Friday, June 17, 2011

Tom Terrell?


..Morning Buckles, I found this story to go along with your post yesterday about Cole Bros.

Margaret



1943-11-06 San Antonio Light

Fines Paid By 2 Circus Men

Two employes of the Cole Bros. Circus in Corpus Christi Friday,authorized a local agent to appear in County Court at Law No. 2 and pay $25 fines on two charges of conducting a sham wrestling match.
The cases were filed by Deputy Labor Commissioner Ward J. Conner and J. Louis Quintanilla, deputy boxing and wrestling commissioner, against Tom Terrell, circus general manager; Harry Thomas, wrestling timekeeper and Whitey Govro, wrestler who challenged any circus spectator to a match.
Conner and Quintanilla said an employee of the circus posed as a soldier and accepted the challenge, thereby constituting a "sham and fake wrestling match". The case against Terrell was dismissed.



"Enclosed is a picture of Mr. Terrell, I wonder who the fixer was?"
Buckles
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