Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10
KALLIO KEEPS
WORLD TITLE
Wrestling Champion Wins
Bout With Pittsburgh
Youth
Especial to The Herald.)

HARLINGEN. June 10.-Some oi
these days. when Smokey Joe STRAIT
ton can grow a real beard and real
cauliflowers have sprouted on either
side Of his mug. we shall hear more
of him.
This young man who blushingly
admits he has Just ttGned twenty
four has a big future ahead Of hin
in the so-called manly sport oi
wrestling, IL he can develop the
whiskers and the proper sort OF
ears 1t might also be mentioned In
passing that there are a few tricks
in the bear-hugging profession
which he needs TO learn.
Monday night he got some very
good lessons from the veteran
hands, head and feet of one Gus
Kallio, a staggering, bald-headed
hombre who calls himself the
middle weight wrestling champion
of the world. Gus the Great, how
ever, found out that this sort OF
school Is no play.
The professor should sleep vel
tonight for Smokey Joe gave him
a run for the money and the as
serted master did not have the
easiest time in the world making
his pupil say "nuf' in eight rounds
of pulling and hauling. He won two
out Of three falls. but the fans
weren't any too well pleased. They
wanted to see Stratton make Gu:
slap the roSin.
Crowd Against Kallio
Wildcat Stevens put on the show
out at Fair Park. A big crowd o.
men and women. boys and girl:
and one disinterested baby were or
hand. The wild one himself refe.
reed the main 60 and made tht
boys behave very nicely considering
the wide open rules.
Kallio had to be called dowr
once or twice by Stevens while the
crowd bawled him out some severa
times. Smokey Joe was a good boy
all the time. He is a big lad whS
weighs about 100 pounds and Gu
had to open his whole bag Of trick!
to keep the youngster in his place
Joe has lots of CUTS and he sen
his scant-locked opponent TO The
outside OF the ropes on many oc.
caSiOns.
The cash customers took a grea'
shine to this boy who got his star
in life chunking hunks Of coal K
his playmates in the coal field.
near Pittsburgh. He is one Of thu
pluckiest and cleanest grapplers X
ever prance around the local mat
Promoter Stevens would do well X
throw a party for him with SONS
other good boy one OF these day.
soon.
Everybody who took a chance oil
getting wet and journeyed out u
see the bouts went away feeling III
had gotten his moneys worth. Blu
il was the main 20 which made
them that way. The first on. be.
tween Harry Tucon and Georg'
Poulos was nothing TO write hom'
about.
Too Many Faces
These two knights of the ma
lust didn't feel very rough. The
made lots Of faces at one anothe
but most of the time they appar
emily had the idea they were play
ing ring-around-the-rosey AS rea
wrestlers on this one occasion, the
both were good candidates for
meal ticket at somebody's restaur
ant.
George, especially. appeared hun
CRY for nourishment. chewing har,
and often on Harry's well-cauli
lowered ears and taking an occa
sional bite at his noSe. The latte
retaliated to some extent, but di
not appear as ravenous as his part
ner in the hugging match.
Speaking Of arpetites. the pal
did serve one useful purpose. The
whetted up that Of the fans for req
wrestling and plenty Of action. Gu
and Joe gave them a full meal.
King Victor Emmanuel OF 1tal
X q coin expert and has writteI