Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1911 — Stewart Arranges Match With Greek Wrestler from Lafayette. [ARTICLE]

Stewart Arranges Match With Greek Wrestler from Lafayette.

“Billy” Stewart and his manager, Chas. Garriott, returned this morning from Lafayette, where they succeeded in arranging a match with William Polos, a Greek wrestler, who has a reputation of being a very able wrestler. The conditions of the match are .that Polos shall throw Stewart twice In 40 minutes. It is understood that a side bet of SSO was made. The match will take place in Rensselaer on the evening of March 4th. This match by Stewart looks rather presumptious, as he is trying a wrestler of many years experience. Palos weighs 168 pounds and Stewart *only 151. Palos is skilled in the game at which Stewart is yel only a novice. It would look like there could be only one result of such a match. Chris. Koepke/ thinks he has not been treated fair in the matter of a match with Stewart. He issued a . challenge the same evening that Maple did, and Stewart chose to wrestle Maple. Koepkey says that he will not take on Myres, but that he will take Stewart on at any time and thinks that he has a right to lay claim to the championship of the county, even though he has never had a public match. If it were not for the fact that Stewart had issued a county wide challenge without stipulating weight. Koepkey says he would not have a kick coming, but Stewart did make the challenge and he thinFs he should stick to it and take him on. In a note addressed to The Republican, Koepkey says: “An Open Letter to ‘Billy’ Stewart. That is rather a hot shot you seek to hand me in trying to put me off on a second rater, after issuing a challenge which I wanted to accept. I believe I had a right to a match with ybu. Apparently you want to keep your rep up without paying any attention to me. You want to pick a man for me; well, I want to pick my own man, and I am after you. I might go out and pick out a dozen wrestlers, and any of them better than any you have thrown, and theft call myself the champion, but I want you on the strength of your challenge, and you will have to pay attention to me if you expect to have, the confidence of the people here. You are not the county champion until you throw me. The people will get their money's worth if you will take me on and you won’t have to look for a match with outsiders. I wish you good luck, but 1 want to. get up against something myself that Is fast enough to give the people that witness the match their money’s worth and you can fulfill the expectation of the public by taxing m-> on. Come across how, /Stewart, nr pull in your claim.— CHRIS. KOEPKEY.”