Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-18

When Wladek zbyszko, former
worlds champion and present
holder of the Polish heavyweight
title, meets Iran Madras, Greek
champion, at the Chestnut street
auditorium tonight in the first great
heavyweight wrestling match ever
held in this city, it will not be
tame affair as both men must go to
a. finish, best two out of three falls,
and the dope all leads to the belief
that it will be one of the most SEN
sational and aggressive matches OF
the year as SO much hangs on the
result.
championship at Greco-Roman
wrestling has by his record at catch
as-catch-can style proven his rlsht
TO a match with one of the topnotcn-
ers of the game, and now that ne IS
TO meet the great ZbysZko here he Is
already in the city and conndcnt that
he will turn the trick. \ win by
Mauras would be the biggest thlnS
that he could pull in his long career
and establish him as a master and
new headliner in the new style OF
wrestling which he has recently
taken up. e.,
.Zbvszko, on the other hand, fol-
lowing his victory over Joe Stecher
and inst previous to his struggle to
a finish with Ed. tStrangler) Lewis
in New York this Friday night, must
win n clean decision over Madras
here tonight to lay claim again 10
the worlds title should he defeat
Lewis in New York. AS the great
Pole is out to repeat, this match
with Madras is one of his hardest
nuts to crack and he will have to go
| his limit to down the mighty Greek.
Zbvszko is placing every depend
ence on his terrible toe hold, the acc
| of his repertoire in locks, and with 1t
he expects to smash the aspirations
of his rival to replace him as the
worlds champion. But in the fght
to clamp this decisive grip on Mad
ras. Zbyszko will have his work cut
| out for him in avoiding the pinnlns
hamnerlock of the Greek, who is
known as the Hammerlock King of
the wrestling world, a hold he mas
tered and featured when he was
| downing all of them in his old sport
| of Greco-Ro oman wrestling.
The match tonight is likely to be
one of the most thrilling and sem
sational battles of the wrestling
game, for in addition to the fact
that two of the biggest wrestlers of
the world will clash here, they are
evenly matched in those telling
forces of all athletic contests-age,
weight and height. If youth is to be
/ served the battle will go to the fit
test in this case, and both men not
only claim but are in as fine physical
| condition as is possible for them to
arrive at.
| When they clash the outcome is
dependant upon so many factors
! that no one can dope the result.
Either man is able to pin the other
for a fall, if the opportunity comes
to him, so the struggle is likely to
result in the most rapid and ag
gressive of work. A wrestler to avoid
having a pinning hold clamped on
! him must work fast, hence speed
will mark this big bout.
The doors of the Chestnut street
auditorium will open at T.30 to-
night and the preliminaries start al
iS.30 promptly. A ring has been
placed in the center of the building
on which the mat will be stretched
This affords every spectator a splen-
! did view of the battle. Tickets will
remain on sale to-day at Harry's
cigar store and the Schenk and little
sporting goods store. Advance sale