The Washington herald., 1913-02-23
TWOGOOD BOUTS
BOOKEDON MAT
Hjalmar Lundin and Shad Link
Meet Wednesday = Kilonis
and Montana Thursday.
NO HOLDS ARE BARRED
Grapplers will Battle on Lyeeun Stage
in Match for Race Cham.
pionship.
NO HOLDS ARE BARRED
By c. w. SWAN.

Two good wrestling bouts are sched-
uied here this week, the first taking place
Wednesday night at the Gayety Theater,
when Hjalmar Lundin, the champion
heavyweight of Sweden, tackles Shad
Link, the well-known Baltimore mat ar
tist, in finish match, best two in three
falls.
The other bout will create a great deal
OF excitement as the principals. John
l<ilonis and Louis Montana. the italian
wildcat. met once before on the Lyceum
stage I'm a battle which will live long In
the memory of the local followers of the
mat game. No holds were barred In that
match. and after each man had gained a
fall the bout became 50 rough that Mon
tano was badly hurt. Kilonis also suf-
fered an injury in this bout, and when
Montana heard that Kilonis was in
Washington he lost no time in getting
after him.
kilonis worked fifteen minutes with Joe
Turner at the Gayety Friday night after
lrslinger had heen crippled, and put up
a fast bout In the match Thursday
night at the LyCeum no hold will he
barred, thus assuring the wrestling fans
a hard-Sought bout from the start. Pat
O'Connor. the weIl-known local sports
man, will be the official referee.
Lundin comes here with a good reputa-
tiOn, and the Shad Link weight
will find that he is up against a mighty
good man when Lundin steps on the
mat.
Link has heen working hard for the
East two months with Al Maupus, the
Baltimore butcher and is in the best of
condition for this bout Manager Peck,
of the Gayety, acceding to the demands
Of the patrons that a heavyweight be
put on, managed to get into communica-
tton with Lundin and secured him for
Wednesday night
Henry Irslingsr left yesterday for New
York. to complete his business in that
city. He is booked to arrive in Wash
inSton late tomorrow night. when he
will undergo treatment for his shoulder
to be ready for Joe Tnruer.
lrslinger put UP a fast and aggressive
bout with Turner. the local boy only
getting the match when Irslinger was
badly injured. Turner showed that he
is a good sport by refusing 10 ACCEPT the
purse posted against his belt. as Irsling-
or was in no condition TO continue the
match.
Turner arrived in Washington Friday
afternoon. accompanied by his wife, and
went on the mat Friday night He had
wrestled two hard matches before dur
ing the week. and had Travelled from
Charlotte. s c. While il is true that
Irslinger had wrestled three hours in
New York Thursday night with George
T;othner. the match ending in 4 draw
he looked TO be in the better condition
of the two
Turner will train faithfully for the
next two weeks and when the Irslinger-
Turner bout is arranged, the local fol- |
lowers of the wrestling game will find
a different Turner on the mat
An interesting fact about John Kilonis |
which will endear him TO his country
men here is the three benefit matches he |
wrestled in Philadelphia, Manchester and |
Society. He met Joe Wood, the husky |
German, in the Quaker City, and turned |
his share of the proceeds to help his |
In Manchester he defeated Paul Hansen. |
and in Lewiston Wilfred Boureat. the |
French grappler. was forced to accept |
the short end of the purse.
Eilnnis is here after Joe Turner, and |
will make the Lyceurn his headquarters |
for the winter He will meet the best |
middle-weights in the country and is !
open to tackle any man in the world at /
the middle-weight limit. l5S pounds, for |
a purse and a side bet.
Shad Link will make his re-appearance !
on the mat at the Gayety Wednesday |
night. and from all. reports the Balti- |
more .grappler is in tip top shape. Three |
years ago Shad ranked with the top |
notchers in the heavyweight class, and |
according 10 Al Maupus. has regained |
his od-tinc form and speed.