SHORT BUT LIVELY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 744, 17 February 1910, Page 5

SHORT BUT LIVELY.

' HACKENSCHMIDT V. SCOTT. NEW ZEALANDER OUTCLASSED. 1 That great interest waa taken in. tlie match between G. Hackcnfclimidt and R. J. Scott for the! wrestling, ohampionslnp .- of, the world . was amply shown' by. tlio■. : . j large', attendance .at tho Town Hall last >. night, , when, the pair ', measured . their skill. . It is estimated ..thatabout; UOfl-" -. f j':?; were present, all parts of tho large bull- ■: j ding,, except the being weU 'SUed.^ Among tho spectators (it is interesting to . ' ' note) .were a number of ' members of tho • . fair sex,. 'who. seemed to.' ..be', deeply In- - ierested in the proceedings. ••>'i■ ; r Theconsummate: ease with miich •. Hackenschmidt won will occasion 6onie*--. . surprise', to those, who wemiiot present,;'.' : /v; for Scott has a wide reputation.... From v the 'outset of the'oontest, [however, >it : was'evident that, good as Scott undoubtedly is, he. is not, as the saying.. goes "in the. same; street" as, the Russian ■. Lion.on the wrestling mat"' Combining •V. science and extensiv« experience with al-';,i ';;[.,; most superhuman, strength, • Hacken- . ; schmidt never allowed the issue to doubt. ' Several times Scott got into. pOTi-':' ; ';';; v :'D; tio'ns,. from which 'strong,-. clever. expon-:< v'Sv'-i ents of - the art Have failed to 6hift him, '';•;'; but it 'was all.-the schmidt' how; he ' found him. Besides • ) tremendous /strength,-; great.. rapidity of 1 . [' movement. was. a feature 'of Hackcn- . , • " ■ work.: Henever ; gave Scott a : . moment's peace—quite', a new; experience Ayl surely for tho New; Zealander.;:' Scott "i> weighed -list.: 61b., and : Hackenschmidt ::; - -';'',/ just under 16st.". Although all too brief, the .contest .is one;, which will" long/ : remembered. ; .'..i-'.-.;'V;; : ;. ; Boxing as Curtain-Raisers. As ourtain-raisers,. two amateur boxing .. contests of : four roiuids of -two,: minutes ■' each' were held, 'Mr. T. Tracy, acting as ' referee.. The first-was between J. Kutner '. • . . and .W; Constable.hotli of whom weighed ;,' ,'.; Bst. 31b. . In [tho;;initial round; Kutneri;;-'-fwU was content with individual'blows,'whilst i ■ .Constable . used; both' hands-' freely,: and : .v got. in'some good body.work. Reund two '% . 'was tiot quite so interesting. Early rn - ' . the' third ' round Constable : got ; Kutner oa.-tho ropos, but through'-:?;,', inexperience';: failed.'to,'make 1 the"j" beet lV 't , ''. v -' 1 of . the [opening, which followed; Towards s ;yv',o l the - end. of. this .; round ' Kutner .' v' ; [ landed.several fairly vigorous blows. In ; tho last round Kutner, showedfair, , fence, but ho got the . worst. of ; most of -; . 'V::-'; the:, exchanges.. ." The decision—Rutriey [ win3—did not. find, favour' with a.majority xh t of; those present, who' : > Constable as he left the ring.: The,other' ; '-[ 'contest. was between OD. Murphy' (lOst'': ■ --{"■ lib.) and 0. Tancred "(lOst. 81b.).' • BonnS:-"• No. 1 was slow,, but to the advantago nf j Tancred. When the pair next came to- -- • gether .they; were still far from extended, ,;[':'; There was some hard hitting ini the third . : round, when, in addition ito ; displaying ;'■ ' fairly sound defence at times,' Tancrea /; ' : , succeeded < . inlanding a greats propor-, -■ ; : b tion of 1 his. blows.' . Murphy,: however, was .- e given tho verdict. ; [^'',' i ;/ '"-'[V- ;[ ,v:, ; J HACKENSCHMIDT V, SCOTT. J Description of the Contest. 1 0 1 Tho principals in the i'.'star"'contest—mi ■ e wrestling championship [;' of' the world V : ' (catch-as-catch-can stvle)—then /appeared -i 'vr:: tj lo ' platform. No one could, havei'.' .' ' tailed to struck/with.. tlie dissiniilarii7;')* ' -': ;V/ ' i n i, ' Scott was. by' incH'esY ''i but'Hackenschmidt ; Held^g reatt*: : : r 5 : i- in the • iray. of-.