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SPORT and
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SPORT and
Classified Section
SPORIS, RECREATION, OUTDOOR LIFE CONDUCTED BY A. H. E. BECKETT ("BECK")
Fnday, February Eleventh, 1916.
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EAST JIEREES STEGHEH IS MflRVEt;
WRESREfl Jfifflffl PINK
Nebraska Farmer Boy Has Learned the Rudiments of
Wrestling Without Professional Tutoring, But Has
Consistently Defeated All Comers; His Body Said
to B9 Most Powerful Ever Seen in New York.
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. YORK. Feb. 11. The east
ern wrestling skeptics esked to be
fthown. whereupon Joe Steelier.
Ticstrrn wonder, displaced bis wares.
1 '11I milneed eferjone in Gotham
i v 1 that he is one of the greatest
R-riiplri since the das when Frank
. t h was in hi prime
-Nil, 1 (.ame to Ni vt York for his
!) hi w iih Mort iii'iidcrson, "The Masked
Morel" touted a" .t whirlwind on the
m ii Cotham ihiln t leliee It but It
di es now The way in which Stecher
tr'i! with Henderson was a revelation.
, ojdlv enough, Stecher was never tu
y t' rr .1 1 a professional wrestler. Some
riptriv ti.te it that "Farmer" Burns
li.tr. "in. ed him to the rudiments ot
the Edine These are erroneous.
Fi.iliei s only Instructor lias been his
brother, Anton, who knew only a lit
tle more about the wrestling same
than did Joe when the boys were grap
pling back In their home town In
X'i dge. Neb.
Lrnrns Without Tcnchrr.
1 ' e.irs ago the Stecher boys be
anie interested in wrestling while at
ti inline 1 ho T M C A. in Freemont.
m 11 lien thc returned to the farm
hc mntinued grappling in their odd
riion.miF No one told them, anything
ibunt 1 lie tricks 111 the wrestling game.
Wi'enever they i nuld find the time to
' th. would po to some wres
wci. inolved Tiiev would watch
the irn k uneoirred hv the "profs" and
tu. i k'i home and tiy them out on
ca li other
'lit in Dodge the Idolize Joe and
well tlie should Not only has Joe
t is. 11 to heights that should make
Trrio proud th it it produced him. but
Jr id. .it ill, .Io has made some of the
In i!m Inns raiher wealthy.
bont thiee pari ago Joe blossomed
cut in pmtilic as a uientlr lie showed
np wonderfully 11 among the an a-
"i He "pinned" every man whom
te f.ukli'd That made the citizens
ci limine ouite lioastful about Joe
I in ildlit Those boasts seeped
tn the outside world, whereupon sev-
ei ii l.um hot of ambieis in Omaha de-
Mn.t to clean up Dodge ana the
' I ird ite iciriltv
Mini Ilrts ror Friends.
XV nen Stecher wnn with ease all of
' 1 i.irlier matches, the town of Dodge
iMHil .1 di fi to the effect that Stecher
- ni 1 nit't anyone in the country.
r.tih ."catch-can style. That was
ihr Mimmons for the gamblers They
S' rit a few emmissaries down Dodge
v n who boasted about So-and-So
TBMIAIE KEI COITEST
Series of Games For Local
Championship May Close
Season's Schedule.
spimp of games for the soccer
1 1 .iininoiiihip of El Paso is to start at
1:10 Grande park on Sunday sfternoon
when the United Empires will clash
I with the 16th Infantry. The civilians de-
kf feated the 10th Infantry last Sunday,
n but Ed Gaffney's men from Camp Cot-
'rn believe that tbey can retrieve the
honor 01 the army.
arrangements for the series will be
miplettd Friday evening at 7:30
lock when a meeting of socer men
w.'l be held at the Angelus cleaning
w orki- for the purpose of arranging tire
date" and order of games, selecting of
'n nls and deciding upon the eligibility
Vnf i4j ers
Hon er has made big gains here this
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who as a good wrestler,
folks grabbed at the bait
The Dodge
"He may be good but he's not as
good as Steelier," announced Dodge.
Whereupon a match was made, the
gamblers brought on a "ringer" and
coaxed the Dodge folks to bet on
Stecher. It wasn't har dto coax those
fellows: they were only too willing to
uacK on-cner 10 cne jimu oi tneir oanK
rolls. And Stecher won.
llents Sin ny Ringers.
Time and again the gamblers
brought other famous wrestlers to
Dodge and the vicinitj, under assumed
names, and "matched them against
Stecher. On each and every occasion
the gamblers plunged recklessly, feel
ing sure that this was the time that
Stecher would be beaten. But Stecher
wasn't He beat every man the gam
blers pitted against him, and the Dodge
bojs who pyramided their bets on.hlm
ran a few dollars Into the thousands.
