Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-08
KING DETHRONED.
Farmer Burns Proved Himself Monarch
At DEBORAH and New Looks for Other
Thrones 10 Conquer-Future Events.

AtDecorah and New Looks for othel
Thrones TO Conquer-Future Events.
Farmer" Burns. our invincible.
who is matched to wrestle Evan
Lewis, 1.-THE stranger" within the
next few weeks, defeated Jack King,
the Minneapolis wrestler. in his
match at DEBORAH, Iowa, last night,
after struggle of ? hours and 20
minutes. The match was for a 500
purse hung up by the DEBORAH Ath-
letic club-S300 to the winner and
800 to the loser. 1t was best three
falls in five, Burns winning out inthe
time stated. There was considera-
BILE betting on the outcome of the
match. and while 1.-The farmer" was
the favorite, not much odds were
offered.
According to later advices, they
wrestled = hours and 5 minutes,
when they took rest, King becom-
ing sick, and when time was called
Burns threw King in Is minutes,
when the latter gave up the match.
Confidence in Their Man.
Billy and Johnny Gibson. of this
city. who are backing Burns. have
the greatest confidence in his ability
as wrestler. They were both conf
dent that he would win the match
from King and are putting up their
good hard dollars on him against the
greatest of all catch-as-catch-can
wrestlers. Evan Lewis. Burns vie
tory last night will make him more
! OF a favorite in the betting on
the coming match and speaks
well for his ability to give 1.-The
strangler'' hard 90. King. whom
Burns defeated last night met Lewis
year ago in Chicago and won two
falls, Lewis winning three out Of
five.
The Coming Contest
Men who have thorough knowl-
edge of both wrestlerS are of the
opinion that their meeting will be
one of the hottest struggles that has
taken place in years. The men have
met twice previously. In the first
match which was best three out of
five falls; Burns won two falls and
Lewis three. They met again ut
"Parson" Davies tournament in Chi
cago two years ago. where $50 was
offered to anyone who would STAY Is
minutes on the carpet with .'Strang-
ler'' Lewis without fall.
Burns again went before him
and for Is minutes there was one OF
the finest exhibitions OF wrestling
ever seen in the west, when 1.-The
farmer" met with an accident. por-
ton of the flesh near two of his ribs
| haTt a
however. and Notwithstanding his Sc.
we're pain stayed out the ID minutes
winning the $50. He also took a like
amount away from Jack Carkeek. the
noted wrestler, at the same tourna
ment, previous to his bout with
Lewis. The latter has % pounds the
best of Burns in weight. but what
1.-The farmer lacks in that re
spect he makes up in cleverness anC
endurance and will do his best Il
earn the title of champion from tn,
Wisconsin stranger.
Another Wrestler.
Farmer" Martin Burns will be {
doubly happy man when he arrive!
) home, as a new son and heir viii
: greet him. The little stranger ar
rived this morning.
News of Touight's Fight
O'Connor Bros, the enterprisins
proprietors of the Club saloon, hav,
made arrangements with Manager
Welch, of the Western Union Tele
graph Office, for a special wire int
their place and will receive the Hall
Eitzsimmons fight tonight by rounds
1t promises to be one OF the creates
, events of the season.
Comstock Bobs Up Again.
j. C. Comstock, of Michigan, Cali
fornia and several other places, whC
wrestled with Jack Carkeek in thi
city two years ago, was stopped b,
the sheriff of Elkhart, Ind, Just be
' fore fight with local named Dono
van last night. The sheriff probabl,