- muscle. •- Prior'' b to the Bouts, the referee/ ifr. J. y. .announced tiie- chief d contest., rlt . had' been agTeed,.; he • 6aid,-:^v! : >t that the. stranglehold :ahd'.-the" haimmeNjV.H-v .; >• Jock.should-, be. barred./ The decision . i- coimnuedu to ;go ; to the ; ;vriiiner' of j d .out of three "pin" falls, and ther** • • :q • ten' minutes between the falls.-*' l e ... ■; Ihere ; was ,a;:dead silence when. thei.' v : r 'T' it pair ; shook . hands/-', and . got - into-! ' * d • Position. ; Ihe 1 expectant; spectators - had! ,i' ie u °t A oll t to: .wait before something bap»i as -peaed. - ; Darting out his fight arm,' HacEi '. id • ? grasped Scott round .tho-'neck, vV ! : it an A pulled him-to\his knees.. Hackeu-I ' sr scnmidt. followedvthis movement by .'fall—l f ie -or .- rather spreading -himself--across] * ; ; . r- : 8 1 chest and; trying to lock . his • tiro) > ot ?, rms * As;Scqtt..went' down7on his back? in to some that Hackenschmidtl ie ,had- a :; falii;' .What really hap-l • i.• 1 : pened, however,: was ,tLat: ' d: -pinned; only by-one shoulder.- 1 By exert-! ; ing . ~aU; the,, force.s:;he"could -• com-i v ■ - • ;mand, t bcott oiit'•;of' ihiw! 5 - , - dangerous ppsifaon;on.- to : his.knees. ; Hack- • .V® • enschmidt from'the back lost no' tiine int ' : - : ■ bringing Scott to • a rittine position. Then, he endeavoured-to. get ScotfsVleft arm. -•- round his back and lever him over. Hackensohmidt'pursued his-attack, bring- > ' i . mg. into, requisition a crutch, hold, but '■ r '. ''i gave that up in favour; of- »a hold which !'■;: ? gavß:him a, grand chancy'to .'display his ■ -i'v Ke' feat strength.'.Looking Scott's left arm' ho pinned ; his left.:: shoulder, ..and ' then' turned .over on top;, of Scott, - and, by' -;n ; heavy., -pressure on his .ohest : working 1 across from left to right, spread him out ? ; -f[ ~ on- his back. Bather hastily tho refere® , " n-' gave the signal ;that, Haokensohmidt * had or ' wmed. the fall, but tho : men,','knowing 1 ,- ■ ' ed .WKsuch .was riot really. the\case,' wenti'-'.'' , .on.. - - Before, the.' referee again interfered v : ;Scott_ had ' formed; a bridge, and - Hacked i; -jSOßmidtt holding ;his arms - was "exerting''--,; •••: pressure. to break it, dow ; n. : r\There, couia ■or ■ ? : douljt that, it .was only a'; question' -- -i ,' of tirae ivhcn'- Haciensclimidt would have " - KCined a fall, about -which' there would-'; -iV :»? T « been .no question. - The bout occur -pied only- 55scc. After, an- interval of ten minutes th» ' i ' ■ men again faced one another.. Subs©-. . . quenti to a little. ! "sparring" . Hacken--''[ : -'' . [ schmidt rushed in, and,- : seizing Scott' ', - ;.:': [ round , tho body, threw him on his knees, AR .on „ : the, previous , occasion Hacken- - ■ . schmidt l continued to attack without in- ■ ;v S 1 :- termission. He grasped. Scott round tho : v : body with ono arm, but Soott pinned his ; 1 left - ariii;■' to ,the temporarily; - 'r) r Eventually Scott got anto a' sittjiig- posi-.: v ' v :' • ?r:\ tion, is a . favourite 'one: for: hipi;: as J?rom; the.-.back Hackensohmidt: set to ' sen woi'k;to. shift .Scott.': Although Scott'used-[ sht - 11ls 1 be3t: endeavours to ..thwart himj- Hack-. iS: U enschmidt. never- wavered for a- second^. • Once' Hackenschmidt [ got ; Scott by -tho, ' sed, right' thigh and stood . him, on his head,' . ns,- but Scott spun; round, when he dropped ' . He him. [Then-Haokehsohmidt looked Scott's , v, ft 105; two: ' arms , from ..behind,' and quickly; Le- pressed him to the floor. Tho second - ' iet. bout occupied Imin.' Bsec.

