Turk Won Easily

The Gazette – November 21, 1908

Defeated Yankee Rogers in Straight Falls at Sohmer Park Last Night.

NEVER FORCED TO LIMIT.

Without Effort He was Always Aggressor and Won as He Wished.

Yussiff Mahomout, the Turk, who is claimed to be one of the season’s wrestling wonders, had no difficulty in defeating Yankee Rogers at Sohmer Park last evening in two straight falls, 9 and 11 minutes respectively.

The Turk proved to be a pretty good all-around wrestler, but the match with Rogers did not furnish any conclusive proof as to whether he is a real or only a near-champion. He had Rogers measured up early in the match, and the Yankee never stood a ghost of a chance to win. In the first three minutes Rogers was put down fair and square for a fall, but he was a bit off the mat, and the pair were brought back to the centre. The Turk finished up this fall in good shape, and in the second also had much the better of the wrestling.

New Wrestler Coming

The Gazette – October 12, 1908

SWISS CLAIMED TO BE CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN WONDER.

A Swiss who, it is claimed, is the most dangerous rival that Gotch will have in America this year, is to appear at Sohmer Park next Friday night. The backers of the Swiss do not wish to disclose his identity until he has been tried out in public, but they are confident that they have landed a first-class heavy weight, who can beat the best in the catch-as-catch-can game. Perrelli has been chosen to meet the Swiss in his try-out, and the Italian will bring out any wrestling that he possesses. The Unknown weighs 215 pounds and is 6 feet 2 inches in height.

A cable was received from Buenos Ayres yesterday stating that one of the big wrestlers in the tourney in which Cazeaux has been competing has sailed for Montreal. This man is Raoul de Rouen, well known in Parisian tournaments. He weighs 230 pounds and stands 6 feet 1 1/2 inches. Cazeaux is expected here later on in the season, but probably not for two months. He has gone inland from Buenos Ayres to take part in another tournament before he leaves South America.

Cazeaux Calls the Bout Off

Evening Star – May 24, 1908

NEW YORK, May 23 – The French champion wrestler, Cazeaux, must have had a case of cold feet, otherwise he would not have called off his match with Tom Jenkins, which was recently booked for Madison Square Garden. Cazeaux is evidently not so foolish as some people would imagine. He probably has a friend in New York who has seen Tom perform on the mat who told him what he was likely to receive if he went on with the match, and he proceeded to call all bets off.

Sporting Brevities

Chateaugay Record & Franklin County Democrat – May 15, 1908

Hackenschmidt says he will go into strict training for wrestling matches, and will not enter the arena again unless he is in good condition.

Tom Jenkins, once champion wrestler of America, is excited by the challenge of the Frenchman. Cazeaux, who has challenged him to a mixed contest of Graeco-Roman and catch-as-catch-can wrestling.

French Champ Scared Out

Detroit Times – May 12, 1908

NEW YORK, May 11 — The wrestling match between Cazeaux and Jenkins, which was scheduled to take place at Madison Square Garden tonight, has been declared off. Cazeaux would not wrestle.

Mohl To Meet Perelli

Syracuse Herald – May 12, 1908

“THE GERMAN SAMSON” SUBSTITUTED FOR SICK FRENCHMAN

Deemed a Better Match Than That Originally Scheduled — Referee Huck Makes a Candid Statement to the Public — Match to Be Catch-as-Catch-Can.

The wrestling match at the Alhambra Thursday night will be between “Big” Perrelli and Fritz Mohl, “The German Samson.” Arrangements were made

yesterday to substitute Mohl for Cazeaux, who is at present seriously ill at a hospital in Montreal. The style of the match will be catch-as-catch-can. If the men go into the match with that same amount of grit and determination which they are accustomed to show, it will be one of the best bouts seen hereabouts in some time.

Will Wrestle

Watertown Daily Times – May 11, 1908

Syracuse, May 11. – Cazeaux, the French wrestler, and Perrelli, the Italian mat artist will meet in this city at the Alhambra Thursday night.

Cazeaux Wins

Watertown Daily Times – May 11, 1908

Montreal, May 11. – Cazeax, the French wrestler, defeated Charles Hackenschmidt here Friday night.

Jenkins May Meet Mohl

Brooklyn Daily Eagle – May 10, 1908

Word was received yesterday from Cazeau, the French champion, that he would he unable to meet Tom Jenkins in their wrestling bout which was to have taken place at Madison Square Garden Concert Hall on Monday night. Cazeau had his shoulder badly wrenched while training. Johnny Dunne of the Star Theater wired Jenkins this morning asking

him to meet Fritz Mohl, the Terrible Swiss, at the Star Theater on Tuesday night. As Jenkins is anxious to wrestle it is expected that he will accept the offer.

Few Anglers Attended; Wrestling Benefit Was Not A Financial Success

Syracuse Herald – May 8, 1908

Mohl No Match for Cazeaux, Who Took Two Straight Falls — Pirate Succumbed to the Angler – Wendal Wins His Match From Solvay Man.

Financially the benefit entertainment of the Anglers association at the Alhambra last night was not a success; otherwise it was.

The anglers did not patronize the affair as liberally as was anticipated, consequently that big pile of money that was expected to polish up the interior of the contemplated club house is but a dream to-day. It may have been that the price, was too high for the average angler — $1 a ticket.