Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1914 — Athletic Contest Lively; Big Audience Pleased. [ARTICLE]

Athletic Contest Lively; Big Audience Pleased.

The athletic tent was packed Friday night to see “Billy” Shober and William Polos wrestle. The event was preceded by a match between “Kid” Boss, of Columbia City, and Tommy Gessler, of Pittsburg. Ross handled Gessler without much trouble. Shober and Polos went into their match with lots of pep per. Polos was to throw Shober in 15 minutes but failed. In a later match Polos won a fall from Shober in 12 minutes. Tonight the program is for a preliminary, followed by a finish match between Shober and Polos, best two falls out of three. At a second performance it is probable that the winner .will wrestle Boss. It is a condition of . Manager Gause, of the carnival company, that no finish match shall be staged until the last night, because it takes up too much time. Tonight, however, the matches will be finished on the basis of two falls out of three.