Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-28
PARR CONES TO MEET BURNS
English Ohaapisu Gets In Early Be e. TO
Train . Bit
GREAT INTEREST ctHTtRs IN HATCH
Both Men Are Determined 90 win
Two OF the Most Evenly
Matched on the Padded

Looking as At as a lddle. Jimmy PAR.
champion wrestler Of England and one OF
the very best In the world, arrived In
Omaha wednesday morning for his match
with Farmer Burns at the Auditorium FRI
day night.
Il came in a couple days early" says
Parr, so as to get IN good form before
the match"
On his former visit here Parr got In town
the same day Of the match, which was won
by Burns. Parr was tired from travelling
and this IL what he sought to avoid by
coming early this time 30 that he and the
fans who watch the match may get the
beneht Of his best condition. He will rest
ali wednesday and work out at Morgans
Thursday and Friday.
No two men In the country are more
evenly matched than Burns and Parr.
They ara both old men on the mat, one IS,
the other %, have skill, strength speed ana
endurance and their going against each
other is about like Greek meeting Greek.
Each man is desperately determined TO win
IN Fridays match. Should Parr win he ana
Fred Beel viii be pitted against each other
at the Auditorium before warm weather;
II Burns wins that will end the season here.
Parr IL scheduled to meet Charley Hacken-
schmidt In Knoxville April 4 He and Hack
have never met.
Parr and Eranch Gotch are great personal
friends and mutual admirers
Hes a fine gentleman" said Parr, land
a wonderful wrestler. always enjoy meet
ing him-I mean in a social way" And the
jolly Englishman gave a characteristic
twinkle Of his sharp, dark eye.
Parr, himself, is man who cultivates the
social side OF life. He is a great traveller
and never travels but he has his camera
with him to aid in impressing the scenes
and events on his mind.
Parr took a drive around Omaha Wednes-
day, taking his camera with him to snap
some views. He spun up and down Central
boulevard.
Here IL a man who believes firmly in the
power Of the press and the potency of news
paper advertising. Speaking of the methods
employed in advertising wrestling matches
and other athletic events, he said;
''One line In a newspaper is better than
oil your bill posters, show windows, pla-
cards or anything else. For effective ad-
vertising give me the newspaper ad You
ask why is newspaper advertising the most
effective3 Simply because people read the
newspapers today as they never did before.
They have got the habit, 30 to speak; they
look for these things in the paper. IT'S part
Of every legitimate business to advertise"
In all the excitement Of the coming Of
the Coming Champs II should be borne in
portunity to see them work out Saturday
and Sunday afternoons In games with the
observation-disclosures team. Since the
memory Of man runneth not to the con-
trary, II has been the custom for the pro-
fessionals to open their season In Omaha
with the best amateur team, and the Lee
Glass-Andreesen team has claimed that dis
tinction for sometime, and consequently
has been II. The hardware men have been
practlcing hard for the coming fray and
say they need the game as a good opener
intend TO let the amateurs take the opening
game Amateurs are hard Indians early in
the season, for they are ambitious and
play with lots Of steam, while the profess
SIGNALS are more apt to hold themselves
IN reserve and not take any chances on
throwing an arm out of gear. Saturday is
the opening day and Vinton street park
the place.
Omaha anglers are somewhat disappointed
that they will not be able TO fish at Cut on
lake Sunday, but Deputy Game Warden
Pierson took the matter up with Head
Game Warden George Carter and ne has
ruled such things must not be and there
day. The length and size Of some OF the
hsh which have been seen at the lake Is
astonishing.
Through a mistake the 1885 trottinE stake
race was omitted from the race program
for the state fair which was published in