Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1908 — Billy Martin Takes up the Gauntlet. [ARTICLE]

Billy Martin Takes up the Gauntlet.

Billy Mai tin when i sked it he would accept Randolph Wright’s challenge to wrestle any man in Jas per county, side holds and conoede fifty pounds in weight, says, “I will wrestle Wright at the opera house here on aoy date, any holder, any weight and will bet him 425 he can’t throw me, 3 points down, two best out three falls. He can arranre everything with my manager, Joe Thornton. Billy says he is in good condition, bard as nails. He bas been chopping cord wood and buildidg roads all winter.