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Billy Bartush, the “Chicago Ex ress,” gave Maurice “The Angel” Tillet the toughest scrap he has hed in many a month last night in the main event of the wrestling show at the Centennial club in Rock Nisland, but finally ‘fell a victim of the ponderous Frenchman's famed bear hug. ‘Bartush lost in 17:52 on a full Nelson, but bounced back to even the count in 7:25. After another tagged session, “The Angel” scored the final fall, using his bear hug to finish Bartush off in 9:10. Eadie Slake,a former pugilist, found a foe last night who also was adept at fisticuffs, and the final result was a draw with Carl Van Wurden, the cagy Canadian heavy weight, Johnny Holda, the Cadillac, Mich, matman, perienced for Tony Wyrostek, de feating the Indiana Harbor, ‘Ind, resident, in 1832,
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Moline Daily Dispatch

Moline, Illinois, US

Fri, Feb 20, 1948

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