The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-25
TURNER WOULD
Make RICHMOND
HIS FUTURE HOME

Joe Turner, the worlds middle
weight wrestling champion and wear
er OF the Police Gazette diamond belt.
who has been matched by George
Herbert and Frank Morano to meet
Young Olsen at the Ball Park on
Friday night writes that X he Ia sue
cessful in the bout he will move his
city his future home.
turner recognizes that he will not
have an easy time defeating Olsen.
and declares that he Is training hard
and will be In first-class condition for,
what he says he will make, the fight
OF his life. He will arrive in the
city tomorrow to complete his train
ing. His letter in full follows:
Morano and Herbert,
. Dear Friends:
am glad that you secured the
bout between Olsen and myself as
want a chance to prove to the people
OF Richmond that was misjudged In
my match there last year. I con-
coded everything to Dodge and
wrestled forty minutes with three
fractured ribs and fractured Dodge's
arm before l agreed for him to stop
with a draw, l was laid UP for three
weeks in the mountains at Asheviiie,
N. c., as a result of the bout.
When i appear again In Richmond
on the Goth. l am going to be IN
first-class condition and be able to put
UP the bout OF my life. You boys
say you want to keep the game on
the square. Well. you can depend up
on me to help you in any way possible
and as for myself. the only way
give any one $500 that can prove that
any bout that ever took part in
wasn't absolutely on the level. and
for the best man to win. This boy
Olson. Is a tough proposition, but you
can depend upon me to do my best TO
win. and II am successful will move
with my wife TO Richmond and make
that city my home. as ! like the town
and the people. Hoping we will have
a packed house. I am,
Yours sincerely,
JOE TURNER.
Worlds Middleweight Champion
Wrestler.
The bout Friday night is expected
to be one of the fastest and hardest
fought ever seen in Richmond. This
lis the fourth time these men have
met, Turner having been the winner
In two of the other bouts. Each has
a high opinion of the ability of the
other and each knows that his best
efforts viii he required IL he Is to
become the winner,
Ii was only because of some high
Bidding Nn the part Of George Herbert
and Frank Morano that the Turner
Olsen bout was secured for this city.
Manager Peck Of Washington
theatef WAS very anxious to have the
IN, e., nd hid high
fnr II. However. the local promoters
were determined to stage a first class
match and they put up the greatest
amount Of coin.
Because of the Increased expense at
which they have been put, Herbert
and Mornuo have announce that for
this bout the ringside seats Will be
sold for a dollar, This is considered
cheap as compared with the prices
which the men demand In other cities
Rtngside seats during previous bouts
are said to have sold as high as five
dollars and have averaged about two
nifty. The grandstand and general
admission prices will be the same as
heretofore.
Young Olsen is in daily training at
the local ball park and he states that
he will make the middleweight mark
of ISIS pounds for the bout He came
out of the match with Collins unin-
jured and declares that he will be Mt
for that with the champion