The Washington times., 1905-10-31
LINK IS WAITING
FOR JIM CALVIN
Baltimore Wrestler Will
Accept lrishman's Def.
TALE OF A HUMAN GUN
How Pardello Fired EriE's Champion
Into Bosom of Fat Man-Tyr-
rell-Ross Persifage.
TALE OF A HUMAN GUN

Let Ba-a-a-ad Man Calvin beware,
Shad Link, of Baltimore, is on his trail
and threatens to herd with the has
beens Shad slipped his false teeth into
position this morning and announced
that he would take on Calvin in a fin
ish wrestling match. best two in three
fails, as soon as Calvin feels that he
needs a touch of the strenuous life.
Shad says he Is i'll excellent condition
Just at present and mumbled a horrid
jest that he would have to scale down
but little to be in perfect trim. He has
made an engagement to appear in Sails
bury, n. c., on November 90 and there
disa.range the bones and joints of one
or two or the ) s,t-it-quick grapplers VINO
have been furnishing amusement and un-
certain speculation for the Southern
sports In the last two months He na>
an idea, based upon past performances
that he can throw Leonhardt Ole Olsen
and the rest OF the busy boys in the cot.
ton country with little exertlon but be.
Tore lacking these whom ne denomi-
mates small Try. he is willing to take on
q real match before going and instill 3
tew ladylike principles INTO Ba-a-a-ac
man Calvin as a sort of try-out.
And Away He Flew.
Another man who wants TO tame tho
New Yorker is Leo Pardello. from whom
aanager Johnny O'Connor received a
etter this morning. Pardelo said h,
was so anxious to meet Calvin that ht
wouio make his terms extra reasona biz
JUST Tor the sake of displaying his Prov.
Sss before the Washington public Tn.
ast time Calvin and Pa-dello met ther,
vas plenty of excitement Both wer,
their feet and doing a whirligig stunt
the search Tor a good hold wher
aivln took flight. He did king o.
IL. -
Barnum fame. look like a crippled.
inged sparrow, and landed in tho
Purth row Of the orchestra upon tbs
aniy BOSOM OF a fat sport, who wa.
4ucn cast down by the misfortune
Kind friends reassemslecl the scattere.
anatomy of Calvin, while Pardello mad,
a frenzied rush for the box office TO ge
she winners end
This human gun trick is ouita
speciaity with the Italian wrestler Wh,
mas handed the same treatment to sew
erai aspiring grapplers. but he has ais.
ment.
Link and Pardello.
Should it be impossible to bring Gal
win and Pardello together II is NOR.
than probable that Link and Pardeu,
VII hook up FOR a match in this cltv
There is little love lost between thes,
Two. as rhey nave met before and botl
were badly mauied before the BaitImor,
injury. u ai
a match. which is booked for th.
near future. Is dependent upon the WY;
lngness of Me Ross. the Southern
wrestler who issued def to ali III,
lghtweights in the city through Tn,
Times. Ross says he is lightweieh
champion OF the South, having throw
an individual called the Italian Won
der. who had before held the title ir
Zee simple. This ownership by the ItaI
ian. as well as the sudden transfer I,
the defiant Ross, was news to Wash
ington followers of the game Nov
comes Tyrren and says he will rneet
the Ross person at any old time o,
place. Joe Ottenbu-g wants a sigh
OF Ross or his manager so that h,
may arrange the details for a bout be-
tween Ross and Tyrrell