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PROMOTER RUINS i SHOW BY HAVING PAPPAS JAILEDin ti:d hammerlacking its customary face- j making groan-and-grunt thriRs. last night's weekly “wrestling' show at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall was a tame affair bv any comparison, due principally \ to the fact Jack (Roughhouse) Nelson was not on the card and because Charlie Pappas, Keokuk Greek. «ac in jail when he shoul 1 | have leen in the ring for the mamgo with Eddie Drew of BurlingtonWilbur Blink of the V. F. W entered the ring in Pappas’ place, but despite ability which surprised even his closest friends, was no , match for the experienced Drew.Blink demonstrated he knows a toe hold from a headloek. and that * he knows how to apply numerous holds. He soon became winded, however, and Drew s experience; and superior strength were apparent front the start. Drew took the first fall in six minutes and the second in three, each with a body J press. Wilhur had Drew in bad positions at the start of both falls, hut was unable to pin his oppon ent's shoulders for the ncccsscr* three seconds. There wasn’t a gruge in the match, although Drew t*efore pinning Blink the first time, , tossed him out of the ring. )Demanded PayPappas showed up for his boutw ith Drew, the result of the lat- , tor’s challenge from the ringside last week, but was doing a lot of talking and demanding his pay in advance. Promoter Joe Turner told him that because of the sma’l house, all events were on a winer take all basis, and that all “musthe on the level. . . . We want tosee a good show.”Claiming Pappas was Intoxicated. Turner called police, who kept • the Keokuk Greek at the station until after the show. Papas caused no disturbance, other than fellinc several patrons he had money due from Turner for previous shows-and that he would not appear again unless paid in advance.Eddie Scott. 210-pound Alton 111.. Negro heavyweight boxer, also held up the show a few minutes bv demanding his pay before entering the ring against Knockout Brown of Clinton. la. 100. This bout.-too. was announced as a winner | take all,” and Brown “took it” for slightly more than two rounds spending more time on the mat than upright, although seldom staying down more than four or five aecondsTechnical Knockouti There came a time after 20 see-I onds of the second round when he no longer could stand up unde Scott’s blows which reached h*si head with deadly regularity and for which hp had no defense. He went down and as Referee TommyBabb reached the count of six.Brown’s second tossed a towel into the ring, so that Scott receives credit for a technical kayo, without having been hit by his opporen t.Ernie Rarry of Monmouth easllv outpointed Kid Gaddis. Negro, Muscatine, at 160 pounds. The co! ored veteran, however, was able to take everything Rarry bad to offer, and in the eighth and final round still was clowning and bolding out his chin Invitingly. Barnfloored (he colored fighter twice, but the latter kept coming back, although unable to land often Barry easily landed six blows toeach one placed by Gaddis.Rnbhv and Dick Hill, two brothers from Mt. Pleasant, opened the^how with a wrestling exhibitiondemonstrating consoler able ability for boys under 12.
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Burlington Daily Hawk Eye Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Fri, Dec 16, 1938
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