Evening journal., 1919-11-12
KEYSTONERS Land
ON TEXTS NECK
Want Him to Get Busy or
Pull Himself Inside
Out
BIG FELLOW WON'T
COVER CLUB MONEY

The Keystone Athletic Club boys fell
lard on Tommy Texts. wrestler. this
morning. In these columns yesterday
Texts declared himself 10 be a wonder
ful wrestler and that he was actually
ashamed 90 take on Johnny Barclay
Herbert Booze and Bill Virgins, the
Keystone amateur mat artists. IN sue
,essiNe bouts on the same night, in
imating that the game would be 50
,0ft that he would not have Oppor-
lunily 20 advance his rep. All OF
which sounds very good 90 TcXis' ears,
but is mighty rough on The Keystone
boys and now ihc Kcyst0ners are out
with a bat on the griddle den 10 TcXis.
DE has publicly declared That he can
pin 90 lhe mat within 40 minutes any
hrce keystone Wrcstlers and the Key
.loncrs have posted a forfeit that he
cannot As yet TcXis has failed TO
cover This forfeit. his statement OF
Yesterday being his idea of how ne can
make some soft money. Olen llackelt'
manager of ihe keystone boys thinks
,he time for action has arrived ana u
rcXis wants 60 possess an easy mlnu
while spending ,hc winter here he had
better cover tie Keystone kale' and
eet busy otherwise. II he doesn't he
might as we'll pull up stakes and plich
his tent in some soft village.
The keystone aggregation is OF the
opinion that Texts. after all, may be
% wonderful wrestler. now that the big
fellow himself has admitted It, How
ever. Texts evidently reached that opin-
ION of himself only yesterday. one
month ago. while he was defeating a
bunch OF has-beens on local mats some
admirers of The wrestling game sug-
-eslrd 90 Texts that he .grapple mere
with wrestler Of reputation. The man
was selected. ne agreed 90 come 10
Wilmington 90 meet Texts and an other
details OF the proposed match were ar
ranged. but when Texts was asked 10
post lhe forfeit which the outsider had
posted Texts refused TO cover. TWO
weeks later the outsiders representa-
live again talked with Texts about the
match. but he continued silent on the
subject of fNfcit. Suspecting that the
keystone Iletic Club was promoting
ihc match when 20 was first proposed,
Texts sidcsiepped the issue by declar-
ng lhal lle could down any three Key
stone wresilers in 40 minutes. II was
thi- def tina the keystOners refused
60 swallow by promptly posting
guarantee for match between IeNls,
Barclay. Virgins and Booze. Now
TeNi. saws these men are not worthy or
his effort. We'll. there is good-sized
bunch OF wrestling fans in this town
who are of the opinion that Johnny
.t..-.I,,. ...n trfyn Tovie 1s hot q time
f- hr h3, ever had on the mat. These
same fans are convinced that IeNls Is
-idc.lppping now because he knows ne.
.ann0t defeat Barclay in 40 minutes.
uen Hackelt is not a wrestler and
never set mp the claim. but when any
wrestler. big or little, talks about Hack
NOT being able 10 tie his shoe laces,
iho old Indian thinks IL about time for
him io learn the wrestling game quick.
And so Hack, Barclay, Booze ana
Virgins are the entire Keystone oulilt
fn- continue TO- sit in the grandstand.
who are wondering If Texts is going
i4iking about what a wonderful wrest-
ler he is or gel down on the mat
Who're ihe crowd can judge for ITSELF
,vhf,her he is what he claims to be.
THO bovs have no desire TO prevent
Text. from collecting his easy bit out
of the Zeke smith match in Hlchmonu.
but would IKE him to prove himself
before "a Wilmington audience by TAX
ing ON either the outsider they wanted
him 40 meet one month ago, or the
Neysione trio. which he subsequently
iecIared he could spill in 40 minutes.
d seems 10 be TeXis next move.