Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-03-09 | Page 8 | Local Fireman Looms up among the Heavies

LOCAL LO CAL FI FIREMAN LOOMS LO 0 MS UP AMONG THE HEAVIES 1 Member of Bywaters Bywater's Troupe Troupe I Willing to Meet Best of Them Mr Mi- Fan Fan ind It ov over ever r occur to you OU grappler that wo have a heavyweight right hero hare In our om ml midst t that has hns a n. abright bright chanco chance of or becoming ono of or tho the best in the game No o Welt Weir wo ca have hac That grappler 13 Is George Goor-e Nelson tho the bl big bg red headed fireman o of ot tho local department Fast heady hoad having marvelous strength and staying powers Nelson In tho the looms up a as a future futuro possibility worlds world's ranks ranle of ot tho the h avI That ho hohas hohas has bas all an the natural ability there thore is not the tho slightest doubt NOW all that ho he needs Is experience and ho he proposes to get that as fast tasi as ns he ho can secure matches Nelson elson ha lias deteo defeated ted every e he heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- y weight In this section of or tho country True he has been beon defeated several everal times but b by men mon who ho aro are In the one two three e four group of or the top- top had a n. tough time pinning Nelson elson an and this Bulgarian Bulgar Bulgar- ian fan is rl right ht at nt tho top Mike lIke Yokel champion middleweight has been using Nelson elson as ns a a. wrestling partner for tor over ocr a year ear and says saS he ho Isone Isono is isono ono one of ot the tho fastest big men he ever eyer tackled Mike ike has been against some porno of or the best In tho the game game and md if iC there Is anyone competent to Judge It should bo be the champion Ed Ferguson who has laid some BOmo claim to being n. n grappler has ha bt been repeatedly offered a n match with Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son but so far Car has failed to show an any desire to meet the local man In a no fInIsh finIsh finish fin fIn- ish match Ferguson on Is an Ogden fireman fireman fire fire- lre- lre man and tho the match proposed some sometime sometime sometime time ago o as a means menns of ot settling a dispute dispute dig dis dis- dis regarding regardIng- tho the Utah fireman championship Ogden Og wanted a side side- bet and D Bywater's Bywaters waters brigade was willing willingto to cover any amount tho Junction City lame flame battlers could scrape up Now Nelson elson Is going out after aCter eVel every grap- grap pIer that shows his head It If the they are aro under his weight he ho will give them a n handicap Personally Nelson elson Is one of the finest finest fin fin- est athletes the writer has ever come across This topped Ted ladder climber never has a n. word to sa say about how ho can beat this fellow or the tho other one how ho he will win b by breaking his opponents opponent's opponents opponent's op OP- op- op II arm or leg or how many barrels barrels barrels bar bar- of ot mon money ho will put up as a bet Often Orten he lie Is backward hackward about statIng statIng stating stat stat- ing his beliefs on the tho result of or the match H He lie never neer Is positive o about beIng beIng being be be- ing a better man letting the tho fans settie settle set set- tie tle this question after tho the match The local lecal fireman ireman has offered Pete Collin a Greek a chance in a handIcap handicap handicap handi handI- cap m match but butO KO so far tar nothing has been h ard of Collins