Rock Island Argus., 1897-02-10
BURNS MONEY UP.
Covers Mcleod's $3.50 For.
felt for the Match.
IrsARTICLEs OF AaREENEur,

The farmers Bseksr, r. +. Walsh, Oouss
- Rock Island and nakss Dsposat-rhs
Conditieas Of the Coatest-Evssy Pess.
pses Of Go Now.
P. T. Walsh, OF Davenport, came
over to Mitchell & Lynde's bank to-
day and deposited $3.50 to cover the
amount posted by Dan S. Mcleod for
his match with Martin Burns for the
catch-as- -catch-can wrestling cham
pionship of the world, and also left
the articles of agreement for the
match prepared by Burns and re.
ceived from him by Mr.. Walsh this
morning. These articles are signed by
Burns with Frank Rayman and John
POLES as witnesses and provide for
i've falls, catch-as-catch.c can, Police
Gazette rules to govern. The match
is to be for $1,000 aside. to be de
posted as follows by each party:
$3.50. Feb. Is; $3.50, March Is; $3.50,
April Is. and $3.50 May Is. The
match is to take place between May
Is and May 81. Malachi Hogan and
Fred Kemmerly are suggested % ref
erees. but any good man agreeable
to both contestants is accepta-
BILE. Three falls are to de-
eide, tae winner also to have
in addition to the stakes IS per cent
Of the gate receipts. The failure of
all parties concerned to agree upon
a referee within two weeks, Mitchell
& Lynde are to select the referee, and
they are to be the final stakeholder.
The statement accompanying Nc
Leod's deposit and Mr.. Burns' arti.
cles are both on hand at the bank,
and as the champion dictates the
terms, the Burns paper is of course
the only one to be signed. II Nc.
Leod means business he has an op-
portunity to show it. Mr.. Walsh
stated in THE ARGUS office this morn.
ing that he was ready to back the
farmer.
Positi0a Of Burns.
The Chicago Times-Herald of this
morning says in reference to the
farmer champion wrestler: "Burns
is filling an engagement at local
theatre, and yesterday exhibited ar
ticles OF agreement signed BY him.
self for 5-fal match with Mcleod.
He names either Malachi Hogan or
Fred kemmerling, q local wrestler,
Tor referee, bat fails to give any
clear reason for Objecting to Siler.
Burns popularity will not be in.
creased by such tactics. Mcleod ID
in the city and laughed heartily last
night when told Of Burns latest OBJ.
lection. i will take Hogan he
said. 'or any other fair man. Siler
was Burns' choice in the first
place." In Burns behalf it must
be said that he entertained no obiec.
ton to Siler originally. but he states
that he has been in too close CON-
panionship with Mcleod and the
latter's backer. Houseman, of late.
Burns is therefore wary-just about
as Corbett or FItzsim mons woulS he
if Siler had been with the other and
his friends continuously for some
time.
The Times-Herald also savs:
EVAN Lewis 10 anxious to re enter
the wrestling arena. The .straupler'
IL now at his home in RidpeWay.
Wis.,, but his manager, w. Ii. Glib
son. Of Rock Island, is in the citv
and anxious TO make some kind of \
match for his man. II John Rooney.
the giant gripman,' can find back
ing for $3.50 or more Lewis will un-
dertake to throw him seven times in
one hour or lose the stake and en-
tire gate receipts. Lewis has writ
ten to Glib on to make such q match,
but not unless the south slider will
agree to the side bet, Is Lewis says
ne would not like training for
gate money match. This PROPOSE
tion is far more generous than either
OF those made by Burns and Mcleod
to the 'gripman Lewis has never
seen the latter. but he 10 confident
he can do better against him than
either of the other claimants of the
championship Of the world"
Found Her HuohosA.
Mrs. j. j. White, who hss been
atopv,;u1 IN Rock Isls~A A.