Iowa Old Press
Sheldon Mail
Sheldon, O'Brien co. Iowa
January 1, 1930
Professional wrestling is a big thing in Sheldon these days with
Henry Kolln of Sheldon the center of interest. Many of the fans
believe that in a finish match Kolln at 160 pounds can win from
Herb Teitenburg, light
heavyweight champion of Michigan at 178. The Legion is going to
settle the question and the two men will meet in Sheldon January
6.
In the match last Monday night "The Unknown" lost to
Kolln after each had won one fall. "The Unknown" became
desperate and resorted to punching. After "The Unknown"
delivered a terrific punch to Kolln's jaw, the match was stopped
by Referee Bob Henry.
The largest crowd of the season witnessed the show. In the
preliminaries Jimmy Brenneman and Johnny Christiany at 90 lbs.,
fought to a three-round draw; Buddy Schneider, 70, had the better
of Kid Daniels, 75 (Schneider seems to be the most popular flea
weight in the city now days); Kid Schriver, 125, had a slight
edge over Red Morse, 125, in a good fast three-round tussle; and
John Mulder, 176, out pointed Art Sterrenburg, 180, in a
four-round event.
[transcribed by L.Z., July 2006]
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Sheldon Mail
Sheldon, O'Brien co. Iowa
January 8, 1930
Thursday, January 16, is the tenth anniversary of the passage of
the Prohibition Amendment. The W.C.T.U. of Sheldon is requesting
that church bells be rung at 12 o'clock on this anniversary day
in celebration of the
event.
Hazel Potter, the nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Potter, south of Sheldon, was quite badly burned about the face
on the evening of Dec. 31 by an explosion of kerosene. The little
girl was in the basement of the home in Carroll township getting
cobs for the fire upstairs, when she noticed the furnace fire was
low and threw on some kerosene to revive it.
Henry Kollin, Sheldon's wonder wrestler, had considerable of a
work-out last week when he engaged in four matches, winning three
and drawing one.
(By Roy Coomes) "Herb Letenburg lived up to his reputation
of being a foul wrestler when he converted a match with Kollin
into a rough and tumble affair at the Legion pavilion Monday
night. Kollin has a discolored optic and a badly chewed
finger..it would be a boon to the wrestling game if men like Herb
were barred from now on."
[transcribed by L.Z., October 2006]