When Stecher made his appearances
in Omaha there was a certain clique
that scoffed at him. It had heard
about "wonders" before: it wasn't go
ing to be "taken In" again. But
Stecher kept on wrestling, kept on
deling his best at all times, kept on
winning and very soon Omaha and all
the west awakened to the fact that It
had produced a grapple'r who knows
no peer at the eatch-as-catch style.
In Plijslcal Muriel.
Stecher. who is of Bohemian parent
age, is six feet tall, weighs 200 pounds,
and has a wonderful physical develop
ment. Stecher's legs and arms are
impressive almost to the point of being
uncanny. Ills arms are long and
sinewy and his legs show muscular de
velopment beyond anything ever seen
In New York. Stecher has the most
powerful pair of legs every owned by
any wrestler, and It is largely because
of this that he haB been so successrui.
The scissors hold, long regarded as
one of the most effective on the mat,
has been perfected to the highest point
by Stecher. He is as fast as a streak
of Ughtnlnsr oil the mat and when once
he secures his scissors hold It is only
a matter of seconds before he has
pinned his opponent's shoulder to the
mat
Stecher broke in upon New York
after It had experienced three solid
months of wrestling. That tournament
enabled the fans to "get a line" on real
wrestlers and ordinary wrestlers. And
those who saw every one of the Inter
national grapplers and then saw
Stecher are unanimous In declaring:
Stecher is the greatest of them all"
winter and botn army and civilian
teams believe that It has been placed
on a footing which will make it one
or the most popular sports In El Paso
next winter.
Srrfes May End Schedule.
The present season Is drawing 'to a
close and it is likely that the cham
pionship series now about to be started"
will wind up the local schedule but
there Is still a prospect that a series
of games will be arranged with the
best teams from Arizona.
Globe, Moron ci and other towns have
written here for matches and the mat
ter of accepting or rejecting those pro
posals will all depend upon the support
which can be obtained for the remain
ing games of the regular reason. It will
Cost ssteral hundred dollars to bring
Arizona teams here and the attendance
so far has not warranted such an expenditure.
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IL.WAUKBE. Wis., Feb. 10. Fred .
Fulton's effort's to fight his way
to a chance for a championship
battle with Jess Willard was given
a setback at New Orleans, even though
he defeated Porky Flynn In a 20 round
battle. Fulton was given the decision
at the end of the 20th round- by referee
Tommy Burns, but the critics down
south wanted to eee more than that
they wanted to see Fulton ecore a
clean knockout over Flynn before they
could consider him as a legitimate op
ponent for Willard In a title match.
Some of them have criticized Fulton
for failing to stop Fljnn and alleging
that he is not yet of championship
caliber. The writer has seen Fulton
in a number of hie contests in the north
or rather northwest, and In these bat
tles the Minneapolis giant certainly
looked like a very promising candi
date for Willard's crown.
Frxim information received from
New Orleans, It is evident that Fulton
went Into the contest when he would
have been better off in a hospital.
Collins Hns Hxplnnntlon.
His manager, Mike Collins, tele
graphed me right after the battle as
follows: "Fulton won the decision over
Flynn here, but I do not think he was
given the deal he deserved. It was well
known that Fred was Bick for five
days previous to the match. The doc
tor advised him not to go on and I did
not want him to fight, but he was
ehort of money and Insisted that he go
through with it.
"Of course this was contrary to my
wishes, and even at that I felt that he
would stop Flynn. The trouble Is Fred
took the chance and to make matters
worse, he severely, hurt his hand In the
third round. From that time on he
was obliged to fight with his left only
and all the New Orleans stqrles will
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he outfought Flvnn find
had him On the versre of a knockout
several times. He won easily, despite
the fact that Flynn was in the very
best of shape. I am not offering any
alibis for publicity, but I am giving you
the plain truth. Besides this, Fulton
was twice fouled once quite badly."
Whnt Tommy Hum Says.
In order to get a correct version of
the affair I wired Tommy Burns, the
referee for his opinion, and received
the following reply: "Fulton defeated
Flynn in 15 rounds out of the 20 and
you may take it as the truth that
Flynn was very lucky to stay the limit.
You will no doubt hear many different
reports of this fight, but with all my
experience as a fighter. I think that
Fulton fought a splendid battle under
Ore conditions and considering that It
was his first 20 round contest. I know
positively that Fulton was not in con
dition for euch a contest, as the doctor
who attended him told me after th
fight He stated that Fred should not
have been allowed to go on.
