Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-28
ROLLER TALKS
REAL BUSINESS
OFFERS SIDE BET TO BARRY
AND KAUFMAN
PROPOSES TO WAGER $4,000 THAT
HEWILL WIN
Seattle Wrestler-surgeon Believes He
Can Trim Any Heavyweight in the
World and His Proposition
Commands Respect

If the letter Baron Long recently re-
ceived from DR.. B. F. Roller is the reai
thing. with no sprinkling of bull around
the edges, the Seattle surgeon-wrestler
will be given a chance at big game
sometime next month. Last night
Long, after a consultation with Teddy
Murphy and Billy Delaney, wired the
northern man that, match with the
winner of the Kaufmann-Barry bout
was as good as signed, if Roller would
stick to his letter.
"Roller wrote that he would fight tile
winner for a side oct of $1,000, IN addl-
ton to cutting the purse rs per cent TO
the winner and 25 per cent to the loser,
said Long last night. well, If he Is
sincere he certainly sna'gged some GUS
toners, for both Delaney and Murphy
are delighted to accommodate him. OF
course there will be nothing doing un-
less these terms are carried out, for we
are not looking up newcomers anxious
for the losers end and the notorieJy
that goes with it.
LAS soon as Roller telegraphs that he
has deposited $1,000 with a Seattle paper
1 will forward articles signed by both
Delaney and Murphy, as well as myself.
The reports 1 have had on him state
that Roller means business and that he
has a mighty sweet chance with any
one in the business. Well, it Is good
thing, for Jack Johnson is looming up
on the horizon, and 1t will not hurt to
trim him. No, not bit"
Neither fighters manager was hard
to cajole into a match with Roller, for
no matter how good an athlete man
is he always is looked on with scorn
when he first breaks into the pro-
fessional ring game. Barry and kauf-
mann seem to hold an impression that
the Seattle surgeon is only so much
easy money, and both are hoping that
he will come to time and deposit the
side money with one of the northern
dailies 49,
In talking of Roller, the confidence
both Barry and Kaufman possess rela-
tive to their mixup Wednesday night
was strongly brought out. II will fight
him in a minute" said Barry, when
asked as to Rollers chances of getting
on The same thing was voiced at the
Kaufman headquarters, and each
fighter seemed to think that Wednes-
day nights show was already over, SO
far as the result was concerned.
Interest in the heavyweight mill
reached it's height yesterday when 250C
or more fans visited the respective
camps where Barry and Kaufman are
training. For their benefit the fighters
took on extra steam, and interesting
programs were in order. Plenty OF
boxing was offered, and the most favor
able impressions were made, no matter
whether it was Venice or the Southside
club that attracted the visitor.
Barry used up three sparring partners
and gave them all a merry time of IT,
Frank Mantell, Clarence English and
Maurice Sayers took turns and col
laborated in putting Big Jim through a
16-round stunt. in which the boxers al
ternated and then rested two periods
Barry showed up in remarkably clever
style, and those who saw him were free
with their predictions that Kaufman
would never be able TO touch him.
In addition to the boxing, Barry was
out on the road bright and early IN
the morning, and combined plenty OF
gymnasium stuff with his glove work
after lunch. His labors from now until
time for the fight will be Of the lightest
sort. and tomorrow he and Manager
Murphy viii take q trip into the cour-
try to spend the afternoon. Barry
weighs in the neighborhood of 1S7
pounds. and every ounce of 1t repre-
sents we'll trained flesh.
Kaufman entertained over a thou
sand enthusiastic fans in his open air
ring at Venice, and easily proved that
he is fit and ready for the clever Barry,
AL boxed three rounds with Jack Red
mond, two with Welsh and three with
Roy Moore, and then threw in lot OF
fancy stunts with the bag, pulleys and
weights for good measure. Moore hith-
erto was attached to the Barry camp,
but after being put out once by Jim
the Denver lad concluded to switch al
legiance.
Billy Delaney is well pleased with
Kaufrnann's condition and although he
will let his man work today and to-
morrow, the veteran trainer feels that
nothing could be done to make Al loom
up more formidably. IT have been
training him for nearly three years, bul
never yet has he shown such grand
form as at present" said Delaney. mo
matter how fast Barry is nor how often
he hits AL my man is sure to keep after
him and eventually land the punch that
will end 1t all. Trust to Kaufman to
win from any of these fellows. / am
only too sorry that Jack Johnson is
not white, so we could get after him."
Kaufman shares in his trainer
opinion, and stated that he expects to
make short work of Barry. The big
how evidently felt what he said, for he
explained that it took little time for
him to warm up and that Knockout
could not be expected right off the reel.
AL evidently expects to make good use
of his superior weight and hitting abil-
ity. and seems to look on Barry as a
mild sort of joke.
If the sale of seats is any evidence of
what kind of a house will witness the
bout it is possible that all local records
for attendance will be broken. The
Jeffries club reports that despite the
fact that the cushions have only been
on sale for two days the demand for
tickets is more brisk than for any fight
vet held at Vernon, and that without
doubt the classy big fellows viii NIL
the enormous fight shed to its capacity
when they get together Wednesday