The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-30
OLSON THE
KANGAROO
Has Longest keacb of Any
Man in the Sport.
CLEVER HEAVY WEIGHT
Wrestler Who Meets Fred
Bartl Friday Night.
Has Made Snug Fortune on the
Mat--Over Six Feet Tall and One
of the Best Men in the Game


the Kangaroo Wrestler of st.
Louis, who has made q Comfortable
Fortune out of the Mat Game
the st. Louis Post-Dispatch of
January 2Slh has the following in-
tcrcsting story about the great
wrestler who on Friday night at
the Grand Opera House will at
tempt to pin Fred Bartl's should
ers to the mat five times in ninety
minutes.
Charles NJ. Olsen, the deceptive
appearing German wrestler of st.
Louis, whose reach OF rs inches is
the longest of any man in the game
in the world and who can name
among the men he las met and
defeated OH the mat such figures
rs Farmer Burns, Ono, the famous
2l0-pound japanese wrestler and
jim Jitsu instructor at the Naval
Academy IN Annapolis Oscar Mas
sen, Dan Mcleod. former champion
Of the world, Oily DcnclSon, Shad
Lick. the noted bull wrestler. VIII
lam BaMer, Jim Parr, the English
champion, Dan Mcdonald and 9TH
ers, now has hopes Of making a
match with Dcmctrab the terrible
Greek publisher who recently de-
feated Pons, the Frenchman in Chi
cago.
About fifteen years ago the great
Farmer Burns was matched with
"S!rangler Lewis" in one of the
hardest fought wrestling bouts ever
occurring in Chicago. A ldtle to
one side of the platform sat dull
eyed German hoy who seemed in
tercssed in nothing in particular
aud whose face was almost rs cX-
pressiyc as the surface Of a muddy
mill pond. lie was about IL years
cf age and his body was slight for
even an undcvcloped boy Of his
wears. Burns won over the
stranger" and as lie stepped from
the platform he noticed the little
German still sitting apart, but all
stupidity had departed from his
face. His attention was attraced to
'ihc lad and he spoke to him.
GLOW can | become n wrestler
aslicd the boy.
Burns gazcd pitylng,y at the
small frame and answered, "Oh,
inst start new and lcarn how to
throw other boys on their backs. y
The advice was given lightly but
1t was taken, and within the past
few years Farmer Burns has been
twice pu, to the mat by the 1.-the
long-reaching German wrestler who
has made 4 fortune at the wrestling
game under the name Of Charles Nj
Olsen. Olsen is none other thar
that little Germa lad who took the
!lN.ee Of Farmer Burns literally
and first taught himself The eff
cacy of half-Nelsons. arm locks
ehanceries. stranglc holds and other
details of putting an opponent flat
upon his shoulders by prac,icine
upon the street galnins on the corn
eps and in the back alleys Of tbs
Windy C.ty.
AT the age of twenty Olson wa.
considered q phcnom in the turn
1 ycrin gymnasiums of Chicago. liz
was the ready to enter professional
bouts and began for match. Work
ig overtime as a mnohinist he dis
paycd unusual thrift and saved
enough money to post his FIRST for
felt for match. 1t was on tht
. Pacific Coast that he first got into
, the game and for the past six year
with one on two exceptions he has
met and defeated all Of the bos
heavyweight of the world in catch
/. assert ch-can bouts.
:. Travelling about the country, OF
n son has, time after time been p5cke'
!. up as q ''suckcr" by differcl
Q wree tiers, for he has never forgot
y ten how 10 make his face appear a
i perfectly stupid as il was on th'
/. first day when he talked with Farm
4 cr Burns. 1t was this quality tina
t deceived many opponents and be
}. sides his appearance is deceptive
Slightly ovcrs6 4 feet in height Oh
Q son s legs taper up to body tha
= in rcpose does moi give any indicl
: ation of its possibilities.
A reach of 76 inches flat and grll
: Of vise-like intensity, together will
neck ana shoulders that offer rigi'
. barrier TO an opponents efforts, ar
Olsen's chief assets,
Eyes. I can reach all the wa
around q man and secure an embar
: assing hold far hcyond the averag
wrestler and 1t is upon this that
have placed reliance" said olaon t
a writfr tft.i H trt