:':'■, .■,,'■';■•;:■• 7 Afteiv.the; Battle, v/;^ ; ; y; : -;}x : .4yM :' No: one.was' more satisfied with th? "reil'■ ■'■ >;!« : '•' suit- than himself. -v Addressing l the "'^ ''■:■'■ .speptatoi-s,after tho.-battle he- said;—{T: tf. : '-;( ; am quite satisfied tUatHaokeuschuiidt is ;,:; !r' ; '■ Undoubtedly/tho strongest:.man: ever. put. my arms round : in, -myVlifoK7 j.-;::'.* Against any, ordinary, man: I cdnltt have': n ■■'■■ ■- eat on themat and-Btayed there. If ,; antee that I could have sat on for ot least' 15 minutes.. But'with::Hacltenschmidt-1 H : ft-; had,no chance of doing' that."': Speakingi'% : -A' : u> a Dominion reporter, , Scott added ij':f •;' that no one could believe. ■ how- etrong : :;'r ■' • Hackenschmidtwas/ He'for. onedUd not , : \i :: /want to:have another "gj" with him;' ' : ■' ; ;'.' To a Dohinion ropprtjr, before leaviag.-' . : tho hall, Haokenscbtmdt said that Scott ; ' ; was,undoubtedly a'good wrestler.'..He hadi' :■* :•'.' expected (ho continued) to. have :had ; a"iv ";i much, harder struggle, with- him. ■'■ Soott; -:•-■:, '■■'■-,'. however, could not hope tdbeat.him.vasV. ' aj he.had not had as niuch experience, and "iC was,not-anything like so powerful; .ItC ','! did not surprise - hiin • that Scott, should , , .■. :%'■■ have done so well in the- tolbnies.'.What ; v -i;, ho liked.about Scott was that.there.waav,-'"'■ no humbug. .'■ In .other matches Ms ;, .op-/: ';•-■ v■" ponents had said,;" Let' us dp- this .or do' '1 , -.: that."; But" not so Scott. ' \-: '■.:■'-/.-,. ,-v'v.-.' ,: - j ','"';"

; ■'.■•'.' •■ ,-Bain arid Scott to Wrestle.:-vV V •■ -Negotiations took place - lator between' Bain, the Scottish champion,: and Scott; lor' hiriiatcn.- Scott was anxious-for" tho' contest: ito embrace several . 'styles,';-but. 13ain pointed out that he had not had ■ much practice in other styles than; cateh-as-catch-can for some tune, Replying; to a query from Scott; Bain inquired whe-r ther the New Zealander would undertake, to throw him catch-as-catch-can style four times in an hour. -To this Scott replied:' "If ..the match takes place at Stratford,-r, will undortafce to throwybu: three times. v in the hour.",' After a brief pause, 1 Bain.'! agreed to accept,! and .the ; men will. meet: at Tiie Dominion .o£Bco this morning t* settle- the details;''v 'i "■ '■ ■:■':■- ■■';'•'■ .\ ■■'■■-.