19.06.2004, 02:16
Ironwood MI Daily Globe: Thursday, December 9, 1926
"Farmer Burns, old time wrestler and trainer of grapplers and fighters, told us a week ago that the (Dempsey-Tunney) fight was a frame up. He didn't mince any words about it. The story coming to him is that Dempsey lost for the paltry sum of $2,000,000. Abe Attell figured in the dope, he hinted. Farmer even went so far as to say that his partner won $1,500 on the fight, acting on a tip received about four hours in advance of the battle. You can take this for what it is worth. We are inclined to place considerable stock in it. Having been in the wrestling game all these years, Farmer Burns knows plenty about the inside workings of some of the big matches."
Wednesday, February 5, 1930
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Citizen
Out of the Past
No wrestling tournament of the old days ever was complete without its Masked Marvel. Properly exploited and ballyhooed, the presence of a Masked Marvel in a tournament assured promoters of a big gate.
It may be remembered that Francis X. Bushman, at the height of his popularity as a movie hero, once offered $10,000 for an opportunity to take the place of a masked wrestler. Bushman knew the publicity that would attend the discovery of a famous movie star as the mysterious wrestler would be worth that sum and more. But the offer wasn't accepted.
The Masked Marvel pictured here is Mort Henderson, a Rochester wrestler. He met only mediocre men and thus kept intact his string of victories. As time went on, he faded out of the picture. But he never took off the mask he wore for this photograph.
"Farmer Burns, old time wrestler and trainer of grapplers and fighters, told us a week ago that the (Dempsey-Tunney) fight was a frame up. He didn't mince any words about it. The story coming to him is that Dempsey lost for the paltry sum of $2,000,000. Abe Attell figured in the dope, he hinted. Farmer even went so far as to say that his partner won $1,500 on the fight, acting on a tip received about four hours in advance of the battle. You can take this for what it is worth. We are inclined to place considerable stock in it. Having been in the wrestling game all these years, Farmer Burns knows plenty about the inside workings of some of the big matches."
Wednesday, February 5, 1930
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Citizen
Out of the Past
No wrestling tournament of the old days ever was complete without its Masked Marvel. Properly exploited and ballyhooed, the presence of a Masked Marvel in a tournament assured promoters of a big gate.
It may be remembered that Francis X. Bushman, at the height of his popularity as a movie hero, once offered $10,000 for an opportunity to take the place of a masked wrestler. Bushman knew the publicity that would attend the discovery of a famous movie star as the mysterious wrestler would be worth that sum and more. But the offer wasn't accepted.
The Masked Marvel pictured here is Mort Henderson, a Rochester wrestler. He met only mediocre men and thus kept intact his string of victories. As time went on, he faded out of the picture. But he never took off the mask he wore for this photograph.