Omaha daily bee., 1898-03-06
Revival of Wrestling May Follow the
Arrival of YOusOuf,

Revival of Wrestling May Follow the
Arrival of YOusOuf.
1t looks now as IL the Tuckish wrestler
Youscuf. will have match on soon, and
with Roeber. The latter is now touring the
country with Fitzsimmons, aud Is under Mar
tin Julian's management Last week Julian
wes telegraphed about the matter, and re-
sponded that Roeber would meet the Turk
If he wrestled with no one else in the mean.
time. The final arrangements are to be
made during the coming week. The con-
test is to be for $500 a side, two in thcee
falls, at the Graeco- Roman style.
Levers Of wrestling are in great hopes
that the popularity OF wrestling in this coun-
try will be renewed as a result of the Mo.
hammedan's visit. The sport was killed a
few years ago by the many fakirs who lived
on it. Yousouf is honest to the core and
1t is not believed that any amount of money
can get him to hippodrome. If he can in
ject little more honesty in the game, the
public will cectainly resume interest in II, as
there is nothing so exciting as wrestling.
Something OF a surprise developed at the
Boston College Athletic association games
| last Monday night in that Rush, the Iowa
and now Princeton eprinter was downed in
the forty-yard dash. 1t was expected that
the three rivals after champion sprinting
honors-Wefers, Rush and Zinn-would be
| pitted against each other, but the former
| failed to enter. The other two entered, but
| neither made very good showing. Znn, in
! fact, appears to be below form this year. as
! he dropped out in the trial heat Rush did
| not get place In the final, but this is ac-
| counted for by the fact that he got a poor
| start and was unused to indoor racing. The
wnnec was w. J. Holland, who made the
spriot in the record time of O;Oi 80.
The new gymnasium of Columbia university
will cost $780, 900. The building will include
| the exercise hall. hand ball room, room
| for boxing and wrestling end a swimming
! and rowing tank, which will, 1t Is said, be
] the best equipped in the world. The exercise
| hall is ITO feet long, 1870 feet broad and
| 35 feet high. Suspended % feet above the
| floor is running track ~ feet broad, which
extends all around the building, making nine
| laps to the mile. From this track will be
| hung all the heavy flying apparatus, and di-
rectly underneath, along the wall, will be
| arranged the pulley weights and other fixed
| machines. In this way 100 feet of clear space
will be left jn the middle Of the hall which
! may be used for class work or exhibitions.
| Around this space. suspended on trolley.
! Is the netting OF base ball cage, which can
| be drawn back out OF the way when not in
| use In the basement below the gymnasium
proper Is the swimming tank. semi-crcular
| in shape. with diameter OF 100 feet and a
| depth ranging from to 10 feet. The water
| In the tank will be Illuminated by electric
| lights protected by plate glass. which are
placed Oh the bottom. This tank will also
| be used by the crew for indoor training.
| Frank Parker veteran blliardlst and at
one time a national champion. died In Chi
cago last week. For some ten years be-
| tween 1863 and 1873. he was one Of the most
prominent players In the country. appearing