Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-31
BURNS AND PARR ON CHICAGO MAT
Farmer wrestIes GOtch and English
man French Champion.

man French Champion.
well. Burns has it on me; that's all
with this remark Jimmy Parr, England's
champion wrestler, dismissed the subject
Of his second defeat by Farmer Burns. He
friends, even If the Farmers jaw was feel
ing the effects of PARIS kick when Burns
FParr is a mighty good wrestler. one Of
the best" said Burns
In the Burns-Gotch match at Chicago
Monday night Parr will wrestle the French
champion. Paul Pons, I'M the preliminaries.
II Parr wins he gets $50; II he loses he
gets nothing but his transportation.
Win or lose Burns gets a guarantee Of
$500. 1t is more than likely he will lose.
He cannot be- rated above Gotch, wonder
full as he is. He says himself, ''Gotch is
the best man in the world"
Speaking of close calls: In that first
fall between Burns and Parr Friday night
Pete Loeb had to run his hand under
Burns several times to determine whether
both shoulders were touching the mat The
old man held out for several minutes just
that close before Parr was able to bear
him down.. Locn proved throughout this
season to be a fair and square and able
referee And one remarkable feature OF
his work was that he was the promoter Of
these contests as well as the referee.
Had Parr won the Friday night match
he and Beel would have been pitted against
each other at the Auditorium soon, but
II went the saasdn probably will end with
the Burns-Parr contest Burns wrestles
Gotch in Chicago Monday night. Parr
goes away from Omaha admitting he was
beaten in a fair and square test OF wrest-
ling ability. He said before the match this
time that he was in perfect shape and
would stand or fall or his merits. He fell
and yet ne proved himself to be a mighty
man on the mat, whose defeat can only be
accomplished by few OF the very best,
such as Gotch, Burns and-and who?
That's the question, "who?" Perhaps the
Russian Lion and some people think Beel
might do It, but that's the question. Parr
a ina Rn1r ha anti y0d 1nV,er
the reputation of being the best man in the
world for his weight that IL is too late in
the day for anybody no matter what the
circumstances are, to wrest from him that
distinction now. In his 47th year it is to be
expected he might be conquered, but yet 1t
appears the only man able to conquer him
is the worlds champion, Frank Gotch
thirty pounds heavier than Burns and sew
| enteen years younger.
'"That talk of fakes makes me sick" said
| a follower of the wrestling game after the
AS the crowd was leaving the building one
man was heard to remark that the bout
looked little shady because the Farmer
| had been able to throw Parr with such
| apparent ease on the two last falls.
''The idea of any fake is preposterous,"
as It was Burns won. Do you think for
he could have helped himself? One has
only to consider the gain to see that too
| much was at stake for Parr to have him
lose to Burns If he could help himself
Had Parr won Friday night he would have
been matched for go with Beel, which
/ would have netted him 500 or $500. As It
is. he simply gets his share of the receipts
/ of the match wrestled, with no other
matches in prospect until next fall. And
| besides. he has no claim on Gotch until ne
can throw Burns or Beel"
| DIT. Paul Hannibal Ellis, at the residence
| OF Judge Dufie, won the winter tourna-
| ment Of the Saratoga Whist club with the
] remarkable score Of fifteen points ahead Of
| his nearest competitor. His success In this
| regard is almost phenomenal, having won
! the recent tri-state championship series at
/ Sioux City, and two years ago beating all
| competitors in the free-for-all at PUTIN
| Bay, o., open to all corners and partici-
| pated in by the worlds greatest players.
| The doctor bears his honOrs modestly and
! his success Is due to careful study and
remarkable judgment. His judgments are
quick and unerring he is a rapid player
and makes his decision on the Instant as
| TO what his play shall be and he rarely
makes mistake. The Saratoga Whist
| club, of which he is president, owes the
| inspiration for its success almost wholly
10 his enthusiasm.