Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-08
POLE in A FOUL,
TURNER Is VICTOR
Wrestling Bout at Burtis Opera
House Borders on Riot at
the Close.
DECISION FIRES zBYszKo
Gordon Fails to Show and Iowan
Proves Stubborn Substitute
Challenge Accepted.

Not content with the production of
such men as Burns and Gotch, Iowa
mas pro MOTHER terror to the
foreign 11i-, Frestlers in the per-
son of George Turner of Kellogg.
1t was this same George Turner who
appeared last evening as a substitute
for Policeman" Gordon of Minneap
oils, in catch-as-catch-can match with
The touted Zbyszko, the giant Pole,
who has been heralded as a demon
and the most formidable opponent Of
Frank Gotoh for the championship OF
the world. this OF course through his
Buffalo, n. Y, two weeks ago and %
pin the shoulders of several third
raters to the mat in recent exhibitions.
Poles Advantage In weight.
However, Zbyszko bit off just a lit
/ tie bit more than he could chew whel
he attempted TO throw Turner twice
in 40 minutes before a crowd of sew
eral hundred at the Burtis in Daven-
Port last evening. Zbyszko tipped the
beam at 23G pounds, while Turner
weighed in at 1873, but the latter's
Pole on the jump and it was not until
after % minutes OF the hard est kind
of work that Z5yszko secured the first
fall with leg and arm hold
After an intermisSior OF 10 minutes
the mat artists were at il again AMI
it was here that Turner displayed his
knowledge of the game and made life
miserable for his foreign opponent
Fouls in Desperation.
1t was necessary that tho second fail
be secured by Zbyszko in a fraction
over 10 minutes and after 10 minutes
had rolled by and been announced by
the timers, Z5yszko displayed anxiety
He was wild il his efforts to gain an
effective hold. but they were broken
one after another by the elusive Tur-
ner. With q man of only ordinary
knowledge Of tha wrestling game the
big Pole might have been successful
but with Turner it was different, as
ne was wei W on al the little tricks
of the game, and il was these that fe
used to break many effective holds
SeTcral times Zbyszko had Turner ali
but pinned to the mat only to have the
Iowan gouge his thumb or toe into the
mouth, ear or eye of the foreigner ana
break the hold. This enraged Zbsyzko
and he found that Is minutes had
passed and only few left in which
he had a chance at the long end of the
purse, ne went at Turner rough and
tumble. He rushed him to the walls
and into the chairs among the spec
tators. but even at tnis he failed
to gain a point Then he doubled his
fists and struck Turner several times,
but Turner had him outclassed at the
boxing game and the crowd roared
for Turner to go after him,
Decision to Turner; Nearly Riot.
Zbyszko had fouled when he saw
that he was beaten and when he en-
deavored to make a boxing match OF
the bout the spectators left their seats
and flocked to the stage and the bout
was given to Turner on a foul.
The decision was received with
unanimous favor by the spectators,
but it nearly caused a not by Zbyszko
and his manager. who were enraged 1T
the outcome and who threatened ali
sorts of things. 1t ended with
challenge by Zbyszko to Turner for
straight match. and the latter in a
short speech, accepted, although no
date has been set
The affair was staged III an efH9rt
to revive the wrestling game in the
three cities, but it was a bad start.
Zbyszko was overrated to commence
with, Packy Mcfarland failed to put in
his appearance as referee of the main
bout and John Voss of Rock Island
had to substituted. Gordon of Mime
apolis also failed, but Turner was more
than satisfactory as substitute.
No Match for GOtch.
Yet those who staged the affair must
be given credit for bringing Zbyszko
to the tri-cities, as his showing afford
ed a tip on how to place your money
should he ever sign up for straight
match with Champion Frank Gotch.
The only preliminary was bout be
tween John Voss of Rock Island and
Robert Anderson of Moline, Voss win
ming the match by taking two straight !
falls in II and 10 IL minutes respec-
tiveIv