The Washington times., 1913-03-14
TURNER GOING TO
SALT LAKE CITY
Will Meet Mike YokeI in Middle
weight Match Next Wednes.
day Night.
By KIRK c. MILLER.

Joe Turner today wired his accept
ance TO Promoter Harry Haegren, man
ager O. Mike YoIlel, to meet the latter
lightweight wrestler at the Salt Lake
Dheater next Wednesday. Turner has
a bout en- tonight with Young Olsen,
Immediately after which the Washing
ton athlete will entrain for Salt Lake
City. He desires TO reach the Utah
CITY a few DAYS ahead of time, so that
he may become acclimated TO the high
altitude
Altitude plays an important part with
athletes in the western climate, and
one unused to the dry air finds difficulty
In lasting long on account of short
wind II is feared here that this condi-
ton will be a handicap to Turner
Negotiations have been Under way for
six month to have the Salt Lake City
and Washington matmen meet in
battle to decide the middleweight supe-
riority. In the East Turner is given
credit for being the best middleweight
now on the mat, while Yokel is con-
ceded by Westerners to hold the mid
dleweight championship. Since Yokel
disposed of Gerhing, of CieyeiaHd, at
Salt Lake, the former seems to claim
exclusive right to the belt, and has
been defyinE. Turner to disprove his
right to the same.
Turner has by no means been lodging
Yokel. but his schedule has beer well
filled in cities nearer home and he has
put of an acceptance of Yokers chal-
lenge until the previous dates had been
completed.
Meets Olson Tonight.
Whether or not YounG Olsen, the
Newfoundland wrestler, has any claim
to the middleweight title will be de-
cided finally and for all at the Gayety
Theater tonight, when he meets Joe
Turner, of this city. Turner and Olsen
have met on the mat twice before, -Tur-
ner getting the decision on both occa-
slons Each time, however. Olsen
claims that the Capital athlete has been
overweight. and that the result really
does not count in reckoning the better
man Of that class.
Olsen challenged Turner, putting up
his belt against tie one held by the
Washington boy-provided Turner will
weigh in at mat-side at 15S pounds or
less Accordingly, Turner put up his
belt and is today down to the required
weight. set of scales will be pro.
duced on the stage tonight. that all
present will be convinced that both men
are wrestling at the weight tEey an
nounce from the stage. 49,. .-
Kilonis Defeats Anderson.
Just who Manager MAYER will next
bring to Washington to face the clever
middleweight, John Kilonis, is yet q
matter of conjecture among patrons of
the manly sport Kilonis registered his
fourth successive victory in the Capital
this season when he threw Sam Ander-
son, The ex-Harvard wrestling instruc-
tor. twice out of three trials. If Kilonis
continues his present pace on the mat.
tt is likely that Mayer will keep him
at the Avenue theater for the remainder
OF the season to take on all chailengers
of the middleweight class.
Kilonis has few engagements booked
for this year out of town, and it's very
likely that he will confin his activities
to Washington. Already he mas dis
posed of the best middleweight material
that New England now boasts OF, and
toward the end of the year, he pre-
fers working further South.
One of the few out-of-town matches
that he still has scheduled Is al B-oWn's
gymnasium, New York, with Bernhof
Hansen, the Norwegian athlete, on the
9th of this month. This. and one OF
two others are all that keeps him from
accepting a proposition to work right
here in Washington. In last nights
fray Kilonis was on the offensive
throughout, taking Anderson along at
q rapid pace. The Greek got the first
fall after twenty-eight minutes of rough
work, while Anderson eamc back
strong, and in seleven minutes had
pinned Kilonis to the carpet In thc|
third bout Kilonis was oit TO win, and
Il took him twenty minutes 20 get the
fall. The match was a good example
OF speed, roughness. and clevcrnssa. Kill
onis won on his merits.