The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-31
.BARTL NOT
A CANADIAN
5ut was Born at Rochester
New York.
A BLACK SMITH SHOP
Scene of His First Match for
Money.
Charles Kaiser His Apponent and
Bar,l Lost in Short Order Later
He Defeated Champion ConkIe.

among MdIlOhlteS ludC rlSu b''i W.
the champion 1iS to l5j pound wrcs-
tier, who is now a resident OF this
city IS o Canadian, that impression
.peing given from he fact that he
won tho weltcr-wcight ana middle
wcisht Championship OF Canada and
also fiom the fact that ne came
ircm Hamilton. Ont. Bartl, new
.oithias3. is native born American
Ictizen, having been born in R1chcs,-
e.. Y. ", Sept. IL, 1888, making
him Just 81 years OF age last Sep
tembcr
when small boy. his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bartl, now
residents of Rochester, N. Y. moved
TO Alarm near that city, and it was
on this farm that Bartl spent his
boyhucI days, experiencing all Of
the lGriships' incidental to fam
life. Bartl attended the district
SCHOOLS near his home, but it must
be confessed, took moro interest In
rough outdoor sports than in his
school work Leaving school at the
age OF 10 years, young Bartl assisted
his father for three years on the
! farm. and when a little past fifteen
years, was apprenticed to the VII
llage blacksmith, to learn the horse
shoeing and blacksmith trade
| 1t was while working at this trade
that Bartl had his first professional
wrestling match. Bartl, at the time,
was we'll developed lad OF l6 and,
as is natural in boys of that age,
! had great deal OF confidence in
/ himself. A young man in that yicin-
Iity Nal quite local reputation
as a wrestler, and Bartl, rather in a
Looking way, offered TO bet his months
lwlgca that he could defeat the local
irAampion. His salary at the time
Was s12 per month, and the other
man accepting, the match was held
In the blacksmith shop one night
afler working hours. The two boys
were about evenly matched as to
weight but the other man had all Of
the science. Bartl was thrown tw)
fails IL less than 10 minutes He
ltc0F his defeat good naturedly, not
withstauding the fact that he, for u
long time, was numerically "kidded'
h. MI Of his friends and relatives.
His greatest regret, in losing this
match, was The fact that he not only
lost n months wages. tSl2) but al
50 II weeks time, rs he was laid up
In bed that length of time, recover
ing from the effects OF this awful
grueiing. 1t may be interesting 10
know that Bartl's opponent on this
occasion was none other than Chas.
Kaiser, one OF the greatest middle
weight wrcstlers in America, whose
home is in Rochester, n. Y.
For some time after this match,
Barl said but little concerning his
ability a. a wrestler, but continued
to wreste anyone whom he could
get TO so on with him. usually
picking some one more experienced
than himself, and as he lost moro
often than he won, 1t can truly be
said that he learned most about the
wrestling game by being beaten.
Whom about 10 years of age, Bart
left hone going 10 Hamilton. Onta
to work for an uncle in blacksmith
; shop, and joining IN athletic club
began to show exceptional ablitie,
as hoXer and wrestler, and soor
became the clubs champion both as
a wrestler and a boxer. Returning
to Rochester on visit. Blrtl agail
tackled Kaiser, who by this tim,
had gained more than local repu
tation, and succeeded in getting ,
diaw with him, neither man gaining
ii fail in over two hours wrestling
!, Returning TO Hamilton Bart
bganChed out a. boni fde prores
' sipl a. wrestler, and during the earl.
: pay, Of the winter of 1906 met an'
Idcrfated twenty-scven different men
lis Grst appearance being agains
four OF the best local wresters
Eat! agreeing to throw all four II
lone hour He won the match, get
ting The four falls in AZ minutes.
On May Is, 1906, at Hamilton
!. Ont Bartl won the weter-weigh
:. championship of Canada by defeat
u ing Charles Conkle, then the ac
l'h1vledged champion, two falls i
4 , ald SO minutes.
Since then, Bartl's record is wei
known TO Marion followers OF tn
game. In meeting Charles Olesor
i, dey night, Bartl goes up agains
che of the Big Four, in til
= W. sting game, a man, of whom
Ils Predicted, will, within two years