Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-11-18
!bERTS0N
GETS POWERS
CT Makes Good His Reputation
5 a Faker, but not as a Wrest.

,.e wrestling game received an
ar setback in Beach last
-~11nesday night when G. A.
.ibertson and Al. Powers, alias
ack Downs. were billed for a
aatch for 5000 aside. 1t was
another Of those matches in which
he sports parted with their VEL
let and then after it was over
", y,,fe never to 60 again. But we
predict the next faker who comes
along will draw another 5000
mouse Notwithstanding.
Powers, who, with his partners,
las been staging matches here for
the past year, met his Waterloo
Doth financially and otherwise,
when he agreed to wrestle Gill
bertson, who is his superior by
az. Gilbertson had been trying
get match with Powers for
r year and finally Powers
eed to match and publicly
allenged Gilbertson for 5000
:e.de and gate receipts, to which
Gbertson promptly accepted. 1t
proved to be great drawing card
ind the lo:al sports were all
there with their dollar and some
additional to bet on Gilbertson,
,vhom they knew was Powers bet
.. and would wrestle on the
square.
7ut the 5000 side bet was
ar put up, Powers putting it
~ upon one excuse or other and
. the meantime approached Gill
-rtson and attempted to get him
= lay down and become party
=, a fake match, explaining how
easy it would be to "coin"
money under an agreement of
t|,is kind. Gi!bertson refused,
wiereupon Powers refused to
Tut up his part of the side bet.
.owever, the audience being
msious to see the match and
pend their dollars. it was
greed at the last minute be-
xeen the contestants to wrestle
or the gate receipts. Powers,
'owever, knowing Gilbertson
-,su aid be the winner, attempted
.all all bets off and protect
US friends who might have placed
cir money on him, but Gilbert
con protested, claiming the
match was on the square regard
less of Powers statements to the
contrary. And it proved to be,
s far as Gilbertson was con-
erned. as Powers was put down
;ckly in two successive falls,
: latter putting up such a poor
wing that the audience became
.ignant-and Powers made a
sty departure from the city,
lining the while that Gilbert.
:, forced him to lay down in
i to get his share Of the
receipts. However, Powers
tagged so many shady matches
each that he is in disrepute
he will probably work his
in greener fields hereafter.
ly about two weeks ago he
ia match with the so-called
:; 'ible Swede" of Baker,
and it developed that the
& de" received his end Of the
se before going on the mat,
the audience paid over 5000
e the performance.
4st year he agreed to throw 8
man three times in an hour.
finding he was up against it.
!me angry and assaulted his
onent with his fists, policemen
e forced to place him under
EST and he was fined S25 in
dice court. The decision was
,ivs to his opponent on a foul,
;:',r Powers, or Downs, had the
re , to ask for 40 per cent Of the
ga;S fecelptS. But MS asking
Wa: Of no avail and the entire re-
ceipts, by vote of the audience,
W, : given to his assaulted oppon'
c. who had the sympathy Of all,
such characters can come in
own and by arranging fake
hes clean up hundreds of dol
is mystery. If the sport,
not know enough to SCI
Ugh their games it is abou
the law should take a hant
2ut a stop to such perform
3 and prosecute the offenders
are on a level with othel
nails who obtain money un
alse pretense.