In the curtain raiser Bean, of the Augusta, was opposed to Beese. Both were light and small and an interesting match was seen. Within a minu! the former proved just a shade anger than his opponent and it took him 2 min. 35 sec: to dispose of Beese with a well-deserved fall, from an arm-lock.
The next bout was short-lived, Mc-Arthur of the destroyers made short work of Belton who fell after 1 min. 17 sec. The winner was distinctly superior.
A remarkable scrap materialized between Denninger of the Flagship and Stone. The former had the advantage of height while the latter was stockier. Both wrestler went at each other in fine style and displayed a high standard of skill considering that they were amateurs. Each tried io get above his opponent in rolling melees, The taller and heavier Den-ninger, after about five minutes of struggling, had the upper hand. His holds and locks were more effectly Exactly 54 sec, later Stone fell his last fall, landing squarely on his back end shoulders and lost the decision which put the Augusta ahead by 2-1 score.
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