The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-11
They ARE IN TRAINING
The Turk and Mcmillan Prepar-
ing for the Match.
BOTH OF THEM WONDERS
Champions in Their Respective Lines.
The Most Exciting Sporting
Event in Butte for a
Long Time.

|
MILAN. the Scotchman. are training for
| their wrestling match at the Grand
Wednesday night. They will both lie
| in excellent condition and the match is
| expected to be the most exciting event
! that has ever taken place in the sport
ing circles Of the city. Both men are
distinguished by national regulations a 5
| champions in their respective lines. The
| Turk is the champion of all champions
of the world, and Mcmillan is the cham
| pion catch as-catch- wrestler Of the
| world. The Turk weighs 28S pounds and
Mcmillan goes on the mat with 30
| pounds of solid flesh. Both have been
seen in action in this city and the peo-
| pie know what to expect when they go
| to see these wonders meet in match.
| Such treat comes to the sport-loying
| element of Butte but once in great
| while, and it Is doubtful if these men
will ever be seen again together in this
| city. The meeting of the two worlds
| greatest champions Is a sight seldom
| witnessed anywhere.
| BY the merest accident these men met
in Butte. The Turk came here last July
| to throw Moth, which he did after the
most approved style. Then he went
west to see the country before return
| ing to his home in Constantinople. He
| Is on his way East, aud stopped over TO
attend to some business matters he left
unfinished when he was here last sum-
mer. About this time Mcmillan had de-
monstrated his superiority over the
| clever Lewis Cannon and was in Helena
when the Turk came here.
Manager Mcfarland of the opera
| house saw what he believed to be
| splendid opportunity to bring the two
famous wrestlers together for the bene-
fit of the many people in Butte who care
| to witness featS of skill. So he arranged
the match and the big men consented
to the proposition. BY the terms of the
| match the Turk is to try to throw Nc
| MILAN three times in 80 minutes, catch
| as-catch-can style.
II know just exactly the kind of o
proposition I am going UP against"
said Mcmillan yesterday. "The Turk,
as we all know and admit, is the peer
of the worlds wrestlers. He Is not TO
| be thrown at all. He isn't built that
way. Why, it is like going into ring
with a big cinnamon bear to face that
fellow on the mat You might think TO
| look at him he would be awkward on
his feet and clumsy with his hands, but
If you look at him that way you make
| the biggest mistake you ever made in
your life. That man is quicker than
any cat you ever saw. He is a bolt Of
| lightning, and no Josh I know all
about that part of<his skill, for had
| the pleasure last March of trying TO
| kill him off. We met in Minneapolis
and I stayed with him for 2S minutes.
1 But when I got through with him my
arms We're horribly skinned and the
k.blood was pouring from my body where
his great paws fastened onto it.
He will NOPE around on the mat like
| a man looking for a soft place to lie
| down and go to sleep. While you are
sizing him up and looking for a good
hold on the big fellow, quicker than
a flash of lightning out will shoot one
of the Turks hands and there you are
| in the grasp of the strongest wrestler in
the world before you know wha'tell.
| Now you must get out of it the best
way you can. That is all you have to do
when you go on with the big Turk.
| 1T is a sight to watch that man
| handling his opponent. I have seen him
settle his big hand on the back of a
| mans head with such terrific precision
as to send the other fellow rolling clear
| across the ring. That hand of his is
what must be duly taken into consider
alton and avoided. I saw him and Nc
Leod together and it was the most ex-
| citing contest of strength ] ever saw.
The Turk will watch his chance and fall
upon his opponent and then begin to
pun out legs and arms until he gets his
| man nicely spraWled out, when he
| squeezes him down to an undisputable
| fall. Now. what can a man do with
a powerful big man like that? When
he is in position like that all there Is
| for him to do is to make 1t as easy as
possible for the Turk and get out of it
| as soon as he can before he is smother
| ed to death. I tell sou the only way
to go against the Turk is to work him
| out and not try to kill him off.
He will walk up the streets of Butte
like man who is just getting around
after hard spell of govt. He puffs and
snorts as If he were out of breath. But
and shorts just because it is as easy for
| him as breathing any other way. He
isn't tired or out of breath. And eat;
| why, you ought to see him get down to
meal-that is when he feels like eat
| ing. / was in a restaurant in Minneap-
oils one night after bout and I no
| ticed the waiter bringing out a double
| tenderloin. Just for fun 1 asked the
waiter who his hungry friend was, and
he whispered to me: The Turk is in
the box there and 1T is for him. Well,
| by George, the big fellow ate all that
steak and I heard him say: Too lit
tie. not big. More The waiter took
him in lot of cold turkey and chicken
and other trimmings. But the Turks,
as a rule, do not eat as regularly as
! We do in this country. They will get
out of bed and if they feel like eating
they will eat, and if they don't feel that
way they won't eat until they get good
| and hungry. Now the big Turk doesn't
eat on the day he goes onto the mat
for a match. The night before he eats
a big supper and that sufiices until
after the match. But after the match
| oh, my.
'As for our match, I will say that
| am going to give him the best race ne
ever had I am feeling better than
ever have felt and the big fellow is not
| going to set on me, not a little bit. He
| will have to work for all he gets out OF
| this chap, and don't you forget it,