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NEW ATHLETIC CLUB WILLSTAGE WRESTLING SHOWSLOCAL ORGANIZATION WILL PROMOTK MAT SPORT IN RA-lt; INK; 1TRST lion TO BK ILEIjDPUBKI AllY 17.Withold llacine Amusementtheclub, which had its plans destroyedin the Auditorium fire somlt; time ago.serving as a nucleus, a new organ-izHtion lias been built to promote athletic sports in Racine, the principle of which will be wrestling shows.Wrestling has never been overly popular iti this city for the reason fans have never had a chance to set* really good bouts, which Lhey knew were on the-* square and would be worth going to see. The new club is prepared to guarantee its shows, however, and hopes to get a large turnout for its firs^ event, which will be a match between Jirnmx Demetral and George Mahust.Those two men have shown here before and the* showing they pvit up at that show warranted the promoters In rematching them, ms their exhibition was clean and fast. Jjcniet-ral wn th*- winner in that event, talcing over an hour to throw the toughArmenian, however.Th** bout, which is s.do duled fornext Tuesday evening at the Strandth alter, will be run on a winner-take-all basis so there is no chanceof either of the grappiers iayin down on the job.{Demetral is very well known in Racine and bus past record shows him to be one of the best boys of his . weight iti the country. Jimmy threwthe three men which he was matched against in short ord--r, thereby es- j tablishing a claim to the middle- ' weight championship of the United State-*.George Mahust, who will meet De-metral, was formerly instructor at Farmer Burns’ school of wrestling inOmaha, Neb., and is said to be a reai#comer. His last performance here showed that ho was thoroughly familiar with the fine points of the game and eager to mix at all times.In speaking of the coining bouts, “Doc” Tunny, who is the head of the new club, said: “1 am positive thatRacine fans will welcome a good, clean brand of sport, which is backed by local business inen and haven’t the leas hesitation in arranging a match of this quality in spite of the expense r will incur. The risk -we are taking is naturally big. but ' itwould be useless to pu* on a second-class match to patrons in Racine, as they are top familiar with the grime and it would lack interest for them. Then again, for those who are not dyed-in-the-wool followers of the sport, we wish to educate them right, giving them the best money will procure.A preliminary match will also behold between .]ohn Mila.ski and PrankMiller, two promising youngsters, who will battle for the best two falls . cut of three.
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Racine Journal News
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Feb 12, 1920
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