Zbyzsko Falls Down

The North Adams Transcript – December 30, 1911

Zbyzsko, the giant Pole wrestler, attempted to throw Cazeau, the French champion, twice in an hour at Holyoke last evening but he failed to gain a single fall.

Herman Very Wrathy

Duluth Evening Herald – December 29, 1911

Pole’s Manager Angry Because Zbyszko Is Left Out of Matches

Chicago, Dec. 29. — Strenuous protest was made last night to the Empire Athletic club, promoting the New Year’s night wresting show at the Coliseum, by Manager J. H. Herman, representing Zbyszko, the Polish wrestler, against the Gotch program of matching the winner of the Jess Pedersen-Coord Dereli bout with Mahmout. Herman wired that Zbyszko was the best of the foreign wrestlers and should be given an opportunity to meet the winner.

Local Club Bars Zbyszko

Chicago Examiner – December 28, 1911

Empire A. C. Refuses Pole Match with Winner of Jan 1 Go.

The Empire A. C. yesterday told Stanislaus Zbyszko that he not only could not have the match with the winner of the Coorderelli-Pederson wrestling contest at the Coliseum the night of January 1, but that if he wished to wrestle in Chicago he would have to appear under the auspices of another club. Matchmaker Joe Coffey gave out this statement after receiving a protest from Jack Herman, manager of the Pole, against giving Mahmout the match with the victor of the windup of the card that is to usher in the new year in wrestling.

Cazeaux Gets Angry

Edmonton Bulletin – December 23, 1911

Ottawa, Dec. 22 – The Cazeaux-Omore wrestling bout at the Grand opera house tonight proved a sore touch to home rule advocates. Cazeaux won the first fall in 16 minutes with a body and head hold, and the second after 10 minutes by a half-nelson. Omore was not satisfied that he had been fairly downed the second time, and after they had argued for a minute or so Cazeaux dramatically threw his robe aside and offered to repeat. He rushed at Omore like a mad man, grappled him around the head and tossed him as though he were made of feathers, Omore quitting after two minutes of frantic struggling. Omore is 40 years of age, and was no match for the Frenchman, who could probably have won in three or four minutes had he cared to do so.

Another For Cazeaux

Winnipeg Tribune – December 19, 1911

Ottawa, Dec. 15. – Raymond Cazeaux, heavyweight champion of France, added another to his long list of victories tonight when he again defeated Paul Schmidt, of Germany, in two straight falls at catch-as-catch-can style at the Grand Opera House. Cazeaux was the aggressor throughout, and appeared to be far more scientific than his opponent, who, while remarkably strong, lacked the Frenchman’s variety of holds and was slow to take advantage of his opponent’s weakness.

Cazeaux Throws Paul Schmidt

The Toronto World – December 16, 1911

OTTAWA, Dec. 15. — Raymond Cazeaux, heavyweight champion of France, added another to his long list of victories tonight, when he again defeated Paul Schmidt of Germany in two straight falls.

Racevich Flops Quartet

Winnipeg Tribune – December 7, 1911

Italian Wrestler Throws Six Men in Less Than Twenty Minutes.

New York, Dec. 6. – Giavanno Racevich, holder of the Italian heavyweight wrestling title, threw six heavyweights in less than twenty minutes’ actual wrestling time at Madison Square Garden tonight.  The champion under took to throw all the men in two hours’ time, catch-as-catch-can style, with only a moment’s rest between bouts, and to forfeit $1,000 to each man he did not throw in 20 minutes.

Montreal Bouts

The Evening Times & Star – December 7, 1911

Montreal, Dec. 6 — Wrestling fans saw some good bouts at Sohmer Park tonight, Cazeaux the Frenchman took two straight falls from Emile Maupus, a countryman, and Eugene Tremblay, lightweight champion of the world, duplicating the feat against Chicago Sandow, a welterweight. Cazeaux and Maupus wrestled at Graeco Roman style. Cazeaux had thirty pounds advantage in weight, Maupus was fast and clever, but had not the strength to hold off his opponent, who took his two falls in thirty minutes and seventeen minutes respectively, in each case breaking his own attempts to bridge. Tremblay was together too clever for the Chicagoan, taking the first after forty-one minutes wrestling with a crotch and arm hold, and the second in eleven minutes with a three-quarter Nelson.

Lehto Coming Here To Get A Line On Pilakoff

Duluth Herald – December 5, 1911

Big Fred Pilakoff, the Lion of Finland, who is to meet Poland’s pride one week from today, yesterday started the work that will be continued all through  the present week.  With Carl Mattsson, the big Minneapolis man who has prepared Henry Ordemann for many of his biggest matches, the gigantic Finn will train harder than he had for any of his matches in this part of the country.

Mattsson will play special attention to the fine part of the game.  He is going to coach the big fellow against some of the tricks used by Zbyszko, for Mattson has twice met the big Pole in handicap matches.  A veteran of the mat with an experience of ten years in the game, Mattsson should be able to give the Finnish athlete some valuable information during the present week.

Pederson Gets Decision

Duluth Herald – December 5, 1911

Chicago, Dec. 5. – Jess Pederson was given a decision over Charles Cazeau, a Frenchman, after the police stopped their wrestling match because of alleged rough work by Cazeau. Cordrelli, the Turk, threw two trainers in one minute twenty seconds.