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DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 17.—Billy Edwards, Kansas City mat villain, and Paul Harper, heavyweight bone bender of Nashville, will renew hostilities in a finish mat joust Tuesday night at the { allas Fair Park arena. The: match, slated for the best two out o£ three falls under nothing-bar- ' red rules and on winner-take-all terms, will headline Promoter Bert Willoughby’s regular weekly necking carnival, which will be an all-star, all-heavyweight offering this week.Hariper and Edwards me is in a fierce brawl twoweeks ago, both being chafed from the ring by the referee when they refused to quit fighting. They were scheduled to meet in a retsrn match last Tues-, day, but the bout fell through jwhen Harper failed to dhow up; Paul claiming his car got bpgged j hutos-deep in mud en rlt;Mte to' [Dallas and he was unable to get) In town in time to wrestle.I Harper, already miffed at Ed-Iwanks on account of their pre-ivious ,setto, became infuriated when Billy accused him of running out of the bout and'calkng the mud hole story an alibi..!Forthwith Paulus challenged Ed-|wards to meet him winner-take-all and nothing barred but clean , I wrestling. Ediwards accepted and the match is expected to be an all-time masterpiece for rough, tough milling at Dallas. In order to prevent any possibility of another mud hole story and disappointment for his fans. Promoter Willoughby made both men post substantial forfeits to guarantee their appearance. !The semi-windup will bring to! gtiips Marshall Blackstock, Lo^Angeles heavyweight. villain, and a mystery man called the Red Demon, for one fall to a finish. The Demon wrestles with a full suit of flaming red tights and wears' j a mask that entirely covers his head. He is said tobe one o«f tlie real top-not-chers of the heavy-} weight division who is traveling in disguse to make it easier tc get. matches. The Demon ha? ■promised to unmask any time he is beaten, but he has not been defeated since he made his first appearance in the South several months ago. ■Other matches carded will bring together Bob Montgomery and Sol Slagel, New Orleans and St. Louis flying-tackle experts,! for one fall or 20 minutes of head j butting; Pat O'Brien, Waco, and George Cochran, Balt-more, in another one-fall, 20-minute joust. The program starts at 8:15 o’clock sharp. Popular prices will prevail and ladies will be admitted free with escort holding ticket. . -;ll-
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Waxahachie Daily Light
Waxahachie, Texas, US
Sat, Sep 17, 1932
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