The Washington times., 1923-02-08

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Kilonis lombard outlying portions
the toe of his rubber-clad foot.
all, not any, and all through the
their approval Of Waino and
Graphing Greek.
or course, all that Is all right
and 1t wasn't nice OF the Norfolk
terror to try to boot his smaller
opponent around the ring, and any
one has right to take sides. But
the point is that indignant bowls
of anger would go up from all over
the house when John would strive
to re.tin Mr.. Ketonen's already
weIl-tinned ear or to bump Mr..
Ketonen's face with q sturdy heel.
And, on the other hand, when
Waino would dent Kilonis' nose
with the soles of his feet, scatter
tufts of Mr.. Kilonis' hair on the
gore-strewn mat, or caress Mr..
Kilonis' ear with q roisi1ed palm
why, that was a great joke, greeted
by gales of Laughter, and Break
1t off. Wainow Get him, Wainov'
and the like.
Now why was that?
KiIOnis won the first fall after
long and. sensational session Of
wriggling, topping, hammer-lock-
ing, and mountaineering. The
fall lOlxed all right, although some
OF the regulars maintained that
It didn't. But they were the
regulars who were most vOciferOus
In the cause Of Mr.. KetOnen, so
that was that.
The next fall wasn't a. fall at
all. Mr.. Ketonen drapeds himself
around the manly figure of the
Norfolk man, achieving Laocoon-
like effect and a fascinating toe
hold. He just hung on. Kilonis
was in great pain. He tried to
wriggle and twist out as he had
done several times before under
the same conditions, but Ketonen
had him fast. It was a terrible,
furnishing hold.
The sweat-swamped back and
shoulders of the big Greek bathed
anew with bubbles Of Precipitation.
His head was high in the air. He
waved his hands and protested to
the referee, who was watching
closely for rough stuff-and Kilonis
had to be watched closely for rough
stuff. It was no go. Finally Pat
O'Connor patted Ketnonen on the
shoulder. The middleweight champ
had won the second fall.
The play-off didn't last long.
Ketonen tried repeatedly for his
favorite hold, and Kilonis, nursing
q badly strained leg, wriggled out
Of danger time after time, finally
going on the offensive. 1t looked
like he was going to get Waino for
q moment just before the end, but
Waino wriggled from the larger
mans grasp and leaped across the
ring.
Mr.. KilOnis was a very angry
raSsler. He pursued the fleeing
WainO like q soccer player drib-
bling the bulb. Thrice his trusty
toe shot out, and I'm the next
moment he had bit the dust. In
other words Referee O'COnnOr de-
cided that such gOings on wouldn't
do at all and disqualified the Nor
folk man, which was perfectly
all right.
Pat O'Connor is a fair and eff
ficient referee.
Thereafter the bowling mob
to the ringside. One en-
thusiastic gentleman reached the
ropes and shot terrific right to
the calf of Johns leg-it was as
far up as the overcoated gentleman
could reach but he did the best he
could.
John drew back his toe for an
other shot at the basket, and once
again O'Connor was on the job to
restore peace. BY this time the
police, five in number, had arrived
1T the ringside, and the boys just
quit fussing and went home.
The comments as the crowd
passed out onto Uncle Sans ar
tistic market-house balcony were
many and various. Here they are
1.-The Greek is just a dirty
bum.
2-Kilonis had taken a licking
and didn't want to be thrown, so
he staged the football stunt in
order to be disqualified.
3-The plan was to have neither
man win decisively, although in
other respects the bout was ON
the square; the purpose being to
stage q later grapple before q
big crowd attracted to a "grHdge
match.
1.-The whole durn thing was a