders down for the third
fall with body scissors and wrist lock
in two minutes.
The main bout started at 9.15. Bailey
Immediately took the aggressive and
RoI Low nf nd tI,a Il
by tossing the champion several feet
away from him. Immediately afterwards
he secured an advantage by getting q
toe hold, and the crowd emitted more
yells. 1t was decidedly a Bailey crowd.
After IL minutes Lewis tried his head
lock, but George broke away. Again
Lewis applied the wise, but Bailey
slipped away. A third time Lewis used
his famous clamp and third time Bailey
snapped out of it. 1t was beginning to
look as though the deadlock wouldn't
work and the fans began sending up
cat-calls TO Lewis, which made him more
determined than ever to demonstrate the
efficacy of that particular brand of hold
After the fourth and fifth unsuccessful.
attempts Lewis jumped into the air in
an effort to place his arm around Bal
ley's head in a manner TO suit him, and
this time Bailey got a body scissors on
the Stranger, together with an armlock.
that looked good for a time, but Lewis.
after taking some punishment, squirmed
away. Lewis then secured toe hold,
but George W. Strengthened his leg out
with apparent ease.
1t was now Georges turn, and he put
a deadlock on his opponent but as they
got off the mat he had to let go. Lewis
again became the aggressor, securing his
seventh deadlock. George came back
with a head scissors and followed it up
with body scissors at the end of 80
minutes which brought on to the cham
pion a coughing spell that lasted until
the finish of the match. After failing
with his eighth deadlock Lewis tried to
surprise George by suddenly dropping to
the mat and then catching him by the
leg, but it didn't work. as Bailey was on
his guard. The 9th, 10th and 18th head
locks were applied in quick succession,
the last one accomplishing its purpose
Bailey was unable to get up for a minute
and seemed to be wearing down.
The second bout started off with less
| aggressiveness. After one minute Bailey
| put on a body scissors that looked for a
| time as though it would win the fall
| Later Lewis rolled out of a head scis-
/ sOrs and applied an armlock and head