Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1911 — STEWART WINS AGAIN. [ARTICLE]

STEWART WINS AGAIN.

Parr Grappler Completely Outclasses His Opponent Saturday Night. Billy Stewart, the Parr grappler, and holder of the middleweight championship of Jasper count} r , easily defeated Rov Maple, the Jordan township school teacher, who essayed to break into the ranks of wrestledom Saturday night. The match was held in the Ellis opera house and the house was packed. In the preliminaries Peters vs. Peters, cousins, were substituted at the eleventh hour and fufjnished more amusement than the main event. In the big event Stewart was announced as weighing 151 and Maple 174. Stewart looked as hard as nails, but Maple was* in poor condition. His muscles looked soft and flabby and tis wind was poor, although in good condition and with some instruction from competent hands Maple should be a hard man to handle. He is by far the better built for the game. Neither man displayed anything in the way of skill. Both falls were won in jig time,, and the official announcer said the first fall was by a waist hold, whatever that is. To the house it looked more like a half-nelson. The second fall was practically the same as the first. Maple on the defensive and Stewart worked another ‘‘waist hold” (? j Cfiris Kupkey challenged the winner, but Stewart didn't want any of his game as the difference in weight was too big a handicap, Kupkey weighing 183, a difference of some 30 pounds. Kupkey can claim the heavyweight title by default, but Stewart appears to have the middleweight class beaten* to a frazzle. Under proper tutelage Stewart should make a classy middleweight boxer. He is lightning fast, appears to be able to use both hands and evidently can use his head. r __ Gwin & Watson have on hand four "Stay-Down” Tank Heaters.