WRESTLING

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 7

WRESTLING

SCOTT AND BAIN ; MATCHED

.EXCITING CONTEST ANTICIPATED

Lovers of jvrcstling will:bo interested to learn that Bain, the ; Scottisli champion;: ti.nu ocott, the well-known New.Zcalaiidcr, articles- at the Dominion office' yesterday for>a: trial of. strength' to-'take place /shortly Stratford. 'Ike contest's should be worth going a long-way to'see,lor both m; addition to being well-matched physically. have a wide reputation for cleverness. Under the agreement, Scott has-signed to if ho fails to throw Bam. thrco. ,times,-..(catch-as-catch-;oan an hour, or to be more , exact, in the course of an hour's wrest-■liW.-M-it has.been arranged that^there between falls. ; Should Bam gain a fall, or should he prevent Scott from. gaining threo. falls in: the prescribed time, lio will .be. declared the ivinier..;jn addition to tup amount at stake; the".winner is td re- i ceive -id per ; cent, of the "nef' gate, the i . balance going to the loser. As in •! the HnckeDschmidt;Scott match, the stranglehold and the hammerlock will bo barred, ana pin falls will ;l)e, insisted upon.. It"! . h . as .j?™ >e e n '.decided that in the event ' , : °r failingto •ftT® 6 -.as.tp;:the''re'fefed withjn,.,three days 2i'.n r : -Vpoationnufii 1 lUed.by .tho . 'Sports. Editor", of ! or whom he may, I 'J-'p- most follower's of wrestling it- will ■ come ,as a. surprise if Scott is able to' liam three times in an , hour, bcott,. however, declares; that his .display against. Hackenschmidt' .was no criterion °i his form, as .'the "Russian-. Lion" was so tremendously, powerful:that he'did;notgive him an opportunity, of. showing what he could do, . That the New Zealander. is cloverHackenschmidt was the first to adroit, for lie' stated that, he-never ' could believe _thnt anybody-could have £ot away' from-him as Scott did on'moro than ono occasion during the brief contest, notably, when put Scott on his'.back "for the first, time. , Bam shines . best ,on.;tho defence, T 'as ' those, who' saw.,'him; .wrestling IV. Hackenschmidt will 'have' observed. His .ability may be . gauged when '-. it. is pointed; out • that' prior 'to joining the Hackenschmidt. company, he proved himself capable, of withstanding tho great champion for tan minutes. . This feat eo pleased'Hackenschmidt that lid .immediately,made'him a' -lucrative offer to accompany him' on his tour'* to the colonies. 'It. is .-probable.'that-tho match between Scott and Bain will eventuate at Stratford in a fortnight.