The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-21
Bartl Throwing Him in Six
teen Minutes.
HARD BATTLE EXPECTED
For the Local Man at COlum-
bus This Evening.
Tomorrow Night at the Grand the
Great Akcrman.Bartl Contest
will be Pulled off.

Will pc RULED OFT.
The city CT Columbus is getting
on the wrestling band wagon and
much interest is being manifested
in tonisht's bout when Fred Bartl
of this city will cndeavor to get
rid of two well known men. To-.
days State Journal says.
Monday nights wrestling pro-
gram at the Columbus Gymnastic
club S rooms will be commenced at
$3.50 'cIlck with Harrington of To
lcdo on the mat against Gavin
Harris soldier protege, who turns
cat to be Il German athlete, Peter
RaclcIs by name.
Those who have seen Raclcls say
that he is II splendid type Of ath-
lctc and ii is claimed that he learn
cd TO wrcstlc while u sailor III the
GcJman navy.
After the preliminary is over,
Fred BaItI of Marion will cut IN
on his job of registering four falls
on the Burns-Lcwis combination
within u time limit of two hours. "
Lima, o., Jan. 2l. Al Akcrman
recognized rs the champion wcltcr-
weight wrestler of this country,
VIII meet for the fourth time Fred
BaItl ut Marion Tuesday night in
his last match before leaving for
Panama.
AkcIman will do all in his power
20 win decisive decision over the
hardest proposition he has ever met,
OH dhc mat. In the last bout two
weeks ago. Baitl gained a fali over
he champion but not within the
time limit set. This time the two
men meet at catch weights, winner
% take everything and gate re-
eel rs to 20 with the referees de-
cisj n.
Akcrman leaves Ohio on Thurs
day, accompanied by his manager,
j. W. Bcall, Dave Lundlc. l.. j.
licpler and Barney Reiselman,
friends and hackers Of the cham
pion. The party has match on III
New Orleans Saturday night and
sails from there for the isthmuS
Sunday, expecting TO spend one
month in various wrestling engage
merits already arranged by promo
tcrs in the canal zone.
Lima, o.. Jan. 2l. President
Morton Of the Ohio-PcnnSylvania
league, is expected here this week
to size MP Lima as possible fran
chisc city fOr that league. This
city lead all others in attendance
it the Interstate league of last
year and was the only one clear
ing n profit for its owners.
1t b believed Lima will be add
mittcd to the O.-P. if Sandusky
is also graatcd Il franchise, as
Sunday games are permitted and
the ball park is but n few blocks
distant from the square.
Sundays State Journal contain
ed II clever cartoon by Wcstcrman
in which Fred .Bartl played an all
important part. 1t showed the local
wrestler going after Burns and
Lewis in Tonight s battle. Bartl
had one man tucked gently under
one arm and was chasing the 9th
cr would be champion about the
ring at a 2:Ol IA gait.
Today's issue contained fine
two column cut OF Bartl in citi-
zcn's clothes and cuts of both
Lewis and Burns in their wrestling
tcgS.
Saturday might Bartl with a
handful of followers .iourucycd to
LaRuc where at the Opera House
he met Joe Rogers of Dayton, on
the mat. Bartl had no trouble of
disposing of his man and after
sixteen minutes of fast work Sc,
cured the first and only tall Of
the coolest. There we,G :, few
spectators present that after ;
caucus il was decided tc rot wrestlc
for another fall and the mcc,in.
adjourned.
| Fred Rartl should have his hands
| full tonight in dsposing of boil
Burns and Lewis at Columbus. II
morrow night hc will lAvc hardc
task when at l45 pounds he meet,
AL Akerman of Lima. The men ar,
hGtcd rivals and the man who vim
must put mp the greatest battle o
his life. Akeman and Baitl hav
alrcadv met three times and tn
contests went ms draws twice AM
once Bartl failcd in one side
handicap mntcll to throw Akelmal
twice in ninety minutes.
Tomorrow night the men vii