Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-07
STAR MAT ARTISTS WILL
WREsTLE IN THIS CITY
Revival of Graphing Game Planned
for Richmond During the
Summer Months.
MAY BRING sTECHER HE
Promoters VIII Match Greatest
Wrestlers in Game If Possible.
Initial Bout Probably Will BE Held
at Ball Park on Memorial Day.

heavyweight wrestling will be offer.
ed TO the mat fans Of this city during
the summer months. and arrangements
are now being made by the promoters
OF the game to stage the initial match
on the night OF Memorial Day Just
who the performers will be has not
been determined upon. but it IS as.
sured that the men will be known ma.
tiona!ly TO followers of the wrestling
game.
il Is planned by the promoters 10
have a match at least once n week and
Broad street Park has been secured
for the affairs Only wrestlers OF stand
ing "ill be matched, and il Is prob
able that the majority Of the stars who
partici pated in the international. tour
ney at New York during the winter
will be seen here
Mort Henderson the masked marvel,
has practically closed with the pro-
motors for match. and if possible he
will be put on the mat against Ed
Lewis. the local favorite. Henderson
made name for himself in the big
tournament and il was only after he
had worn himself out with nightly
matches against the best men the world
has produced that he was pinned.
II is hoped that Stranger Lewis
can be matched with some big crap
pier for the initial event, hut rs Lewis
is now touring the country meeting all
corners, he may not be able to reach
here on that date. II he cannot he
secured. two of the men who placed
high In the tournament will be brought
here for the first bout
WILL TRY TO GET STECHER
TO MEET LEWIS HERE
Negotiations have already started
with Joe Stecher. the Western wonder
for a match here. Stecher is willing
20 come. hut the purse will have to be
IA whopper TO get him on the mat any
where. II the attendance at the first
few matches is good ii is probable
that the promoters will take the risk
and match him. providing he will con-
sent TO go on with Ed Lewis.
Lewis and Stecher met last year out
in the West, and the Westerner got
the decision after throwing Lewis on,
of the ring and severely injurinG him
The men have not met since that time
although both have been up against
the same wrestlers. Stecher has dOdG-
cd Lewis since the last meeting, al
though he processes nc is able to throw
the Kentucky youth.
since the fiasco here two years ago
wrestling has been in ill-rcpute. but
since the revival OF the game TN New
York and the other big Eastern cities
when II was demonstrated that matches
could be pulled Off straight, former pa :
irons or tn sport nave been anxious
to sec il revived here. There was CON
siderable interest locally in the inter
national tournament, as Rtchmonders
had seen the work of several OF the
men and were pulling for them.
Broad Street Park will be fixed UP
in such n way as to make tho patrons
OF the game comfortable during the
matches. 1t Is probable that some fast
lightweight preliminarics Will be stag
ed. The wrestling match will be prac-
tically the only public sporting event
of Memorial Day.
The promoters OF the wrestling game
here are all wel1-known sportSmen. 1t
Is probable company will be organ
ICED to look after the sport and 10
guarantee It's being on tho level