Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-11
DONOvAN-DESHLER
MATCH SET FOR
NEW YEARS EVE
WRESTLING BOUT AT
ELKSA OPERA HOUSE
Catch as Catch Can With Two
Hour Limit and Fair and
Square FALL Both Men Fine
Physical Specimens.

Jack Donovan of Philadelphia and
each other in a wrestling match at the
Flks' theater New Years eve, the
night Of December 81.
The news that these two powerful
athletes are to give an exhibition oil
the strenuous sport in this city will
be received with pleasure by sport
fans as well as by all lovers of an
exciting clean athletic exhibition be-
tween two men Of well known repu-
tation. The match will be catch-as-
-eatch-can style, two hour limit. Fly
ing falls do not go. 1t must be a Tair
ana square pin fan and The strongest
man wins. strange hold is barred.
Deshlcr will weigh from 1S5 to 1SS
with Donovan at 40. There will be
a preliminary bout before the big
match, the latter beginning at 8
o'clock. and Two other bouts on the
side in the fifteen-minute intermis-
sions.
The tickets win be on sale at Mat
sons At Is cents n $l.00;
ladies', attended, so cents. Articles
viii he signed by the two men sun
day or Monday, at which time a ref
cree will be decided upon.
This will be my first match for the
last six months said Donovan last
night. Il have seer enough of Desh-
Ter to know that he Is Il strong man,
a powerful man, and I am no going
to look for a walk-over. ! believe.
however, that | am nearly as strong
ana that | am faster and know the
game better
Deshler is not saying much but re-
lies on his superior rnuscte to do up
the Philadelphia man. I expect TO
win and demonstrate thar ! am the
better man. said Deshler. Il will go
into training Monday and expect to
be in the best of condition when the
bout is pulled Off
Donovan will put in the time from
now to Tuesday training ana will
leave the city Tuesday to he back
about the 20th and train untll the
date for the match. Donovan has re-
ceived a letter from j. f.. Guier, man
ager for Sutherlin, who has been
wrestling in Mexico, and the two may
llitfl III TT 1 st1p VA -Nth iNNh = 49,"
If Donovan wins he says he will ar
range 70 meet the famous Zello at
1855 pounds for n side bet. Iello's
last match was with schultz, whom
he recently defeated at 1856 pounds.
D%onovan's last match was with Jack
Williams, in Newport News. Va, from
whom he took the best two in three.
Williams had previously wrestled two
hours n a hair with Tom Jenkins.
Donovan met Leo Pardello three
times, losing hi first match, making
the second a draw ana winning the
third. He stayed ten minutes with
Gotch; beat George Parker: stayed
twenty minutes with Anericus; beat
Bah Oleson and Jack Lawrence; was
licked twice by Zello; won two match
es with Dwyer and won a handicap
match with Yussif Mahmout.
Dcshler has done most of his
wrestling in Germany. His last big
match was twelve years 3 and he
has been on the mat twice in the past
year and a half. He says his last
man weighed $50 pounds II he
dOwned him and claims that he has
never been defeated, all his opponents
being moreover considerably bigger
and heavier. There is no doubt of
Deshler's immense strength and the
coming match cannot fail to be well
worth seeing.