The Washington times., 1922-03-06

however, at last he consented,
recent threats, Dallas will attemp
The Cleveland middleweight Is
considered one of the strongest and
toughest performers at his weight
in the country. He has all the
i'uggedness Of a small grizzly. He
IS easily the strongest rival Turner
has faced In many a long day.
Dallas Is not expected to show as
much knowledge of the finer points
Of the game tonight as will his
opponent, but the Greeks supporters
and they are numbered by the
hundreds in this city-believe he will
overcome Turner by sheer brute
strength.
A q defensive wrestler, Il Is
doubtful II there Is q better man
in the country right now than
Turner. His long experience in
the game has provided him with a
world Of knowledge. He knows
how to keep from being thrown,
even when q rival Is stronger.
His friends are banking on this for
tonight's big match.
"I have taken this match more
sriously than any in several years"
aid Turner today. Il purposely
sked Freeman to give me time for
aiming, knowing l would need to
, ready for anything the moment
60 on the mat with Dallas. Well.
m ready.
Dallas is a rough customer. I
ppreciate that. Nevertheless, l be-
\ II hn m
Did my friends who wanted to put
6 little wager down on me.
This in my own home town.
clnnot afford to have a man running
round hurting challenges at me IN
l.alls and theaters and on the
. lreets. Therefore, when Freeman
. sked me II I'd meet Dallas, re-
lied would. ! merely asked for
p efficient time to get into my best
.ondition.
ct have worked hard for tonight's
raatch. l have been out on the road
D get my wind in shape and / have
one almost all my training in the
pen air. never felt better in my
ife and I have every hope OF throw
ng Dallas. I'm going to be one sur
,rised chap tonight II i fall
George King, Turner's manager,
has been swapping up Whatever
bets came his way. King Is GER
tain in his own mind that Turner
will yanauish the Cleveland Greek,
even though the hitter il easily the
most formidable opponent the
Washington veteran has faced
since he went 20 Denver and bat
tied Mike Yclr"'
Joe Oliveri, who is just now pre-.
pairing to make his regular summer
tour of the country, calmly an
nounced today that he had a lot of
money to wager even on Turner.
"I can't play with anything under
800, though" remarked the volatile
magnate of the rolling road. But
IL anybody thinks well enough of
Dallas to put up his money even,
Just give him my telephone num-
ber."
SO, we have Joe's telephone mum.
Der II anybody happens to want any
action.
However, Dallas is the idol of his
fellow.countrymen in the District.
After 1880 tonight don't try to get
W cat III any Va thS uo"h-
town restaurants. The curtains may
be up, but there won't be anybody
left to serve you. They'll all be over
at the Central Coliseum. The Greeks
of Washington are certain that Pete
will break Turner's neck" SO
they're going to be there to witness
the stunt.
Strangely, since agreeing to
meet Turner, Dallas has ceased all
his wild words, which may be n
serious thing for the Washington
man. Dallas has pitched i'm and
shaved TO get himself into perfect
condition. He has been too busy
to waste his time hurting threats.
The Greek at first suffered from Il
lack Of capable wrestling partners.
Over at the "Y" gym he tackled
every big fellow who showed him.
self. This included several George
Washington University football
players. They found their football
training of small use to them on
the mat when Dallas had once begun
In earnest. He slammed them
around with ridiculous ease. Making
matters worse. this was no good to
Dallas.
At last Louis Zerega, who faces
Young ZbysZko in tonight's show at