The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
MASKED MARVEL
!. ARRIVES TONIGHT
FOR TURNER TILT
Capitals Sport Rialto
Agog Over Identity of
Wealthy Wonder.
BY KEEN GAUGER.

Joe Freeman's wealthy and
highly press-asented Masked Mar
vel Is due In Washington tonight
where he will put In a couple of
days of easy training and as many
of hard sightseeing before he steps
on the mat at the Capitol Theater
Thursday night all set to drop Joe
Turner-- before the latter is we'll
started.
Freeman received a wire yester-
day stating that his Western won
der VIII get here either tonight or
early tomorrow morning. And he's
going to bring plenty OF Jack, ac-
cording to the wire. In the hope
that he can replete the family for
tunes at the expense Of Turner and
his financial hackers.
' washington's sport rialto il agog
over the identity Of this guy from
the Windy City who like all wrest-
lers. 10 verbally boisterous, but who
crosses the dope by seeming will
ingness to back his loud and
numerous assertions with an indefi-
mite amount OF negotiable currency.
Who La the Mnrvelf
Freeman. the promoter. seems to
be the only sport follower in Wash
ington who really has the inside
on the marvel. And Freeman won't
tell. Joe is liberal enough in most
things. but he's too tight for words
on this particular subject.
However. there's no law to stop
a guy from guessing and mat fol-
lowers are creating plenty OF argu-
ment by exercising this right.
Some say that this guy who is
bursting with confidence 10 Waino
Ketonen. who claims Worcester.
Mass. as his home address. How
ever, its hardly wsino, as Turner
has barred him and IL is stipulated
in the articles Of agreement that
the alleged wonder must not be the
Worcester srappler. Freeman would
hardly take a chance on shooting
this guy in there as Turner would
know his voice even though ne
couldn't see his battle-scarred map.
Others claim that Ivan Dering Is
being brought on from Salt Lake
City to drop Turner. But Dering Is
another who is barred in the ar
ticles.
Peter Sturges. Of Portland. Ne,
gets more or less of a play with the
mat wise. but he, too. Is black-isted
by Turner for this particular bout.
So there are three OF the best men
in the middleweight division dis
posed OF. II can't be any one OF
them for the simple reason that
Freeman Is bound by the terms OF
the contract not to use any one OF
them before identification.
Must Be YokeL
But here's a guy who wasn't
barred in the articles and who is
better than the best of the three
whom Turner has contract objec-
lions to.
Mike Yokel. Salt Lake City wres-
tier. who sometimes works out OF
Chicago, is not mentioned in Tur-
ner's contract. And though only a
few Of the sport wise around town
have doped Yokel as the possible
Masked Marvel his stock Is rising
each day.
The basis on which many are pick
ing Yokel as the wonder is the pic
ture Of the Marvel. himself. printed
in The Herald Sunday morning. The
guy 40 posed for that picture IL
blu IL - much like Mike that q num-
Der u mat followers here are pre-
pared to bet, getting odds Of course
that the wonder Is none other thar
the Mormon grappler. And they
may be right at that as the gent
in the picture Is an exact duplicate
of the husky Yokel.
Furthermore, Yokel has been
working around the Windy City In
the last, three weeks and still re-
ceives his fiapper mail at an ad-
dress there. Again. Yokel has been
anxious TO meet Turner and has
frequently made the statement that
he'd drop the local boy two
straight falls in less than fort.
minutes. All Of which leads one
to believe that Yokel seems to have
the edge in the Masked Msrve
race at this particular moment.
Turner Posts Forfeit.
Turner has posted a $500 forfeit
with Joe Freeman. which will be
forfeited II the mask is loosened
from the face Of the Marvel sum
cicntly to allow positive identifica-
ton either before. during or after
the bout.
Leo Frene and Young Faber will
work one Of the prelims IL Joe
Freeman car sign them. Both have
been bowling for a chance at each
other and It's not likely that Free
man will have much trouble In
getting their names to a contract
Frene beat Faber in prelim-
nary to the Dallas-Turner show
last winter. but Faber claims he
has improved considerably since
then and only asks for a chance
at IRENE. insisting also that ne
will stake the house and lot on the
match. Both boys have large
following and the match wouio
probably rival the main bout from
a point 81 interest and excitement