Has SlaUing ot Champion.
"I do not 1 are what reports go out
or what is predicted, but I will say
that my prediction is that the showing
Fulton made here under the condi
tions, is the making of a champion.
He needs a little coaching and proper
training, but that is all."
Running for Coffey or Moran.
It is evident from these reports that
Fulton made a much better impres
sion than was at first given out. Neith
er Fulton nor his manager, Mike Co!
nns, are discouraged, but say they will
keep right after Willard for a Cham
pionship match. They expect to get on
a Contest with either Jim Coffey or
Frank Moran in New York and may
possibly meet Jack Dillon in Milwau
kee. If successful In these matches,
Fulton will demand a championship
go with Willard.
Did Gibbons Hake Mistake;
, Did Mike Gibbons make a mistake
when he signed- a contract with the
Capitol City Athletic tlub of St. Paul,
obligating himself to box three matches
during the year, ot 1916. for a stipu
lated guarantee of $30,000, or (10,000
for each battle? By signing this con
tract Ci bons forfeits all right to
other matches for the year unless the
promoters of an outside match should
Becure the consent of the St. Paul club
to hold the same.
The boxers stipulated In the contract
whom Gibbons may be called on to
meet at St Paul are Jack Dillon,
George Chip and Les Darcey, with al
ternates named such as Jeff Smith,
Ted Lewis and Jimmy Clabby.
In the event that Gibbons -should
lose his first contest or even the sec
ond, the rlub reserves the right to can-
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"BECiCS"
OH0ULD it be true that Jess Wil
lard weighs 274 pounds, with the
Moran bout a little over three weeks
off, don't be at an too sure about the
dentist not winning decisively. If
Willard packs a lot of fat when he
enters the ring he's likely to get the
same medicine that Moran handed
out to Luther McCarty and Jim
Coffey in the very same. New York
ring.
L'ITTY BRASHEAR, formerly man
ager of the Tucson club in the
Rio Grande circuit and now an um
pire in the Coast league, has had
his salary for the new season cut.
i Retrenchment is the order of the day
in the Coast league and even the in
dicator men are feeling the effect.
REFEREE Billy Rocap has stated
that if Pete Russell had not
badly sprained his right arm in the
fight with "Kid" Williams at New
Orleans last Monday night, there
would be a new bantam champion
now. Rocap called the bout a draw
and the New Orleans fans were a
lit peeved as they thought Russell
should have had the decision. This
was the second draw -n which
Williams has participated in New
Orleans within the past few months,
as Frankie Burns also got an even
br lk with the champion.
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EW YORK, Feb. 11. To our mind.
one of the most amazin'g figures
In the fistic game today, or in
any -other line of sport for that matter.
Is Barney Lebrowltz. better known In
the tin-ear circles as Battling Levin
sky. Be It understood that this is not one
of those puglistic press notices. It
was not written for the purpose of pro
moting Interest in any Levlnsky match.
Up to the moment of typewriting, we
had not heard of Levlnsky being
booked for a local engagement; and to
further disarm suspicion ttiat-we my
be ballybooing the battler Xof-nuMlcity
purposes, we Biisht add that -went .he
t- booked we oou td-oot xontden tioasly
advise t .inyontrf.i'WalkVXHrtlr than
around the corner to Be IL
Not if they ware seeking fistic thrills,
anyway, and certainly not if they had
seen Leviusky before. If you have
seen one of Levinskys fights you have
seen them all, or nearly all. They are
of a piece. There is rarely any pros
pect of the unexpected occurring in
bis battles. He will be there at .-the
finish, but so will the other fellow.
More often than not, Lerlnsky will be
away out in front In the matter of
points, too, for Levinsky, despite the
lack of variety in his contests, Is a
pretty good fighter.
He is not as good a fighter as his
voluable manager would have you be
lieve, perhaps, but he is away above
the average. If one likes to see clever
ness, speed and ring generalship ex
ploited to an unusual degree, Levln
skyk will ahvajs give them a good
show, but there is seldom anything
blood curdling about his exhibitions.
Some very ridiculous claims are made
in Levinsky's behalf, but disregarding
those claims, the fact remains that the
battler is today a remarkable young
man in more vas than one.
I Some "Worker.
In six years Levinsky has had nearly
150 battles. It Is believed that he is
pretty close to a ring record for six
years' work: surely he has established
a modern day mark There are quite
a number of other fighters who have
registered more than 160 battles, but
not in six years. Sam Langford is be
yond that figure, but Samuel has been
laboring In the vineyard of pugilistic
endeavor for nearly 14 years, and in no
six years did he get in as much work
as Levinsky.
