The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03
Both Men Have Much to Gain or
Lose and Will Do Their
Utmost. !;
GREEKS TAP BANK ROLLS
TO WAGER ON C0MPATRIOT
Many Women Will Attend Be-
sides Hundreds of DemetraFs
Admirers From Country.

When William Demetral, the Greek
world s. best mat artists, and Hassan
Yousouf, the Turk, clash at Salt Palace
tomorrow afternoon not only will there
be the pride of winning, with the big
financial returns to the winner, but
also the satisfaction of racial quarrel
resulting within the last decade in a
war that was disastrous to the pride of
the defeated nation. 1t will mean that
both men will carry with them to the
mat the animus of their forefathers,
members of strong races with whom
wrestling was national pastime cen.
turies before the birth of the Amer
lean continent.
Hassan comes from tribe of pure
Arabic stock noted for its athletic
prowess, the first of whom came to this
country long ago as members of gym
nastic and acrobatic troupe which was
q feature of the big circuses of the
past From early boyhood he was a
member of the wrestling staff of Sui.
tan Abdul Hamid, who was deposed a
few years since and banished to Sa
| lonica.
Hassan thus comes to his present
standing in the wrestling world through
a long course of teaching and train
ing under Turkish instructors, knowl-
edge widened by travel through Eu-
rope, where be competed against the
best men of his weight in open tourna'
ments and Olympian games, winning at
both Brussels, in Belgium, and at Man
chester. England, the latter place be.
ing within stone s throw of the Ian
castershire district from where the So
called Lancastershire, or catch-as"
catch-can rules originated.
1t was this fact that induced Edward
Willis, the famous European wrestling
expert, to secure Hassan to come to
this country, where his trials satisfied
the best eastern experts, that he rs
capable of meeting the best men OF
his weight in the world.
Boston Arena Star.
In fact he has already been selected
rs one of the home stars at the Bos
ton arena for the coming wrestling
season, The arena is the second big
gest building of its kind in the eoun-
try and during the coming fall and win.
ter every European star of note will
be shown there, while many minor
championship contests will be decided
before next spring.
Since coming to Salt Lake to train
for the match with Demetral the Turk
| has lived up to his eastern showings.
He has displayed excellent form as q
rugged wrestler of the fget-there -
type, with great bodily strength and
wrestling skill of high order. The
high altitude is about the only thing
that his handlers appear to fear. But
up to the present the Turk has shown
no evidence of distress, even when
working at top speed. This may be
due to the fact that the cauntry near
Salt Lake resembles somewhat the ter
| ritory in which he was born and ralsed.
Since coming here much Of his outdoor
work has been confined to climbing and
| long walks up the adjacent mountains
His indoor work has been done with u
staff Of eight wrestling partners, two
of whom he put out Of commission early
in the week, but whose places were
taken by George Hanno, the local Syr-
ian; Danny Keith and Conner OF Lehi,
who. together with Peter Sullivan toS
coach Hassan in blocking leads, havu3
helped to bring the Turk to fine
point of physical condition.
Hassan Slightly Heavier,
When Hassan finished training last
night he weighed 195 pounds. This
will give him few pounds advan-
tage over Demetral, who will step on
| the mat about five pounds less In
weight. Hassan and Demetral are al
most identical in height while Has
san has trifle the longer reach. In
all other respects the men appear to
be evenly matched, their styles only be-
ing dissimilar and of such opposite
types that no matter which wins the
contest promises TO be one of eXcep.
tonal ruggedness and hard, scientific
wrestling.
Demetral first became famous in this
country through his defeat of Tsamop-
olous. the winner of the heavyweight
events IN the renewal of the Olympic
games at Athens some years ago This
established Dcmetral S standing as o
powerful wrestler of the greyhound
type, wiry and enduring, with stead
ily growing knowledge of the finer
points Of wrestling, but wtbsl pos
sessiug n natural skill that was OF more
value TO him than any course of in
struction he could ever have received.
An apt student, Demetral studied
and wrestled men Of all kinds and
weights looking forward always to the
time when he would have grown in
flesh To a point where he would be
The world S champions. While no has
not yet attained his ambition, be has
made remarkable showiugs with Gotch
and Hackeuschmidt, who arc to settle
tho possession of the world g cham
pionsbip at almost the same hour De-
metral is called upon TO tackle the
hardest game of his life in this city.
Winner May Be Champion.
That the winner Of the match here
tomorrow will eventually get chance
at the winner of the match in Chi. |
cago is certain. hence besides the purse
at issue at Salt Palace will come the
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