Show TERRIBLE TURK YO IS NAMED A D GREATEST WRESTLER OF ALL TM TIM ALL STAR GRAPPlER ENDS ENOS CAREER IN SE Gotch Claimed Closest Rivals V i By NAT FLEISCHER rust Just t as there Is a n. marked diver diver- j 1 V of or opinion as tp who was vas the ther r J test of ot all nil our heavyweight so so Is there Is a a. great jence ence of ot Ideas on the subject ie greatest wrestler We would that shat t at the Terrible r Was t-Was the best boat of them all alla all all- 1 e eliad ad a something which neith- neith Gotch nor George I Hack Hack- his closest rivals for tar the Jt lection possessed t who was the original T Turk had a spectacular 9 eer in this country in the early earI- and met with a tragic death the conclusion of his tour You- You ff t was a six footer and weighed pounds Bounds He had an obtrusive neb inch and his muscular develop- develop Tit t t was was hidden by layers of fat tat I appetite was as terrifying he de- de 11 g three or four loaves of id ad d. d a a. dozen eggs six cups or coffee and anything l else elset t was served for tor breakfast His Hiser et er et wrecked the entire culinary fit Department ep nt of the hotel on Twenty- Twenty itji fth street where he lived If he heany any training it was In secret 1 appearance did not In- In i. i 1 ate e he did anything except eat eatn n drink and smoke When You You- reached New York Ern Ernest Ernesto st ster o er er who held the Ro a Ue Ile was approached as ns to a ah Ii h with the Turk and consents consent- consent Y s The iThe meeting took place In 1 l n Square Garden and ana after plc got one clutch on on Roeber h the tho JaU latter r broke the victim e e. e Jed el to keep aloof from the Sul- Sul is it favorite SET RECORD RECORD lin n n truth Roeber ran backward V Vial l miles mUes with in hot hott t t unsuccessful ul pursuit Finally jp aggravated Turk stopped in the Dt titer inter x- x of ot the ring and beckoned i i whose back was against ropes topes as it if to say Come hither cl l be a bit socia sociaBle tie This put Ober b r In a a. position where he was ravelled to show some mess or be accused of timidity ho be e American champion there there- e iced toward the Turk 0 o stood motionless until Roeber Is s l within reaching distance distance when 5 made imade a rush and r right ht hand which was the theo tt 0 O o Sugar cured ham he ho gave b 6 eFa 8 palm blow on t the breast a at Used him to turn a carte cart- cart e j through the ring ropes and th Roeber was IA 01 n fC enough to sprain his back va 1 s taken away In a hospital m hb Ii A pair met again later on In Metropolitan l opera house and I b ber ber- decided d to employ his boxill box- box WI kill ill to rout the Turk Being Beins a er ar of Fitzsimmons' Fitzsimmons training and was no novice e when it ite 1 e J to boxing Th Therefore when started to bear bear down on onno 1 no er the latter met him with with a aIl alett Il neat lett t jab to the proboscis This was one form of wrestling that had not come to the Turks Turk's attention al although al- al though in his combats on the cobbleStones cobblestones cobblestones cobble cobble- stones of the streets or of Constantinople Constan Constan- he had encountered man many strange methods of defense The Turk was willing to meet Continued on following page J I U R GRAPPLER Continued on fr from m yes yesterday esterday her In lb tho the Gr eco eco- battle and the pair I Slugging each other merrily a e seconds Including Fitz- Fitz into eons ons and Brady hopped I in and brought the thrilling 2 Jo to j a n. close That ended the eon ISU Roeber feud and the thew w v nt it West hen en the Turk arrived in Chi- Chi he promoters conceived the thea theD D iea dea a of having Evan EvalT Lewis or ai Strangler apply his u 1 ft A pressure to the Turks Turk's Ilp P ie was made and Lewis tin Is prime lost no time ining In ling ing his strange hold to work ill 11 too Turk was n-d n d ot t a I. I neck his head seeming 1st st n n his clavicle Lewis put putI I t on what what seemed to be Tur s neck and began to ex exU ex- ex U sudden- sudden lade ado a u. move like an elephant tI rag through the side ot oL a house Lewis IS was waB hurled clear across ring ng tn ng it unlikely that the theo o uld repeat Lewis again at- at d Is strangle hold and once AS As catapulted across the Before Lewis recovered his the Turk pounced upon the strangle hold and andr andL r L wis is choked as limp as a aThe rot a. a The Turk was inclined to toIV IV he style of ot wrestling In his c country and kill kilt his man He HeInall by several severa muscular persons who dragged away from his victim When was unable to America get any more matches in he converted his bank notes into gold coin put all of ot it in a huge huse about his belt which h b he buckled waist and took passage on tho the French liner La Bourgogne The Te ship went down in a storm and and his gold sank In the depths of ot the all conquering all sea It has always been a puzzle how retained his hs terrible physical physical physical phy phy- powers in view of ot his health health- destroying habits But retain them and did and ho he Was the best of ot h he did them all |