The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-09
MAT CHAMPIONSHIP IS
CLAIMED BY SEVERAL
rlcStina and IhNsILu. However,
Have H'-st Claims, Having pC-
fCntCd ILr>t IN the GpmC.

so ,ho,,cr morse. o"uld nc sor,cd
up 10 wrestling fans than u finish
battle between Muraln rlcsunn and
Maddox IbNsgku Such contest
undoubtedly would pack any arena
In which 30 waa staged and would
Great" greater inlrrcs, than.a any
since the da}a when Frank Gotch
va. heading 'cm all
Each lays ,a.m io the heavy
weight grapplug ,hhmpiuuzhlp OF
the world Each has ta-,cmhl un
imposing nsl of victories aud
against different focA The, never
have mot Aud until the, do I'm =
deciding contest The claim ~ ucBihcr
can b" universally roeF Fulsrd
4 meeting between the two should
result IN a great affair iut the
chances Rro that It never Vtli h,
Hiagcd And that ls due simply to
'he fact that there Is M feeling ho.
tween the rival mnnagcrn Jack
'urloy ANA Joe Marsh Hut tho at
Iludr OF tho two concerning a
match between rlcslina ana Xhys2ku
n radi'ally different Marsh In FOR
mo cuiH"st, aud turlcy sccinH to DO
unaltcrnbly opposed.
y Will never consent 10 XhyOko
meeting hlcHtinH while remain ts
HhNHHko's manager and Marsh con
unuos to handle plcstinH." ia th,
way that Curlcy puts H.
'I'I"sllna 10 open 10 meet any man
In the world at any time. anywhere
and for any amount IL the pusilio
which Marsh takes
II N too bad Cor the anke OF
wrcstling that Curlcy cannot bc
moved from his stand
WIN tonCcdc Handicap.
'ufleSs big reason for refusing
10 match Zbyszko with plestina IL
the fear that Zbynko Will be boaton
80 quickly that the match would he
a Joke" IL tho viewpoint Of March
II am willing 10 have plestlna handi.
capped In his match with Zby-
s'ko. II turlcy will give Plostina n
match with Xbysko I will agree In
PlcHlna's behalf. 10 let Zbybzko re-
cure his fnvorite toe hold and then
the match can go on, The contest
can be the best two falls out Of three
under such conditions and Ibyszko
VIII be privileged to get his toe hold
at the beginning Of each fall And
| have $4,000 right now To bet at
10 ! that under such conditions
FleHtlnH VIII win the match
~ Curiey thinks that Hby1ko is
such a world heater ho certainly can
max" cleanup on contest with
lestlna II turley IN not satisfied
with conditions outlined above | will
bet $4,000 at even money that Plcs.
tina can throw IbysLkO three times
in one hour
"turley ana his friends and quite
n number ~ wrestling enthusiasts
claim that Zhysko is the greatest
wrestler In the world today. II they
actually'fe"l that way then they must
he confident that the Polish gran.
pier can beat anybody Yet hero
| am ready to post slO,O0O-and
more n II is wanted Ms bet that
Pl"silnu can down the so-called
worlds champion three times In 80
minutes II those fellows have the
courage OF their own convictions all
they need 10 do Is 10 cover my for
fci, and give Plestlna u match"
Pupil Of Go,ch.
Plestina was "A pupil Of Frank
Gotch and got much OF his early
training from the champion OF
champions He worked daily with
Goich for many months and Il was
al the HIggestion OF Gotch that Pies
tina Joined the ranks OF profea-
sional wrestlcrs and started out to |
make "A name for himself IIo has |
been wrestling for several years and |
not at any time since he reached |
his prime has he encountered any |
who was hls superior lie
has defeated In a decisive way, every
wrestler who tried conclusions with |
him
Zbyszko has improved wonderfully |
over his form Of year ago The
Pole II one OF the most wonderful
men that ever stepped onto a mnt
but he always looked upon wrestling
more Es playful occupation than n
serious buHncAs He never would |
throw himself into bis work RutI
some months ago Curiey tooE~Hhy-
rzkO asid" and uttered words which |
ZhyEkO hasn't forgotten
And Ihysko took u tumble and |
from then on became "a different
type OF athlete lilo went about his
work seripurly and improved greatly |
A. last ho was matched with loo
StcChcr I'm an elimination contest
and won from Stcchcr Then h"
took on Stranger Lewis, who was
his closest riyal.-wlth tho exception |
or plesliuH and won from him In |
a spectacular match IN New York