Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
A Chapter on Wrestling, .


The Riceville Recorder has been
greatly wrought up conoe ming their
man, Herdman, and the part he has
taker in various matches, and last
week contained an article entitled ga
Case Of Sore Head" from which we
make extracts as follows:
Certain parties in Cresco are get
ting very much wrought up and some
in McIntire little bit, over the status
of the Riceville wrestler, Ralph Herd
man. Some fellow in Cresco continues
to make allegations and cast out slurs
regarding his ability as wrestler, say
ing that he is dub. whatever that
may be, and that he could not throw a
farmer over there last Friday evening
and that PEGGY can throw him 10 times
in an hour or 3 times in Is minutes. and
that the Bucknell match was fixed. ;
AS to wrestling the
farmer at Cresco last Friday: PEGGY
invited Herdman over to go in prelim-
mary with one Rink, whom he repre-
scented as a farmer with but little
knowledge of the game. 1t developed
that this man Rink is professional
wrestler. Don't this make you feel
big, Frank?] with number of years.
experience, and in fact went through
wrestling campaign last winter.
Herdman, with practically no training,
wrestled him to draw after an hours
effort on the part of the farmer
AS to PEGGY: He has case of sour
stomach. He is a good wrestler and
he ought to be; he has been at it long
enough, surely. But for some reason
he has an attack of Crouch. We
don't know what has been done over
here to stir up his risibilities. In let
ter he has written-not over his own
name, however-he says he can throw
Herdman 10 times in an hour, I'm
doubtedly he can throw the kid, and
perhaps he can throw him 10 times in
an hour, but there is a bunch of fell
lows over here that would like to be
shown.
AS to the Bucknell match being
fixed" Anyone who had witnessed
both matches would have been firmly
convinced that both boys did their Level
best. The idea itself is absurd and ar
injustice to Mcmillan and Bucknel
both. What advantage could Mcmillan
hope to get in permitting his man tc
lose both matches when there was nc
possible show for third.
We don't want to get into a contro
versy, but we do like to see people
fair, square and above board and put
things as they are"
Just to put things as they are We
will state that PEGGY has offered tt
throw Bucknell 10 times in an hour OF
times in Is minutes for from $50 tt
$500, and placed his offer on paper anc
sent it to Herdman's hackers, but car
get no response from them.
As to the Herdman- Bucknell match
being fixed. PEGGY tells us he has q
letter from Mcmillan stating that the
first match at Riceville was fixed. Il
this was the case is it not reasonable tt
suppose that the second was also? MIR
PEGGY also tells US that Mcmillan
wanted him to give Bucknell show ir
their match here, but that in response
to an inquiry from Mcmillan as to
what he proposed to do replied that he
intended to throw Bucknell three times
in as short a time as possible.
The McIntire Monitor writes as fol.
lows concerning the last Herdman.
Bucknell- match at Riceville, and of 8
match in Usage in which Herdman par.
ticipated:
ga number from this place went te
Riceville Saturday night to attend the
Bucknell-Herdman wrestling match al
that place, and mad crowd they were.
All whom we have talked with declare
that the match had every earmark of {
frame up" and all were unanimous ir
declaring their belief that had Buck
nell so desired he could have thrown
Herdman as fast as the latter coulc
get on his feet.
Herdman wrestled again at Usage
Wednesday night with an Usage man
Reports from there say that this mattel
was so frightfully bad that the audi
ence decided that they had not had the
worth of their money and by vote Of
the house decided to give the wrestlers
ten dollars each and to turn the balance
of the receipts after deducting the hall
rent over to the high school baseball
team"
Herdman is good athlete, and may
develop into good wrestler, but he is
unfortunate in the wrestling company
he is keeping.
Fine Program by Skovgaard.
One of the real concerts, that is the
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