The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-02
ROLLER TALKS
To ATHLETES
Bio Wrestler Is Guest at Meet.
ina of Diamond Heads and
Meets Members.

DR.. Roller made a great speech last
night He was an honored guest at
meeting of the Diamond Head Ath-
letic club and talked straight from the
shoulder on the subject of athletics
generally. "Every man can aid in
athletics whether he is an athlete or
not,'' was the essence of the grand
| wrestler's talk
| There was a large aggregation of
athletes belonging to the club to meet
| the Doctor and they listened with in
tense interest while he told of his life
and how he had worked his way
through college and had made name
as an athlete. 1t was goodly sight
to see those young fellows, every one
of them well muscled and straight,
listening to a man who could tell them
how to develop themselves and how to
reach the top of the ladder of amateur
sport.
Pete Baron also made very telling
speech in which he implored the mem
bers of the club to stay together and
show real Esprit de corps. /" 1--WE
have" said he, ga collection of ath-
Iletes in this club that can beat any
other aggregation not only ON the Is
Hands but on all the Islands and, II
YOU boys will only stay together, the
diamond Head Athletic club will be
known all over the world as cIup
that makes champions.
After the meeting DR.. Roller was in
troduced to each member individually
by Eddie Fernandez and some of them
will have sore fingers this morning al
/ ter feeling the grip of the genial giant
DR.. Roller made a statement to an
Advertiser representative after the
meeting in which he said, $50 far as
Roberts is concerned, / have not ye1
heard from him. / understand the posi-
tion he is in and that he must rustic
round to find the wherewithal for his
side wager and 1 expect to receive no
tice from him in day or two. vii
n modify my previous challenge and vii
offer to throw him FIVE times within
lone hour on the mat for side bet o.
five hundred dollars or any amount h
wishes to put up. If he does not l1k'
this [ have a pupil weighing IL;
pounds whom / will back for the sam
b amount to throw him five times within
? the hour
This challenge should wake the salo
up and it is expected that he Will D.
heard from today. If Roberts Wlsne
to meet either DR.. Roller OF his pup
the Advertiser would be glad to hs0
him communicate with the office am
Twill give publicity freely to any state
ment which he may wish to make re
garding a wrestling bout.
The followirs, communication was re
Iceived from an ardent admirer OF ID
Roller:
Editor Advertiser:-Re that item i
Il last evenings Star concerning III
Roller. Does the sporting editor TO
a moment mean to insinuate that tn
I, DIR. has taken cold feet, If SO, he !
Ilaboring under the greatest deluslol
N of his life.
AS a friend and admirer of the d.
7 know and am thoroughly convinee
- that he won't take back-water iron
any man. and why should he, when
has such reputation back OF nm
On reading that article felt great
nrovoked to think that the editor o
the above paper should try to lnslnt
. ate something, / know positively to b
nntrue. I for one was present VINE
the Doctor made the proposition wit
Sailor Roberts that he would put u
$3.50 that he could floor him twice ]
one hour.
O. Roberts like big buffer accepte
the proposition, but failed to com
= through. Now my young sport write
how in the name of common sense an
in the face of those facts could 20
deliberately accuse the Doctor G
ssroIling OUT as you expressed 1T.
I am yours respectively,
\. FAIR PLAY.