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RASCHER IS NEW HERO OF CENTER RASSLING FANS:Ambrose Rascher, the elegantly ( muscled rassling giant from Cedar . Lake, was the talk of the town . last night after his spectacular two . fall victory over Jim Coffield in the , Civic Center’s semi-windup bout. ,Lightning fast and possessed of i more strength than a half dozen 1 Paul Bunyans, the Cedar Lake ( Adonis used football tactics to ] whip Coffield. The first fall came i in 18 minutes flat, the second in ! 3:45 and the crowd approved with j the biggest cheer in weeks. 1Coffield, who has more villianous ( ideas than any migratory Kansan 1 since the days of John Brown, tried ^ his customary rough stuff and , brought about his own defeat by lt;tossing Rascher over the ropes during heat No. 2. Rascher ; bounced back in a hurry and ap- ] plied a combination of overhead i spins and body slams that put Coffield away in short order.Dorv Roche finally beat Mexican 5 Don Juan Humberto in the main ] event but the bout was anti- • climatic to earlier happenings ' which included a successful return of Lloyd Fleming.The prirfcipals went 29:10 before Roche won the first fall on body slams after which Humberto used a brace of stomach punches and a crab hold to win in 5:40. Roche went back to his submarine tactics after the match had been squared 1 and romped home in 4:35 after bouncing the Mexican off the canvas five times in succession.Fleming’s scheduled opponent, Eddie Spears, failed to show up and the substitute rassler was one Lone Eagle, an alleged Indian who was retrieved from the Cedar Lake swamps late yesterday afternoon by Glenn Surprise. Fleming had his anxious moments but eventually won in 8:40 to extend a winning streak that includes triumphs 1 over several reformed jugglers, left handed hitch hikers and the only two yodelers who haven’t appeared ‘ on the Major Bowes program.The main boxing event featured a kayo victory by Joe Joy in 1:38 of the first round. Joy went down ■ for' a nine count when tapped by i Red Thorsen of East Chicago, but ; Thorsen dry tanked his way to the i canvas the moment Joy got to his - feet.Little Johnny Joy and Dick Trimble drew in a 60 pound bout and Bob Trimble whipped his brother Kenneth in the 80-pound feature. The crowd numbered between 2,500 and 3,000 with the ) Salvation Army taking a cut of the gate.
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Hammond Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Tue, Oct 24, 1939
Page 30
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