The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1916-11-22
Morth's Challenge is
Called Thanksgiving
Eve Card Schedule
Joe Novak Hears of Challenge Covers Agreement
Between Two that the House Receipts Go to Winner
Seasons First Wrestling Glass to be in Armory

The fuss which &. North of Minot,
claimant of the middleweight wres-
Ting championship of the state kick
ed up in Bismarck Monday night
when he stepped into the office of the
sporting editor OF the Tribune and
placed S25 with challenge open to
Joe Novak, the home-guard has been
called. The show down comes on the
evening Of November 20. The event,
which will open the wrestling season
here, will be staked in the armOry.
The time, $50 o'clock.
Novak Gets Wind of the Challenge.
Joe Novak, who during the summer
months has been travelling with the
Cash Carnival company, meeting as
many as eight men day and having
a seasons pedigree which shows that
only three men succeeded in staying
with him more than Is minutes, re-
turned to the Capital City last We'd
nesday. Novak was in the new Van
Horn hotel, where he is making his
headquarters, when friends showed
him the article in the Tribune. It
was too much for The sporting blood
of the home pride. He threw on a
big coat, whirled around the corner.
dashed into the Tribune office and
slapped down $50, calling the North
pot and offered to go into the match
on condition that the winner should
take ALL That was agreed upon. @
Some Bout is Predicted.
some bout was the prediction
made by fans when they heard that
the two men had been matched. Fol
lowers Of the game know that North
and Novak are evenly matched both
in size and weight. Both are fast.
can sail on the mat and give action
which the fan wants. Most wrestlers
go into the, game on a % or 70 pei
cent basis, but this bout is to be for
the house receipts. 1t means work,
it means fight and it means that the
spectators will see every ounce OF
good sporting blood tested before
them. That's the menu for the
Thanksgiving eve card in Bismarck.
Men Of All Walks to Attend.
In the mass Of spectators who, no
doubt, will attend the first card OF
the season, one is apt to see men of
every walk Of life in Bismarck-state
and county officials, professional, bus
mess and laboring men. There never
was a man yet who could step onto
mat in Bismarck and have the local
following that always turns out to see
Novak. The home "boy" tipped Rob
ert Wagner at Wilton last Wednesday
night, in his first match of the season
in his home territory. Tonight he
srapples with Alex Bean for the best
two out of three falls at Wilton.
Eean is partner of Tony Bernard,
the South Dakotan, who is making
jamestown his headquarters for the
winter, and will meet Al Otnes there
on Thanksgiving afternoon.
The defeat of Sailor jack" in two
straight falls, at Minot last winter by
North, put the Minot fellow into the
public eye. Since then he had been
tipping all corners with ease. Six bouts
were staged in MMot last winter with
North as one OF the principals. He
won every one. On these victories he
makes claim to the middleweight
championship Of North Dakota.
Whether it belongs to Minot of Bis.
marck-whether it belongs to the
northwestern part of the state or the
southwestern-that will be decided
definitely and decisively here Thanks
giving eve.
Following the match at Wilton to.