The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-24
FAMOUS FREAK
OF MAT WORLD
ATTRACTS FANS
Bartush Meets Weston.
berg; POieIlo VS. Ryan;
Local Interest High
BY HUGO HAMMERLoCK


without his wings, for he has
none, Maurice Tillet Of france, 1.-THE
Angel" of the wrestling world, and
self-admitted worlds ugliest man,
makes his one and only Connecti-
cut appearance for the remainder
of the year tonight at Randolph
Cloves stadium. His opponent will
be Jim Casey, 228 pound brother
of Steve (Crusher) Casey Of Ire
land. rated as good mailman as
his famous .lamesake and kin. The
pair, and six other well-known deal
ers in hammerlocks and airplane
spins are brought to Waterbury by
Joe Zonsin of New Haven, the lit
tie Lithuanian mat promoter, who,
with the aid Of Carl Pojello Is now
able " bring the best name"
wrestlers in the country TO this city,
II interest warrants such action.
Angel Is Happy
Since being picked up In Slnga-
pore by Pojello, "rhe Angel" has
done RICH well for himself, Tor he
Is rood wrestler, who speciall2eS
In "hear hug" TO crush the oppo-
Sition out OF all mat foes. He Is
short, squat, with sort fingers and
palms of his hands as wide as the
end Of q peach basket, His skull Is
OF huge proportions, so large that
II ha attraotde the attention OF
Harvard anthropologists, one OF
whom named the Angel rs the
nearest human expression OF the
Darwinian theory"
Local interest In the Angel has
been so heavy that all tickets ON
sale locally have been disposed OF,
but there are plenty OF seats, some
of them at forty cents, available to-
night,
Bil Bartush Of Chicago, 242 and
Marvin Westenberg Tacoma, WASH
ington, $50; are paired In O bout
that should be worth watching as
both are able, experienced matmen.
Carl Pojello. local favorite and o
fine WreStle" takes on Les Ryan,
the Fordham footballer OF a few
years back In n bout that may show
The best wrestling On the program.
Frank Marconi OF Portland, ore"
gon and Lord Albert Mills or Eng
land, a 232 FOUNDER open the show
In q 30 minute bout.
Bartush College Man
Another one Of the college lads
making good In professional wres-
Ting Is Billy Bartush, q young Lith-
uanian from Chicago. He Is SELF
made, self educated man, At the age
of IA he had 10 go out on his own.
Before he wound up he had gone
through high school and through
the University Of Chicago, where he
made q name for himself as an out
standing athlete,
Young Bartrush took to the mat
like duck to water. For three ana
one -half years he wrestled as an
amateur, until he fell under the eye
of Karl Pojello, fellow Lithuanian,
who induced him TO turn profess
sional, predicting that II he followed
good advice he would be one Of the
outstanding wrestlers of the country,
and this has proved to be true.
Veteran Now
Bartush started as an amateur In
1926 and late In 1929 made his de-
but as a professional at Baltimore.
He made such a hit Immediately that
he has been In great demand oil
over the country ever since,
Since becoming professional
Bartush has done most OF his wres-
Ting In the east, New York, New
Haven, Syracuse, Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Washington, Richmond, At
lanta, Boston and other large towns
having seen him In action against
some OF the best wrestlers In the
sport.
The young Lith has to his credit
victories over Pat O'Shocker, Floyd
Marshall. Milo Steinborn, Dr. Ralph
Wilson, Paul Jones, Mike Romano,
Toots Mondt. He has drawn with
Jim Mcmillan, Rudy Dusek and
George Calza.
In addition to his matches In this
country, Bartush spent almost an
entire year wrestling abroad. prin-
cipally In England, where he met
with great success. While there he
met all the European heavyweights
and won the European champion
ship.
Bartush was born in Chicago on
August 20, 1908. He stands five feet
liz inches and weighs 2l8 pounds.