The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-01

| Once again wrestling is getting Its
share of the local sports conversation
and at last something definite in the
nature of match has been made.
On April IS Hans Froelecher, the
Swiss, will wrestle Frank Kanae of
Honolulu, at the Orpheum, the agree
ment reading as follows:
We, the undersigned, hereby agree to
meet in wrestling match and to abide
by the following articles:
1. The bout to take place on April
Is at the Orpheum Theater in Homo
lulu
q Fifty per cent. of the gross re-
ceipts to be set aside as the purse, TO
be divided on a basis of IS per cent.
to the winner and rs per cent. to the
loser.
8. The bout to be wrestled under the
catch-as-catch-can rules of the Inter-
national Wrestling Association.
A. The contestant obtaining the best
two out of three falls to be declared
the winner.
5. Catchweights to govern the match.
6. A referee agreeable to both par
ties to be selected.
T. forfeit of $50 to be posted by
each man Immediately after the sign
ing of these articles, said sum to be
claimed by the opponent of the man
falling to appear in the ring at the
time and place specified by the pro-
moter.
"a frI nd
the forfeits posted.
Froelecher is the 12-stone champion
of the world, but has not wrestled for
some time. He is, however, in excel
lent shape and says that he is as
strong and fast as ever. Froeiecher
has wrestled some of the best men in
the business and has come off victo-
rious in the majority of cases.
Frank Kanae is the well-known local
athlete and all-round strong man. He
won an enviable reputation in the
football field and today holds the is
land record for throwing the hammer.
In what wrestling he has done he has
come off best in every instance, and
latterly has been able to find no one
willing to take him on.
When Kanae heard that Froelecher
had issued a challenge he at once ex-
pressed a desire to tackle the Swiss
and has been training conscientiously !
ever since. Several experts at the
game have been giving him pointers
and he has proved himself to be an |
apt scholar.
The natives believe that he will down
FroeIecher without much difficulty, but
he knowing ones are firm in their
opinion that Froelecher's cleverness
will more than set off Kanae's great
strength.
The japanese hackers of Mitsuka
lave come to the front again and want
O sign up their man with Froelecher.
they had plenty of opportunity to do
his a few weeks ago, but procrast-
ated to such a degree that everybody
oncerned got tired and the match fell
trough. Now Mitsuka will have to
7ait till the F'roelecher-Kanae bout
as been decided.
Another wrestler who wants to get
ITO the game is VIII Prestidge, very
GOD man in his day, but who would
eauire a period of hard training 10
ut him in shape for a serious bout.
A Japanese made a proposition yes
,rday to match jiu-jitsu expert
gainst a boxer. Nothing is likely TO
1me of the thing, however, for 1t has
cen tried before and the boxer has
1me out on top every time. :
McLaghlan, the champion white jiu-
tsu wrestler of the world, and a {
expert, has been
ritten to in San Francisco, with the $
ca. of ascertaining whether he will
AXE the trip here and take on the l
,st man the Territory can produce 1
a catch-as-catch-can bout. +
1t is proposed to match the winner t