The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-23
DECLARES THAT PERSON Is
ANXIOUS TO MEET lFHIO
Duluth News-Tribune Says Cop
per Country Wrestler Will
be Accommodated.
BIG PURSE FOR The MATCH

As the name of the man is with
held II is difficult to determine the
genuineness OF the report from the
copper country that certain Calu-
met (M'ch.,) business man has Of
fered 10 back Karl Lehto the Finnish
wrestler for $1,000 against Chris Per-
son OF Duluth. says the Duluth News
Tribune which continues: If the re-
port is true and Lehto is willing-an-
other doubtful phase of the small sized
imbroglio between the two wrestlers
1t probably will not be long before
they get together. Lehto claims that
he wishes a straight match. Taking
this also cum grano sails. IL will not
be hard for the Calumet man to per-
suade Chris to back himself to the
extent of his financial capabilities, for
the Duluth man has not the slightest
doubt that he can throw Lehto in a
straight match.
No effort has been made to belit-
tie the ability Of the copper country
champ, though he may have been pan
ned a little for his ineXplicable reluct-
ance to meet Person. The latter has
been trying for a match with Lehto
the entire winter. and. unless this al
legged 1000 bet really is n hopeful
sign, Person Is no nearer his object
than when he issued his first chal-
lengc
81, 81 thot a Ton
busy TO meet Person, but he was COM
PEELED to shift from this excuse from
the very absurdity of II, as he has
been engaging in other matches and
exhibitions and now is training for a
bout with Zbyszko, for which articles
were signed only recently. Then he
said he was going to travel and finally
he demanded that Person first meet
Gronlund and Wiirtanen, two men who
were in no particular the equal of Per-
son. The Duluth wrestler met the two
Firms and won his match, but still
Lehto is holding off. His admirers are
free in talking for him and declaring
THAT he will wrestle, but so far as rs
known. no one has heard him issue an
acceptance to the challenge.
one of his friends writing under a
Calumet date to the News Tribune
has the following to say;
presumably Person has led you 20
believe that Lehto is buffer and n
joke but he is not. Our champ is a
clean sport gentleman, off and on
the mat. Lehto claims nothing for
himself concerning his ability but let
II be understood that our Suomi win,
for the sake of good clean sport, prob
ably accommodate Person by pinning
his shoulders to the mat. should the
opportunity arise. And so far as tho
faith Of his country men and the mat
fans of the red metal district are con-
cerned. | can state that bets never go
a-begging when offered against Lehto.
The latter will, no doubt, for amiability
take on Person at his leisure and will
give him an opportunity to patronize
some Hot Springs resort to recuperate
from the result.
Trusting that this will meet with
the approval of Person and his adj
mirers. l am yours for clean sport.
IAN ENTHUSIAST"
Offers to Throw Four.
Person has Just returned to Du-
luth after a trip to Winnipeg. While
there he issued a challenge to throw
the four best heavyweights in the city
in 80 minutes of actual wrestling. He
named Fred McLaghlan Ed. Quist,
Knute Hoel and Carl Miller as the men
he would like to take on in one even
ing. He stated that he would be free
to wrestle there any time after Feb. 2S.
Duluth's next wrestling match will
be Friday night when Sailor Jack, the
newsboy champion of Buffalo. n. Y,
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