The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-01
Every Champ Has a Waterloo,
LeViS May Meet His Friday
History of the Mat Game Is
Proof That Buckley Has
Real Chance to Win.
Nobody Thought Young Frank
Cotch Could Beat Jenkins,
But--Well, You Know.

A change OF the heavyweight
wrestling title from the hands Of Ed
(stransier) Lewis. into the hands OF
clift Buckley. the Ohio mat star.
may be tho conclusion OF the big
championship mat battle to be
staged at MoNulty park tomorrow
night. The Ohio lad will complete
one OF the hardest training periods
of hls career this afternoon when he
finishes his training with light
work -out at Hotel Tulsa. Binck-
ley Is already in the pink of eondi-
tion. but will go through several
stunts today Just to keep himself
properly llmbered up.
IL Is seldom that a champion OF
the world steps into the shoes OF the
former owner picked as the winner
by the mob, they usually sneak in.
How Gotch Arrived.
Gotch, a big. cumberson farmer,
dropped into Des Holmes from Hum
bolt and the local promoter put him
on with Farmer Burns; Burns failed
to beat Gotch.
Jack Carkeek came along and
then Jim Mcmillan and still Gotch
looked fair. Farmer Burns thought
wen enough of him to take him east.
No one had ever heard of Gotch, in
the east, but Burns decided to pit
his man against Tom Jenkins. Jen-
kins defeated Gotch. What a pam
ming the press handed himl It was
awful.
Burns took his farmer back to
Iowa and six months later came
east again with him to meet Tom
jenkins the second time. The crowd
laughed at the idea and bet accord
ingly. Jenkins fell victim to the toe
hold and the title dropped with him.
zbyszko. another unheralded star.
was said to be ham and egg
wrestler until he met Gotch In Buff
falo. Gotch failed to throw Zybssko
in one hour.
The Strangers Advent.
Strangler' Lewis. wandering
minstrel OF the mat, was meander-
Ing from town to town meeting all
corners, he finally drew up at Evans
Vile, Ind, where Joe Stecher was
considered the king of the mat. The
bout went two hours and was called
a draw. But the unknown Lewis
made such hit that he was en-
gagged for the New York tourna-
ment. Lewis cleaned up over SO
men In the tournament.
Binckley's creditable showing
against Lewis in their last meeting
In Tulsa, has stirred zip unusual In
terest and many mat fans think the
Ohio champion has an excellent
chance OF defeating the mighty
stranger In tomorrow nights bout.
Binckley's two-hour bout with Lewis
several weeks ago boosted the Ohio
lads stock sky high.
A Bitter Match, Prospect.
The match at the ball park to-
| ~ n rrA atexI t.
into the most bitter fought contest
ever staged In this part of the coun-
try. Neither man will concede any
advantage to his opponent. Binck-
ley's sand-bag device which has
been his constant companion dur
ing the past three weeks training
has convinced the Ohio lad that the
champion will be at n loss to put
his famous deadlock into action. On
the other hand Binckley has given
special attention to conditioning
his scissors grip and believes that
with It he can force the shoulders
OF Lewis to the mat for the required
three seconds.
Lewis is also primed for the bat
tie tomorrow night. The Stranger
has spent the past week in this city
preparing for the hard battle that
he expects with Buckley tomorrow
night. Lewis is also scheduled for
light workout today. and this
viii wind up the training for tomor-
row nights bout,
The unusually heavy demand for
advance seat reservations indicated
that a large crowd will be on hand
for the bout, Fans from points as
far as two thousand miles have
wired the promoters for seats, and
special delegation is expected from
Binckley's home town. Columbus,
Ohio.