The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-05
YOUNG BELL
ISSUES CHALLENGE
TO GEORGE HERBERT
ALSO SAYS HE is WILLING TO
MEET TURNER, ALBRIGHT
OR OTHERS HERE.

In letter to the sporting editor of
The Virginian young" Been chal-
lenges George Herbert, Joe Turner
Con Albright or any other wrestler
who will meet him under proper"
conditions, for a bout. He states that
he has made monkies OF most of those
who have opposed him in previous
serve any of the boys known in the
local wrestling world in the same
manner. His letter follows:
Sporting Editor Richmond Firginian:
Dear Sir.--Just a few lines TO let
you know that / am hot after some
OF the wrestlers now in your midst
I am anxious TO wrestle one Mr.
George Herbert, of your city and also
Con" Albright.
/ will offer to throw Herbert twice
in one hour, and | will wrestle for all
to winner. and If he wants side bet
he can also be accommodated.
claim 1876 pounds cham pionship and
while I weigh l41 pounds at present
can easily make 1876 pounds for
title bout. / do not ask my opponents
to make any weight except in the case
OF Con Albright and Joe Turner.
These men / will tackle In two out
of three fall match to a finish pro-
viding they make 1872 pounds. / don't
think Albright or Turner can beat me
in a handicap and / am ready to
come to Richmond and meet Albright
and meet any man in the middle
weight class in a handicap. AS /
stated before / will take them on In
a straight bout If they wrestle at l52
pounds This is not asking too much
as this would give Albright over
twelve pounds advantage. ! have on
many occasions wrestled men from
ten TO twenty pounds heavier, and /
have always beaten them or made a
good bout, as they could not throw me,
As 10 the crack OF your city, Her
bert, / am ready for him at any time
and l believe I can beat him under
any condition or at any weight.
would like TO wrestle him. / have
lost only once In my career to a 49,
pound man and that is John Billette.
OF Toledo, O. who is the world
champion. ! lost TO him in two
hours after / was hurt. Billette has
refused to meet me for over year
and / am now promised q bout with
him in the coming fall. ! am sure
i can take his title. have beaten
every other good man. / would Ike
TO come to Richmond and take on
Herbert or Albright or any other sec
ond rate middleweight or welter-
weight. Inc matter OF even ten or
fifteen pounds difference in weight
does not scare me, as / can hold my
own with any of these men. | have
beaten them before and can do it
again. Mike Yokel. Of Salt Lake
City, worlds champion middleweight,
took me on here in a twenty minute
handicap when he met all corners at
the Star theater and he couldn't even
touch me. I made monkey out or
him, so you see have nothing to
fear from these fellows.
AT Woousocket, n. J.. last Deem
Der met Eugene Trem hlay, Of Mon
treai. for the weller title. Tremblay
weighed 144 pounds. / weighed 1877
pounds. and after one hour and forty
minutes he deliberately pitched me
out of the ring to save himself a
beating But ] Will get him yet |
will wrestle George Herbert. Trem-
blay. Bille,te. Albright. Turner, or any
other man in the game under proper
conditions. as / stated in my letter.
Yours very truly,
FRANK young" BELL