Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1911 — Big Wrestling Bout Takes Place Tonight Good Prelims. [ARTICLE]

Big Wrestling Bout Takes Place Tonight Good Prelims.

Tom Coburn and William Polos will meet tonight at the opera house and up to noon today the largest advance sale of any match had taken place. The sale has kept up this afternoon and it looks like a packed house. Coburn has been doing a lot of training, mostly for endurance. He has taken long country runs each day, going several miles into the country and keeping up a dog trot all the way. His manager, Jerry Walls, also acts as his trainer and Jerry has paced him on a bicycle most of the time. Coburn keeps in good shape all the time by hard work. A little letting down tells quickly on him and therefore he does not let down. He keeps right at work day after day and is always ready for a match. Polos is to come up this afternoon. He has been training also as he is to have l a match, at Lafayette next Friday night with. Chas. Oleson. The general impression here seems to be that Coburn will -throw the Greek and he states that he expects to do this. There are many who believe, however, that the Greek will prove a little better than Coburn considers him and will be able to hold his own. The preliminaries will be first class and it is probable that Eiglesbach will appear in one of these and Battleday in another. The stage steats have been reserved and none will be allowed on the stage except those who have business there. Marshall Mustard has been instructed to lead from the house any. person who tries to start trouble and the loqtlng that has become very annoying will be prohibited. The match should prove very interested and those who like ( wrestling will doubtless see the best match ever held in Rensselaer.