Some may contend that the battler
Is an example of managerial greed,
rather than a lesson In ring industry.
liut we take it there is no
; ii mere is no law com-
pelllng hlra to fight any oftener than
ho desires, and from the fact that he
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ELECTION of Charley White as
the referee of the Willard-Moran
affair will meet with general ap-.
proval of the fight fans. White is a"
veteran referee and knows, all the
"ins and outs" of the ring, game.
Lately he has not been actively con
nected with the ring but ten years
ago he was in great demand for
championship battles.
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TTELDMANS showed some class on
Wednesday night in the game
with Walz and are picked as winners
o2i the Millers in Saturday night's
basketball doubleheader at. the "Y,"
but the Mines-High game is going
to be a real close and exciting
affair, if we are to believe the reports
from the two institutions. Both are
claiming victory. A defeat for "Hi"
will oe very costly as the team needs
a string of victories right now to
stick in the race for second place.
Q0LF interest will be at high pitch
on Sunday when the match play
for the president's cup, directors'
trophy and consolation prize will
get nder way at the El Paso Coun
try club. There will be 48 con
testants in the three divisions and
some good scores are anticipated.
Professional Peter If! Jans has an
nounced the handicaps and they are
now posted on the club bulletin
board.
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is taking them on bigger and tougher
every fight and still winning, we judge
that he rather thrives on the game.
Levinsky will be 1.5 years old in June.
He is a native of Philadelphia, and be
gan his ring career in 1910, starting at
the age of 19. He is one inch short
of six feet tall and his weight is around
170 to 175 pounds, wnich puts him in the
light-heavy class,. He does not give an
observer the impression of unusual
ruggedness by .inv means: on the con
trary, when comp ired to other fighters
who weigh no inoie than Levinsky, the
battler looks nither frail
His record indii .ites that he must
be possessed of unusual physical pow
ers, however. Figuring ten rounds per
battle as a fair average, he has (tone
through nearly 1,500 rounds, which Is
a considerable strain one way and
another, especially when It is remem
bered that those rounds were piled up
in a few jears. He has fought in cities
all over the United States, from Boston
to Butte ami south to New Orleans, and
his fights have gone from one to 20
rounds.
Jack, the C"onfeor.
Philadelphia Jack O'l.rien. who was
about the same size as Levinsky, got
in an enormous amount of work before
he quit the ring, hut in no six years
of his career did he meet as many men
as the battler. Even among the little
fellows, who seem to fisht much oftener
than their big brothe-s, Levinsky's
record has not been surpassed.
As Levinsky is not the, type of fighter
that burns out quickly, it is tar to as-,
sume that he has .it least six years
more of righting before him, and at
the rate he has been' going durjng the
past six years, he will probably have
over 300 battles behind him when he
retires.
Jim Flynn. at 37 years of age, and
with nearly 15 years of fighting to look
back on, ha had a few more than 100
fights, yet Jim Is considered a fairly
busy little cup of tea. Were Levinsky
the same type of fighter as Flynn. how
ever, it Is not likely that he would have
much further to go right now, after
his six years of strenuousnese. Le
vinsky does not get mauled up to any
extent In his fights. He is a fast mov
ing, foxy fellow, and. as a rule. It is
difficult to put a solid punch on him.
The Flynn type nevr let any punches
miss him
The reason, for Levinskv's vast indus
try is simple enough. He is able to get
plenty of work because he fits in any
where with HsHt hee.vy weights", or the
real heavyweights He do?s 1iot object
to giving away a lot of poundage, and.
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QILM0RE D0BIE, peeved because
the newspapers criticized the
failure of the University of Wash
ington football team to meet other
strong elevens in the northwest, re
quested that he be relieved of his
contract as coach. Then he got busy
and tried, on the strength of a long
record at Washington, to land the
job as football coach- at Wisconsin.
Wisconsin evidently took into con
sideration the easy schedule of
Washington and turned Dobie down.
Now he has asked the Washington
governors to let him recall his resig
nation. MATIONAL commission has decid
ed that Eddie Plank is not a free
agent. He claims immunity from
organized baseball contracts on the
plea hat a player serving ten years
with one major league club is en
titled to his unconditional release,
while his contract with the Fede-als
was for last year only. It happens
that there's still a season's good
pitching in Eddie's salary wing and
that's why the magnates want to
decide his ftfure for him.
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C0CCER fans will be interested in
the announcement of a city cham
pionship series. Don't overlook the
first game at Rio Grande park on
Sunday afternoon.
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