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WANTS ANOTHER “GO”Manager M. Chsrlsort Announces That He Will Tomorrow Post His Forfeit Money for a Proposed Match Between Mike Eli and Frank Gotch.will bo for $200 a side, the winner toalso take 75 per cent of the gate receipts, while the rfunainiiig 25 per cent will he allowed jthe loser.The above’terms, pgctber with the stipulation that the: match shall he for the best three out of five falls, catch-as-catch can. with no holds barred. will be the substance of .Mr. Chari.son challenge to Botch oh behalf of his charge. Mike Eli. Jt will be rememberer! that at the recent match Gotch threw Eli 'two out of three falls* although it was one of the best and most scientific bouts ever seen in the city and as such the people are not through yet in discussing the various phases of it. If the two men should come together again, it should be a great drawing card and the prospects are bright that the match will be pulled off. as Farmer Bums, who is Goteh’s backer, has never been known to evade a merit-ous challenge.Mike Eli also has made many admirers during Ids stay in the city andit is safe to say that he would have many backers in a contest with Gotch. He claims to have wrenched his shoulder in his first round with Gotch recently and tor that reason believes that if given another trial and without, being handicapped by a lame shoulder, that he could make a much better, showing.Manager Charlson is also authority for the statement that ho would tomorrow deposit liis forfeit money, at the time that the challenge was issued. Last evening the wrestlers gave an exhibition in Moline and they will give another one at Muscatine on the coming Saturday night.Manager M. Charlson. who has charge of Mike Eli’s and the Turk's wrestling engagements, stated this this morning that Mike is confident that he can best Frank Gotch. should they meet upon the mat again and for that reason he had decided to challenge Gotch for ja match, to take place in this city about January 2. It
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Davenport Weekly Leader
Davenport, Iowa, US
Fri, Dec 27, 1901
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