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| July 14, 1931
Reprinted from the Atlanta Constitution Title: Leavitt Easy For Steinborn In Mat Bout Author: Ralph McGill Atlanta – Charley Lehman, Texas, and Jim Hesslyn, Australia, saved the wrestling card Monday night with one of the greatest and most thrilling matches ever seen in Atlanta. In the main event, Milo Steinborn did the game and the fans a favor by removing "Stone Mountain" Leavitt from the scene. Leavitt was helpless in the ring, proving to the fans what the boxing commission and Matchmaker Henry Weber knew all along, that he could not beat a good man. Steinborn, who is not in the championship class, but a good tough man, had the huge Leavitt out in two minutes. They came back and Steinborn played with him for five minutes. Twice he actually picked the 310 pounds of blubber up and tossed it across the ring. At other times Steinborn made Leavitt appear ridiculous by tripping him up and dodging his ludicrous efforts to get a hold. Leavitt, who seems to be a good enough fellow personally, should know by now that wrestling is not his game and make an announcement of retirement. His appearance in the ring does the game no good. The Atlanta commission and the matchmaker had refused several matches, but because Leavitt was an Atlantan and because he and some fans were persistent, the match was made. The fans, at a recent match, voted that the big fellow be given the Monday night chance. The fans did get a thrill seeing the 216-pound strong man lift the 310-pound giant in the air and toss him about. Twice Leavitt tried pounding Steinborn in the neck only to give up when it accomplished nothing. Once Leavitt had Steinborn on the mat but could not turn him. Steinborn proved to be even stronger than fans thought. Lehman and Hesslyn, the latter a newcomer, went a full hour at a furious pace, showing enough wrestling to more than make up for the deficiency on Leavitt's part. |