Heavyweight Showdown at Turner Hall
A champion wrestler from Japan and a local strongman have signed a high-stakes contract for a match in Seattle.
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A match was made yesterday for a wrestling contest between two giants in size and strength: Sebastian Miller, the strong man now performing at Cordray’s Auditorium, and M. Webster, who has made a great record for himself in Japan. The articles were signed for the best two falls in three, the stakes being $100 a side and gate receipts. The match is to come off in Turner Hall at 10 o'clock next Saturday evening. Miller is well known for his feats of strength and has made a great name as a wrestler, having thrown the best men in the country. Webster has lived in Japan for the last seventeen years and has thrown every man he has met there, receiving the champion belt from the Emperor of Japan.
“Webster has lived in Japan for the last seventeen years and has thrown every man he has met there, and received the champion belt from the emperor of Japan.”
Professional wrestling began as a blend of legitimate sport and theatrical spectacle in halls like Seattle's historic Turner Hall. Today, the lineage of this 'sports entertainment' continues, though it has shifted from community-center bouts to the billion-dollar industry seen in modern arenas.
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