The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-02
KARL lEHTO, With mere
TRAINING, WOULD BECOME
WORLD BEATER--zBYSzKO
Polish Champion Says Finn Will
Become One Of Best in
the Country.
NO FALL In PALESTRA MATCH

II would like to train him and make
a world beater' out of him." said
Stanislaus Zbysko, the champion Pol
ish wrestler, referring to Karl Lehto.
the copper country Finnish champion,
after the latter had won the handicap
wrestling match at the Palestra last
evening. 81 think Lehto would make
Just as good a man as Ordemann and
even win the championship"
The Pole was very fair in his state
ment about Lehto, admitting that tho
copper country man had given him
one of the hardest matches of his ca
reer He asserted that Lehto Is q
much stronger wrestler than Person %
Duluth, who has been trying to get a
match with the Finn. When asked
to compare the two, he stated tina;
Lehto is much stronger about the body
a shade in leg work. Zbyszko also
compared Lehto with Henry Orfe-
mann, the crack Minneapolis Norwe-
gian, stating that they are Just the
same" Zybszko intlmatcd that he
would like very much TO train Lehto,
and teach him some of the finer points
Of tho game.
Lehto Stays the Limit.
The Pole was unsuccessful i'm his
effort to throw Lchto twice in an
hour. He was unable to Sc
cure even one fall during the sixty
minutes of grueling work. once, after
the match had continued forty eight
minutes, he succeeded in pinning the
shoulders of the copper country man.
but Lehto's head was off the mat and
according to the articles OF agreement,
no fall could be awarded, although the
referee, DIR. John Miller. who was un-
OF agreement, awarded the fall, later
changing his decision with the consent
Of the Pole.
Put Up a Great Match.
To Lehto belongs the credit for put
ting up one of the finest defensive
contests ever witnessed i'm this section.
Although outweighed by more thar
forty pounds by his big opponent, the
copper country man broke holds which
have worried some of the best men in
the game and wormed his way out of
situations which looked like sure VIC
tory for ZbyszlIo. The Polish grappler
hxr
Tense at all times. Twice during the
match, Lehto took the aggressive for "A
short time in order 10 rest but did
not continue long enough to work the
Poles downfall, If such a thing were
possible.
Zbyszko's most successful hold
against Lehto was the hammerlock,
which he secured several times, but
which the copper country man always
broke. Twice during the great contest,
the Pole secured a full Nelson on his
opponent, but was even then unable to
turn the trick. His toe and foot holds
worried Lehto little, but the copper
country man always broke them. Even
the famous body hold which has
worked the downfall of such men as
Ordemann, Roller, Westerguard and
Cutler, and which Frank Gotch has
been fearful Of was broken by the
Finnish champion. Lehto bridged per-
fectly and his agility enabled him to
elude the bigger and slower man. AS
the match progressed and the Pole saw
that he was i'm danger of losing. he
redoubled his energies, and while IL
might he expected that Lehto would
he weakened, he worked even harder
In the last fifteen minutes than earlier
in the contest.
Referee Changes His Decision.
When the match had continued As
Zbyszko secured a dangerous
inside crotch on Lehto and the latter
attempted to bridge. His head, how
ever, reached the outside of the mat.
which was raised about three inches
Off the floor, and slipped off the mat
As Referee Miller was not familiar
with the clause in the articles OF
agreement providing for this, he
awarded a fall but later after a con-
ference with Zbyszko. who admitted
that hs opponents head had been off
the mat changed his decision.
When the men came on the mat. the
disparity of size impressed all who
were present. Lehtos weight did not
exceed 1877 pounds, while the Polish
Champion weighed about 230 pounds.