The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-12
HEARD FROM
ONCE MORE
Sol Ber|iner Again In
Trouble.
MANAGING FAKE FIGHTS
Wrecked in City of Columbia He
Turns Up in Manila and Tries
Many Devices.

Sol Berliner, of the Inflated steamer
City of Columbia fame, and the man
who was mainly responsible for tying
miralty courts in 1898, and subsequent
ly in Honolulu's Rotten Row." has
been heard from in Manila, where he is
managing fake prizefights. Sol Ber-
liner was the father of Rosa, a young
girl who came to Honolulu with her
father and mother, Russell Colgrove.
Comedian Jim Post, May Ashley, and
other seedy members of a so-called dra-
matte company.
Berliner and Colgrove had many a
fight over the girl while the vessel
was enroute to Honolulu from Seattle.
resulting in Colgrove being placed in
irons until his arrival in port. Colgroye
brought suit against the steamer for
false Imprisonment; Berliner sued the
captain for assault; Rosa sued for
| a golden balm to soothe her wounded
feelings; and finally Mrs. Berliner had
! her husband arrested for assault, and
as long as they remained in Honolulu
the newspapers were filled with their
doings Rosa" appeared at the Or
pheum with Jim Post, and for a
and Colgrove. The City of Columbia
sailed for Hongkong and went to the
bottom when near the Island of Nil
hau.
Colegroye left town quietly on a
| transport and turned up in Manila in
a few weeks, and blossomed out as a
customs broker; two months later as
| vice president of the Manila Chamber
of Commerce, and protector of steam
| ship lines to run from Singapore to
Manila, Honolulu, Portland and Seat
| tle." The steamers hulls are yet to be
seen in Honolulu or any of the ports
named.
The Berliners finally managed to
scrape steamer fare together, and in
time posters announcing The initial
appearance of Rosa, the celebrated
| American prima DONNA" We're flashing
on Manila's billboards Sol Berliner ap-
peared as manager and promoted sew
eral fistic encounters, which the press
characterized as fakes. The Manila
| American of a recent date has the fol-
| lowing account of one of Soils enter
tainments:
| THE second slapping, cutting and
punching production of the Manila
Athletic Club took place as scheduled
| at the Teatro Libertad last evening
| Some said it was fake, while others
considered the evenings entertainment
well worth the price of admission. To
man up tree the authors of the
prior, sta tement were piqued on ac-
count of the breyity of the "gos,"
or were ungraceful losers in the betting
| ring. 1t is not always easy to deter
mine the favorites, for a small man
with good lungs and a ten dollar bill
to bet, can make a lot of noise. How
ever, it is probable that the favorites
| of the majority present, with the ex-
ception of the first bout, came off
| losers.
| AS on the previous exhibition Of
the club Sol Berliner was everywhere
present and painstaking in the per-
Torrance of his arduouS duties. In in
Producing the gladiatorS and announc-
ing the bill for the evening, Mr.. Ber-
liner said: ladies and gentlemen, I
am glad to have the pleasure of meet
ing this large audience this evening.
When 1 arranged these fights 1 ar
| ranged them on the square, and L
wouldn't permit them to come off if I
| thought they weren't going to be on
the square. When I gave these prizes
L knew L was offering inducements
which / must see fought for on the
level. When I got up these matches,
and when 1 talked with the various
business men, telling them I wished to
promulgate the sport, l received every
encouragement, because they knew
would pull the matches off on the
square. Now gentlemen, I am going to
name the referees. I know they are
all right, yet if anyone objects to what
| announce, 1 want them to say so to
me. I propose to have these fights on
the square, concluded Mr.. Berliner."
There was but one round, in which
Twenty-first Infantry pugilist defeat
ed his opponent, and the fight was
brought to a sudden end