The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-28

| holding the franchise.
That's the way the proposition
| looks, at least to us.
| If a club is here-back it.
If you don't want it-make yourself
known beforehand-and be forever
! Stunned by your friends if you wall
and tear after the club arrives.
! Topeka fans who haven't been en-
! tirely satisfied with ting class of wrest-
| ling matches coming here this winter
probably have justification in their
| claims.
Promoters Pete Young anu Harper
| Rigb haven't brought Zbyszko or
| Caddock or Lewis or any of the high
| liners to town. But the primary fault
has reen with the fans, after ALL
Their interest didn't warrant the risk
| of a guarantee such as either of the
| above named three men would de-
mand.
But on January 20 at the auditor
| ium match is coming that will be a
| head-liner.
| Clarence Ecklund of Sheridan,
Wyo., is light heavyweight champion
| of the world. He is conceded as such
! by wrestling authorities of the coun-
try. Ecklund Wrestles at IT'S pounds.
| He will meet Billy Edwards on the
| evening of the goth for the second
| time. Ecklund took four hours to
| throw Edwards a year ago at Nebras-
IL.
The reputation made on the mat by
Edwards while in Topeka this fall and
| winter has been a good one. He met
| and defeated Stanley Rogers, Jack
Woods, Instructor McVey of the Kan
| sas City Athletic club. and others.
In the match with Ecklund Ed
wards will have his hardest battle of
| years, and local fans are confident he
can win
Ecklund. has of course, defeated a
1 MI foT,r0 IL
| the ring. He didn't inherit that title,
1 or fall into it. Good battles were won
! by Ecklund before he received the
| belt.
Wen gamble that the match jan.
| uary 20 Will be one worth Watching
which is more than can be said of most
wrestling matches
There's only one thing we insist
4 upon. It is that Dutch ManteH shan't
work as a preliminary. He's too child
ish in his attempts to furnish enter
| tainment.
Washburn plays st. Mary's in
basketball tonight at S:15 O'Clock at
| Washburn gymnasium.
| Catholics VS.. Congregationalists
| Yankees VS. Giants. Missouri VS.. K u
| Great battles. all of them. But for
tonight we pick the first named as a
real, honest-to-goodness fight.
The Irish and the Ichabods ever
| have been rivals, of the bitterest, deep
| est-dyed kind.
| On the football field, in track meets
| basketball games and individually. A
| fight might break out any minute
So we look for a fast, hard-fought.
good game tonight
The probable lineup will be: Erick-
son, captain and left forward; Stevens,
| right forward; Blevins or Faye, cen
ter; Brewster, running guard; Win
gett, guard.
Mayetta high school, recently three
point winners over the Orange team
| of Washburn, will meet the Orange
team again tonight in a preliminary
bout.
| Benny Owens Sooner basketball
| five won a victory over the University
| of Nebraska at Norman Friday night,
| % to 81.
Kit Carson, driving tackle of the
Mcpherson high school eleven, was
elected to the captaincy of the Nc
Pherson high school eleven for 1922.
| Carson was also 1921 captain, and won
| fame for himself during the season,
as a persistent, brilliant player.
| NEW WORLD RECORD SET.
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