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WITH THE ATHLETES
Kallio and Conrad.
Matmen Fade Slowly.
John Pesek’s Test. |
Fog Allen’s New Book. |,
BY. SEC TAYLOR——
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THEY GO ON AND ON.

“TROFESSIONAL wrestlers
P seem to go on ee
must
brave ee
least
ago
Register -
ceived stories al-
most every week
about the ex-
ploits of Earl
Conrad of Thay-
er, Ia.

He was a
lightweight then
and claimed the
world’s title in

SEC TAYLOR. that class. He is
billed to appear in a mat show
here tonight in which he and Gus
Kallio, recognized as the world’s
middleweight champion by _ the
National Wrestling association,
will be featured although they will
not meet each other.

Kallio, an Americanized Finn,
has been wrestling almost as long
as Conrad, to my knowledge, and
may-have been exchanging grips
even longer.

IT WAS AT least 12 years ago,
possibly 15 or more, that Kallio
came to Cedar Rapids to dispute
the claims of Jack Reynolds, then
of that city, to the welterweight
title. I was asked over to referee.

Kallio was too much for the
Iowan and won decisively, al-
though it took the Finn quite a
long time to win the required two
falls. After that defeat Reynolds
left Cedar Rapids and, I believe,,
has never returned except possibly |
for a short visit.

Since then Kallio has grown)
heavier and now claims the mid-
dleweight title.

Wrestlers work as often and
strenuously as any other profes-
sional athletes but for some rea-
son remain in competition much
longer.

Those who attend  tonight’s
show will see two men who are
experts at the tug-and-pull game
who will discard the tricks 0
the modern heavyweights fo
good, old-fashioned holds.