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MYERS DOWNS SUPAK IN THIRTY SECONDSThe wrestling- match at the Danish Brotherhood hall last evening: proved to he'an interesting but short one and •was attended by about 150 followers of the same in Racine. All the bouts were hard fought by the grapplers 'who Were loudly applauded 'by the audience.w The first bout between Alex the ;Great and Roy Case was a hot contest while It lasted. Case was substituted for Fisher, of Milwaukee, who /was unable to get here ftfr the bout. Case fought hard but was no match.-ffr his opppnent and was thrown in three minutes.The second bout was by far the best of the evening. Peterson being ; unable to be here, the -promoters of : the match hustled around 'and succeeded In landing Young Gotch as a worthy opponent of Jimmy Demetral. Gotch fought hard to win but being , .out of training and having much . superfluous weight on him was in no ■condition to do his best and there- ; fore was no match for his opponent, who waa in fine condition for the go. i Demetral threw him In twelve minutes and thirty seconds. This was the moat exciting bout, in that many holds were broken by either grappler, •until Demetral succeeded in getting ; the 'toehold on Gotch, who after ! lighting it for some time, was forced to give up. It would be, no doubt, agood match if these two battlerscould get together and be in perfect | condition. j..The third bout, which was the main ■ one of the evening, was won in a half minute. The bout was to be for a . half hour, Supk was to stay with Johnny-Meyers for that length of time. The bout started out fiercely; f tjaere being no stalling on either wrestler’s pan. Felix rushed in to : get a good hold on the champion but was thrown to the mat almost b«*fore :* he Knew it. Then followed the fight » for a hold, which Johnny succeeded : in getting in a few seconds, which was a »cJ*fcors hold around the shoulders, p Felix could not break this in time., and was forced to the mat. This was hardly enough of a fight to suit the fans, so the jwo went at it again. This ; time Johnny played with his opponent iand after a short time of this, gavfi !the hold he expected to obtain and, after getting it, threw his opponent to the mat once more, with a scissors \ and half nelson.
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Racine Journal News
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jan 31, 1919
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