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Man O’Mars Is UnmaskedHackenschmidt Does ItHoosier 5Wins OverMichiganIndiana Chalks Up 3rdStraight Conference VictoryLast Night 41-37iBIG TEN STANDINGS• * ** * *IndianaW isconsinIllinois Iowa .Ohio State Minnesota Purdue .....Northwestern M ichigan . ,.Chicago• « IW3532331110L0111222463Pte 141 254 176 128 236 183 117 199 262 99Opp.Pt8.107219164124209176137226287146ques-has aSatur-CHICAGO (JP)—Purdues tion-mark basketball team do-or-die task on its hands day nightThe twice-beaten Boilermakers defending champions, w ill he virtually out of the Big Ten title race if they how to their traditional riva.s, Indiana, in their contest at Lafayette.The champions hae a chance tocrack ind.ana's* three game win ning streak and gain reveOge loi the Hoosiers two triumphs over the Boilermakers last season. Thu? far Purdue has lost two cf three games while Indiana is undefeated ar.d leading the loop.Indiana Beats MichiganIndiana posted Its third decisionla.?; night with a 11 to 37 margin over stubborn Michigan, vntu never trailed by more than eig; points. A versatile and balanced attack won the game fo* the leaders. seven of eight players con -tributing to the Hoosier total. Ho lead changed hands seven times in the first half and Michigan led briefly in he second period before an Indiana rally left the Wolverines behind to stay.Ohio State which dropped from first place Saturday, sunk into afifth place tie with Minnesota last night, bowing to th(? Gophers. 46 to 43. in an c ertirae game.I)ick Fisher poured 21 points through the hoop, tying the high one-game total scored by Indiana's Bill Menke • urlier this season, b .t the other Buckeyes were virtually helplessGame Goes OvertimeMinnesota held an eight point edge at intermission but an Ohio ru.ly sent 'he Bucks ahead, tie lead see-sawing until the finalPromoterrowd. “The at he wasn’t was tonightThe great unveiling, long awaited by Manitowoc wrestling fans.I was accomplished at the Terrace Gardens las? night when the mask-j ed Man O' Mars was revealed as Einar OLsen of Racine.The man who forced Mars to doff the green mask was not Duke Ruppenthai but George Haoken-sctomidt of Marshfield. He turned the trick by winning two out of three falls within a 61 minute period. ending the Man O’ Mars long winning streak in the Terrace Gardens ring, extending into two seasons of wrestlingThe Duke failed to show up, failed to do the common courtesy of giving advance notice that he wasn't coming, and offered no reason for running out on the bout. The fans were left to draw their own conclusions with Promoter Lea Lindberg professing that he was as much in the dark as to Ruppen-thal’s failure to appear as was anyone else.Duke Ruppenthai as late as last Thursday promised me that he was coming to Manitowc Lindberg told the first inkling I had t; going through with i when the first wrestlers came in and dropped a hint that Duk» wasn't going to appear. I'm sorry this happened. 1 promise that ;t won’t happen again, that I’ll ever book Duke Ruppenthai again is by forcing h m to pos anappearance bond.”Challenges Fly AroundChallenges flew thick and fast nsEinar Olsen took off his mask. His brother, Milt, promptly hurled a challenge at George Hackenschmidt. Einar said he wanted another crack at Hackenschmidt, too. Milt said he'd take on Ruppentb .1 if the fans wanted the bout. Promoter Lindberg snid Duke would have to puT up an appearance bond. He ask-Ml the fans if they wanted Jimmy Demefral. The fans booed. Lindberg said he’s also dickering for John Anderson, former Vniv* -Hiry of Wisconsin wrestling cap-Uin. ;: h jfi’lfi f' ■!- IlfHackenschmidt took all of the.*Man O’Mars rough s’uff andback for more. He g t his with the old Boston crab hold beating him into submissionflying talt; kies George is aone to bounce pff the ropes, crowd loved it.Milt Olsen put on his usua performance in beating Plt; man of St*. Paul in a good, clean bout. Milt always makes a pood bout of it if he can get anyhe only wamanat I ffilfwithgrea'Tl.ft1 ’* *Frfasnout lt;. ... sort of coopt rati ent Freenjan.willing Milt wo body slams, the driver.Alex Kaffner.on from his oprin this case. w... n the first fall with second with a pibthe old Bl^ck Pather. who is getting mighty villainous *hese days, and Chuck Karas lt;f Montreal, wrestled a wild 30 minute draw In the opener. iThe crowd resembled the old days when wrestling thrive! her-'-
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Manitowoc Herald Times
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Jan 28, 1941
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