The evening world., 1894-09-13
ANOTHER PIANO CHAMPION.
Waterbury Claims to Have Won
Long-Distanoe Laurels.
He Challenges schlusselburg, with a
Choice Of Two styles.

There Is a little gentleman UP in West
Thirty-sixth street-et 800. to be more
accurate-who Is all rolled up. He has
| been in that state ever since last Tues
day afternoon, when he read In The
Evening World" that Fred Schlussel-
burg, the endurance pianist was In
training at Millss Hotel. on the Isle OF
| Coney. for a seyenty-two-hour piano-key
dIslocating contest, to take place on the
Pacific coast along about Christmas
Now, the little gentleman in question,
whose name. by the way. Is j. NJ
Waterbury, knows n thing or two about
endurance playing himself and. to use
his own mode OF expression. when a
| guy talks about playing for forty-eight
hours without taking rest he's got
marbles in his head"
Mr.. Waterbury did a lot OF thinking
after he had read 1.-THE Evening Worlds
story. and last night HE'D himself to a
telegraph Office and put down 81 cents,
which insured the transmission of the
following message to THE Evening
World"
Kindly send a reporter TO 900 West Thirty
sixth street before ii A. NJ. Thursday. Matter
0' ts sn' WATERBURY,.
1t was inferred from the message that
Mr. Waterbury would only talk on mat
tiers OF interest before II o'clock In the
forenoon, and as The Evening World
is on earth FOR the p nrpos ths OF nRS niG'ns
reporter was assigned to visit Mr.. Water.
bury before time had fed beyond the ii
o'clock limit.
Mr., waterbury was found in a little
music shop, seated at a piano. puttine
frils on his latest composition. the
Country Circus March" He stopped
right in the middle of staccato run &c
greet the reporter.
Much Obliged to you for. coming" HI
began. 81 couldn't stand II any longer
ISu laurel wr sf right right on Your top Without
80 much as giving you time to get YOU
hands to your head it's time to lift W
Now, this man schlusselburg., see
claims the championship for endurance
piano-playing. But he's no right to an,
!. such honor. ] hold the record for
Ave hours. and I'll wager all the way
4 siom one cent to $500 that can beat hin
"i admit that schlusselburg is tn,
was only a week behind him. and have
surpassed his performances seNera
Mr.. Waterbury waxed enthusiastic
as he got well into his subject.
II want" he continued, ito play a
match with sohl u, and VII L CIV,
him for a week, the man who performs
for the greatest number. OF hours dur:
ing that period to take the money. or
one %,e, or e the other Of US gives up.
IT must insist. however. on his con-
forming to the rules which / have es-
tablished to govern such ah trials ,aw.r ThS
select his own music. which must be a
continuous melody played with both
hands.
man must play good stiff stun.
II am the champion, and am in a posi-.
ton to dictate, therefore ! insist on the
observance Of these rules ;s,. u,o, =,
started in to play against time h,
didn't let go with one hand In order tina
he might eat. He keeps both hands OF
Accomplishments don't go. either. ac
!, cording to Mr.. Waterbury. It's got &c
be a tune played so that n musical critic
ss Tnst Il. ssst te tn.
ship, Mr.. Waterbury says that he hal
only suffered defeat once. but It wal
at the hands of beautiful woman, ant
occasion was when he essayed to bes
,, Mrs. Retta NJ, Darrin, of Elmlra, II
,, 1892; in a trial OF endurance playing;
pianist, after we had been going fo
, about ten hours; and in short time
,, was so crippled In one hand that
couldn't keep TO the terms OF the agree
ment making It obligatory to use boti
|, only had tip as to Mrs. Darrln's phys
,, ical condition. I'd have, won the mon
She couldn't have held out an hou
longer, and l could have managed t
, somehow"
. Waterbury's last match was will
Teddy Schorndorf in Bridgeport Conn
when both men keeled over at the en-
OF twenty-four hours and forty-fiv
q minutes. The match was declared a tie
: Mr.. Waterbury says he will NEE
q Schlusselburg at the Office OF 9TH
Evening World" any time. with hi
money ready to make a match.
I 'Ill tell you something" he conclud
h ed. "If a guy thinks he can train for
; show like this by sitting at a piano an
: practising until he Is black in the face
t he's wrong, l get pair OF dumb-bell
. and some Indian clubs, and when m
forearm IL as hard as iron, I'm ready
2 That's the secret of endurance playing
r but don't give It away"