New-York tribune., 1921-11-03
Local Season
OF W Wrestling
Opens Tonight
SStrangler'' Lewis and Ital-
ian Champion to Appear
in Features at Lexington
By Jack LAWRENCE


Local wrestling fans viii be given
their first opportunity this evening to
gaze upon their favorite sport as the
New York State Athletic Commission
has ordained that it shall be served I'D
IN these parts.
wrestling, as devitalized by tho
commission, cannot be punctuated
with head-locks, toe-holds. scissor
holds or any other bone-crushing ma
neuvers calculated TO disturb the
moral or physical equilibrium of either
contestant. Repartee OF distressing
nature also is barred
Under these disarming conditions
"Strangler' Lewis, inventor of the new
unlawful head-lock will meet Joe Polk,
noider of the somewhat obscure Inter
Allied heavyweight championship. They
come to grips tonight in the opening
the Lexington Theater.
Italian Champion on Card
In the main preliminary to this az
fair Renato Gardini, heavyweight
champion OF Italy. Lake Como and the
Riviera, will wrestle Mike Romano,
who mas cleaned up all the best men
winner in both contests will De de-
termined on the basis of two falls out
of three.
Lewis's meeting with Joe Polk tha
evening will mark the Strangers frst
appearance here since he lost the
heavyweight title to Stanislaus Zbysz-
ko last spring With his mighty head
lock banned in this state, Lewis un-
doubtedly will be under 8 heavy han
IL Aa
evolved another hold which will prove
quite as deadly as the one which the
state authorities have prohibited.
Patsy Haley will make his debut at
the Lexington as wrestling referee.
Babe Sullivan, one OF the battalion
of ring artists maintaining Studios"
in Greenwich Village, will meet Danny
Fields, the promising East Side welter-
Medical Regiment Armory, West Sixty
sixth Street, this evening. The bout
is scheduled TO go twelve rounds.
Charley Weinert and Harry Greb are
alI set for their much-discussed battle
at Madison Square Garden tomorrow
night. Many experts believe that this
meeting will result in one Of the
fastest scraps between big fellows that
eyes of the Law began TO look kindly Oh
the boxing game.
Both Lack Big Punch
Both men are unquestionably fast
and clever, and there ought TO be
plenty of action. despite the fact that
neither carries punch that ia apt TO
add knockout aavoring TO the match.
The bout is scheduled TO go fifteen
rounds, and the chances are that it
will.
There are three eight-round pre-
liminaries scheduled, and the one be-
tween Vincent Pepper" Martin and
Charley Beecher should make up for
anything that may be lacking in the
rest of the card
Another fight that ought TO be &
whizz-hang affair from start to finish
is that between Fay keiser and Young
Bob Fitzsimmons, which will be put on
imnedia tely before the main bout. IN
the other attraction Hugh Walker will
meet Eddie O'Hare.
Tilly (Kid) Herman. the California
welterweight will meet Young EofT-
man, of Richmond Hill, in the star
flfteenround bout at the Jamaica
Sporting Club tonight. There will he
one ten and one six-round preliminary
encounters
Dave Shade, one of the well-known
California family OF scrappers, will be
seen in action on Saturday night at
the Commonwealth Sporting Club in
Harlem. Dave will establish contact
with Jimmy Kelly. the rugged Bronx
welterweight, in the star bout Of twelve
rounds. Both men are rwo-Asted
scrappers. Marty Cross, who also has
few brothers in the profession, will
meet Andy O'Beyle. the Harlem Irish
man, in the other twelve-round affair.