The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-15
Will GO TO FINISH
Wrestlers Tomorrow Night Have
to Win Two Falls.
Two Matches of Highest Class
Middleweights.
G1ON AND MILL R
AND MILLIR
Clash in Catch as Catch Car
Bout at Grand.
Lennett and Doctor the Second
Attraction.

George Gion. DIR. Chas. Lennett and
Jim Doctor, three Of the principals in
the wrestling bill for tomorrow night,
are here now and training for their
bouts. Jack Miller has not yet ar
rived, but has wired he will be on
hand In the best Of condition.
This Is the second wrestling event
offered for the fans in Topeka and was
promoted solely because of the great
success or the first, the Hacken-
schmidt Westergaard match the night
OF the 7th. That match proved that
topeka barbored a great number of
wrestling fans and inspired the man
agement of the Grand theater to Sc
cure further bouts.
The two principal matches for
Thursday night are of q lighter weight
class than the former match. where
both men weighed over the 210 mark
The heaviest of the quartet which will
wrestIe tomorrow night are Gion and
Doctor, each Of whom weighs $50
pounds.
The headline match is that of
George Gion and Jack Miller. Gion
is Nebraska wrestler whose home
is at Aurora. He is a powerful man
and has wrestled all over his own
state and throughout the west. Miller
is a remarkably well developed ath-
lete of New York and weighs 1T6
pounds. He has command of most of
the tricks of the game as well as
strength His great speciality is that
of headspinning and probably has
worked the trick to the highest eff
cheney of any wrestler. BY this trick
he can break the most powerful holds,
fiinging his feet into the air and whirl-
ing on his head. This match at nearly
even weights ought to prove a fast one
and is a finish match of two falls.
The second match will be little less
in class, both of the men having al
ready won considerable fame on the
mat. DR.. Lennett, whose home is In
Lincoln, but who has announced a de-
termination to make Topeka his fu-
ture headquarters is eight pounds shy
the weight of his adversary, Jim Doc
tor, whose home Is at Believille. Doc
tor has been wrestling In Illinois and
is regarded as one of the best at his
weight. Both are experienced in the
mat game and are anxious to annex a
victory. Lennett's hardest opponent to
date has been Westergaard. The big
Swede labored with him for 25 min
utes and finally pulled q shoulder out
of place. That incident has kept Len
nett off the mat for nearly a year.
This bout is another finish match of
two falls. - .s--{Aft 49,
Inasmuch as these matches are to
go to finish, they will be more salts
factory to the larger number of fans
than was the higher class bout of last
week. In the handicap events, one
of the wrestlers need only be on the
defensive to win the match and that
was the game played by Westergaard.
He won it and his followers were de-
lighted. But the admirers of the
mighty Hackenschmidt were dissatis-
fed, as was Hack himself. After the
time was called and he had failed to
throw the giant Swede. the Russian
Lion grew somewhat peeved and COM
planned that in a few more minutes
he would have won. Since that date
he has been getting finish matches
only.
Spencer L. Abbott, who refereed the
Hackenschmidt bout, has agreed to Of
f1ciate again.