Evening star., 1933-06-13
VILLAINS FEATURE
Benefit MAT CARD
Rough Bozos to Share Spot
Iiqht With Londos at Sta
dunn Thursday.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

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nitely was exploded by
/ George Zaharias, and al
though the Battle of the
Greeks"-Zaharias VS.. Jim Londos
promises plenty of growls and
grunts Thursday at Griffith Sta
dium, Prof. Joe Turner, the local
mat maestro, is one who is sorry,
in a way, Zaharias had to f1atten
Steinke to gain the match.
Hans defeat, according to Prof. Tur-
ner. probably cost him (Turner) and
the Washington Food Fund tidy sum
of money.
Steinke's prowess on the mat was
almost legendary here, albeit against
any other rassler except Lendos Wash
ington fandom seemed to have no in
terest in the huge German. Its a
cinch," to quote Turner, "Steinke and
Iondos would have established a new
attendance mark for Washington, but
along came zaharias to upset the
dope"
Then, with a grin of triumph, he
added We'll, that's raSsling You
never know what's going to happen"
And. for once. there is no comeback
to that remark.
INCIDENTALLY there's an odd angle
4 attached to the big benefit mat
show. In an attempt to garner a
goodly sum for the food fund, Pro-
moter Turner has rounded up five of
the swellest villains making living
by leering-George ZahariaS, Ernie
nnfccL T7rof f,L T1i(lr Poif1pr ond
George Kotsonaras.
zaharias, of course, tackles Londos;
Dusek opposes Spears, Raines meets Pat
O'Shocker, KotSonaras grunts with
Paul Jones and in a fifth match Abe
Coleman tackles Andy Brown.
zaharias had quite logical sounding
excuse for his roughhouSe tactics,
which, no doubt, local fans would like
to see used, for change, against Lon
dos. 81 got gold medal in high
school," insists the large Greek, "for
good sportSmanship in basket ball.
Then I entered the rassle game.
II still was a kid, and when those
rough, tough babies started smackin'
me down, gougin' my eyes and slammin'
me around, I made up my mind that,
in rassling anyway, you can't eat gold
medals. In the second place they don't
give rasslers gold medals for sportsman
snip.
so started the rough stuff, trying
to beat the other fellow, y'know."
Editors note-A good villain, Incl
dentally earns a much larger income
in rassling than good hero.
THE biggest smile in the local fight
i racket these days adorns the
weather-beaten visage of Jimmy
Erwin, reformed cow-puncher.
Not only is Jimmy riding high, wide
and handsome with his crack little
heavyweight, Les Kennedy, but wearing
the silks of the Erwin stable now is one
of the best light-heavies in the business
Billy Jones, crack Negro walloper.
Jimmy acquired Jones during his So
iourn last week in New York, obtaining
the Negro ringster from Al Lippe.
a GREAT booster for Jack Dempsey,
"A Erwin brings back story from
New York which proves there
Is rosy side to the hard-boiled ring
racket.
He was leaving the Offices of Demp-
sey after hitting" Jack for couple
of Annie Oakleys for the Baer-Schmel-
ing fight. Some one called his name,
family from behind. 1t was Jerry the
Greek" former trainer for Dempsey. To
Erwin Jerry the Greek" almost was un-
recognizable. His cheeks were strangely
drawn, his left arm hung paralyzed, and
he was woefully thin.
Jerry the Greek" relates Erwin, had
suffered from an abscesSed tooth. 1t
was necessary, SO bad was his condition,
to cut away part Of his jaw in order to
save his life The operation caused
paralysis of his left arm fpossibly only
temporarily. meant months in the hos
pital, and the services of the worlds
most expert surgeons. The bill, accord
ing to Erwin, via Jerry the Greek" was
thousands of dollars"
And the Champ Dempsey footed it
all said Jerry the Creek
1t may be recalled when he hung up
his gloves Dempsey presented Jerry with