The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-25
BURNS AND STONE
TO HAVE WRESTLE
Odds for First Time Against
the Farmer"
SOME THING OF CHAS. STONE
If "coming Champion Defeats Burns,
Then Gotch Is Next-victim.
Griffin to Box Red"
Smith.
SOMETHINGOF CHAS. STONE

As to whether or not the skill of
Farmer" Burns will be able to offset
the strength and agility, the weight and
rapidity OF movement of Charles Stone,
is proving a matter of much specula-
ton in Birmingham
This trial, which occurs next Fri
day night at the skating rink auditorium,
will doubtless surpass any other wrest-
ling event which has been pulled off in
/ this city. If Stone defeats Burns then
i he will some day be the champion of
: the world. If Burns is downed, Gotch
4 will be the next victim
| Charles Stone. perhaps better and more
broadly known as Ole Denolson, is a man
| of wonderful development. With all his
weight, his rapidity, his activity and nim-
bleness causes great surprise. 1t was
not that he defeated Thomas Griffin, but
the ease with which he accomplished this
end that caused the followers of the sport
| TO sit up and take notice. Griffin never
! had an opportunity. He could have as
| easily thrown one of the giant oaks in a
forest primeval as have pinned the gigan-
| tic shoulders of Charles Stone to the mat.
| Griffin, after a weeks training with
Gotch, was beaten with comparative
ease After the event, he stated that
Gotch could not have handler him 50
| easily.
The Coming Champion.
| Stone is hailed as the coming cham
pion. The odds are on him, against
! the wagers on Burns. His sole achieve
ment in Birmingham has caused him to
| be widely discussed and his prowess is
| considered phenomenal.
| Stone is but "a years of age. He is a
| Swede He, together with all his charac-
] teristic traits has an ambition to excel,
and this ambition is causing Gotch to
| look to his laurels.
| Stone has been on several mats in the
United States, and until he encountered
| Gotch, never knew a conquerer The
! champion defeated the big man in 90 min
utes, achieving his victory by means of
his famous toe-hold, which has proven
| such an aid in times of need. Stone
states that after he was beaten, he had
to look at his feet to Sc if his toes still
remained. All sense of feel had gone.
In one of his matches, Stone lost an eye.
| Some one threw a tack on the mat and
/ in the struggle, the eye of the strong
| man came in contact with the sharp
| point. His antagonist showed his heao
| toward the mat and the steel penetrat-
ed the ball His eye was afterward re-
moved. This infirmity does not prove
! handicap.
Burns Great Skill.
From one end of America to the other,
| the reputation of Farmer Burns has
spread. He was formerly champion of
the world. and unlike most champions,
! retained his prowess even after his mas
ter had arrived. Burns could defeat easily
| any man who dared to confront him. un-
til one of his pupils turned the trick of
downing the master. This pupil was
Gotch. Burns conscientiously trained
| Gotch, and when his COURSE was COM
pleted, the old man knew no trick that
was unknown to the younger. The young
err man had ambition, strength greater
than his master, and possessed frame
| larger and stronger He formally chal-
| lenged Burns for the championship, and
| after a mat game which lasted longer
| than an hour. won 1t. Burn has had this
one master, Gotch his old pupil. Gotch
is the only conquerer of Stone. For this
reason. it is certain that the match of
Thursday night will be a splendid one.
If Burns is beaten. then Gotch might
as we'll look to his laurels II he main
tans them, he will have gone success
fully through one of the greatest ordeals
of his wrestling career.
The match between Burns and Stone
will be in catch-as-catch-can style. The
winner of the event must be the winner
in two of three falls.
The Measurements.
| From the following measurements it
is shown that Stone is much larger than
is Burns The expansion of the two men
is the same seven inches, The measure
ments follow:
Burns--Age. 46; height, feet II inches;
weight, ia; chest, 43 inches; expanded,
81 inches; waist, inches; thigh % inches;
calf. 10 inches upper arm, 10 inches: wrist,
s4 inches: neck, 1S inches; reach, 10
| inches.
Stone-Age, "a; height, feet 2h inches;
weight. 300; chest, 40 inches; expanded,
56 inches; waist, So inches; thigh, 271a
inches; calf IN inches; PIPER arm, IS
inches; wrist. ssa inches neck, IS inches;
reach. 76 inches.
A six-round boxing match between
between Thomas Griffin and Red Smith
will be the most interesting prelimi-
nary.
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