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WILL MEET THE TURK. .« . *__ r •Kvaii Kno-tvn in- liuclne, TVilttroii# Mum from Inrltry.;.Evan Lewis, the .Strangler .who was! seen in a wrestling match at'Belle City Opera house ft few weeks;, ago, with,. Jack Kiri, and who easily won, .• disabling King, will niece Yousouf, the ‘'Terrible •Turk,” in a fiueli-as-catch-cftii wresiling match in the near future unless.' Billy Brady, the manager .fov the Turk, • fails in his .promise. The Turk has met Tom Jenkins and’Ed Atherton, both.of whom are hiir.-wrestlers, and woii each , match, but now he will'Be called upon ..to meet the Best man in the country^ • and if he should win against Lewfs^-ho? camreturn and telV ‘Tiis Majesty” that he has beaten the best..man in America. There is no doubt tlmt Lewis’ is the. champion of this country, despite the. fact dhat Burns o:ivcwon from him. Should 'the Turk letuin to hia own country without meeting Lewis ha would have lilUc: glory, as the Wisconsin num can defeat all 'the, men the Turk has met so far, and not half try. .Lewis will meet Billy Brady in Chicago Friday night, May 20, and arrange the details for the match. .Ho will select' tins style cf catch-as-catch-caii, Brady 1ms already announced that lie would agree to the terms as proposed by Lewis and therefore tho mftteh as as good as made*
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Racine Journal
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Thu, May 19, 1898
Page 7
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