Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14
n|lI|sA COMES BACK
| STRONG II. SANTEl;
/. GHA[LEhGEAB BLUFF?
Manager for Plestina Asserts it
Was Made When Light
Heavyweight Knew Marsh's
Protege Could Not Come.
ALLEGES AD sIDEsTEPs
Concedes That He Is Clever
Wrestler but Took Vacation
When Marin Arrived--Will-
ing to Go in Chicago.
ALLEGES AD sIDEsTEPs

The plot thickens. as It's said on
the stage, in the controversy between
Ad 9antel and Marin Plestina, wrest-
lers. J. c. Marsh, manager for. Pies
tins has written the Capital News,
sharply denying that his protege is for
one little minute afraid to meet Santel.
Quits the contrary is true. He charges
that Ad deliberately side stepped a
match when Plestina was In Boise and
conveniently was in other parts--ab-
semi In fact. But to show that he is a
good sport, Marsh declares he will
have Plestina meet Santel in Chicago.
winner take all and will post a nice
Ittls pot of silver on the side that
Ple8tina can throw him in two hours.
To make his meaning clear, Marsh as
serts that Santel issued his challenge
to iPlestina when he knew the latter
was tied up with matches in the east
and could not come mere.
NEVER ASSUMED NAME
Marsh denies that he ever went
under that name he offered to bet any
amount Plestina could throw Santel
twice in an hour. "Santel and Collins
both know that is not So" writes
Marsh. "In the Portland papers where
the thing first originated the name
wassJohn s. Barnes and not Joe Barnes.
John s. Barnes as everyone knows IL
one of the best baseball and all around
sporting men in Seattle and has man
aged Portland, Spokane and Aberdeen
clubs. will make any person pres
ent OF $4,000 who can prove that
have at any time i'm my life used the
name Of Joe Barnes. Nor have been
in Portland for over year. Santel
and Collins know this too, but they
wish to belittle Plestina and myself In
the eyes Of the Boise fans.
s4s SAY BLUFF CALLED.
"Santel said last year that he would
wrestle any man in the world barring
Stecher. One of your citizens, Tom
Scanlon. called his bluff and made out
articles for Santel to sign but he backed
out.aS Later on arrangements We're
made to bring Plestina to Boise and
as soon as Santel heard of it he kft
md went so far UP the Columbia river
that q salmon could not have carried
a message to him., AS soon as Pies
tina left Boise, Santel was again back
In Boise. I then came back to Boise
and as soon as Santel knew was there
ready to back Plestina he commenced
TO limp and said he had a game leg
md although 1 stayed there a week he
Still kept limping. / was on the coast
this fall for over 10 weeks and wrote
Santel two challenges but he did not
reply to any of them, but now that he
knows we are back in the east he comes
will not accept
GIVES HIS REASONS.
There are many reasons why won't.
The first is that it would not pay us
TO come west at this season of the
year without a large guarantee for the
season Is in full swing back here and
another reason is that / would be
boob to let Plestina wrestle him such a
match in Boise where his friends are
TO pick the judges and referees as he
states in his challenge. And also there
Is the toe hold barred. But in order
10 ehow the public that it is not fear
that keeps me from coming, I will say
j will bet Santel $500 that Plestina can
throw him fall inside Of two hours
and winner take all. and let the match
take place in Chicago where the gate
will be three dollars to every one that
we would draw in Boise. Santel slip
Nlatvd the match must take place in
Boise but he knows we will not come
there at this time OF the year under
any such terms as he offers.
PRAISES sANTEL.
" His challenge may look alright to
the public but to wrestlers who know
how things are, it Is the most cow
ardIy that has ever been issued by a
wrestler Of Santels ability in all the
history OF the wrestling game. have
always paid Santel the highest of com >
pliments. I have always said and stiIl
bay that think he can defeat any man
In the world who weighs under zoo
pounds. But I wish to 60 on record
right now and say that every match
that he has wrestled In Boise has been
OF the exhibition variety. And every
one he will wrestle will be the same
unless he wrestles Plestina or Jack