Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-01
BURL|NGAME VS.. ROEBER.
TRAINING FOR THE MAT.
Hopes to Be The Worlds Chief Wrest-
ler-What He Says of His
Training.

George Burlngame. of Annapolis, or
"Burley, as his friends cali him. is anx-
ious 10 follow in the footsteps OF Yousouf.
the late Terrible Turk. who handled
Ernest Roeber so roughly. "Burley.
who is a youngman and a former member
OF the athletic ASSOCIATION OF the
University OF Virginia. is matched TO
wrestle Roeber for 81 900 side in Balu-
more on September 9th Burlingame has
made reputation by defeating such men
as Jack McGee, the Canadian champion,
and Jack Mccormick. who recently
knocked out "kid" Mccoy. The young
wrestlers physical development is re-
markable. He resembles Muldoon. The
following are his measurements:
Weight. ....IoS lbs Neck ....I7H in.
Height. feet 8 in. Biceps. !. ~. IN.
Chest. ...... ~ in. Thigh. ~ in.
Waist. Soin. Calf. .I74 in.
WHAT HE SAYS OF HIMSELF.
"Ive been in walking matches. run
ming matches, I've played baseball. I've
played football for eight years. I've boxed
little, I've worked at the blacksmith
forge. and I've fired on a locomotive,
said George Burlingame. "but absolutely
the hardest work. in my opinion, man
can do is to train for big wrestling
match, and from what was seen of the
training at Kings Park, Highlandtown,
on Monday night, Burlingame IS about
right.
Agility. science, strength and weight
were equally fought against. and one
after another with only about FIVE min
utes rest between. The local champion
tackled Will Hart. who is as quick as a
cat. Prof. Bailey. who is undoubtedly
one of the most scientific wrestlers in the
world, and Timothy Fehley. the 40
FOUNDER, and giant in strength. Science
proved the hardest nut TO crack, but il
didn't take "Burley'' more than FIVE
minutes to throw his trainer and instruc-
tor. With punches and ropes of muscle.
bulging through Burlingame' white and
Bailey's red skin, and putting like por-
poses, the two pictures of perfect physi
cal manhood struggled for a "fall'' on
the hair mat. A fall means both
shoulders and the hips on the mat at one
time.
"On what do you base your confidence
Of victory?" was asked of Burlingame,
and his manager, Prot. Bailey, answered:
"His showing with Roeber in their last
meeting and his improvement since then;
also his age. Roeber is 20, while Bur
lingame is only 70. His perfect physical
makeup. scientific brainwork. and above
all. the absolutely perfect life he leads.
are counted on. Stimulants OF any sort,
alcoholic. tobacco and even tea and cof-
fee are absolutely unknown Havors to
Burlingame. Another thing on which
we base our confidence OF victory is the
new methods that Burlingame uses. The
old school of wrestling is about at an
end. The double Nelson is a thing of
the past. for George can break that hold
easily by means of the wonderful mus
cles in his neck"
Burlingame was a student in several
schools. including St. Johns College,
this city, and the University OF Virginia.
He is splendid student. but life now is
to get the championship of the world for
wrestling. To that end he is a glutton
for work. In the morning and afternoon
four or hve-mile road run is taken in
company with his trainers. Gymnastic
exercises comes in for several hours dur
ing the day, and then two-hour nap is
taken in the afternoon. No more work
is done then until about 8 o'clock at
night, when, one after another, he "takes
on" his five or six trainers until he throws
them each IN turn, then a needle and
shower bath and good rub dow finishes
him up for the day. The night work
generally ends after about two hours.