The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-01
BIERSDOFFER HAS
FINE REPUTATION
IN TEXAS LEAGUE
Words of Praise for
Cantillon'S Latest Find.
Wrestling Comment.
By THOMAS S. RICE.


Clarence Biersdoher. the young pitcher
Washington drafted from Galveston at
ti1e- close Of last season, is highly es-
teemed by the Texas League fans, who
mink he will make good in fast com
pany if not this year, then next. The
Dallas correspondent Of the Sporting
News has this to say about him:
st"BiersdoneT, who was drafted BY
Washington, made his professional de-
but in 1907 with Dallas, and many of his
friends think he is going into fast com
fany too early. He has the stuff how
ever, and Is q better pitcher than some
IL the other youngsters on CantillOnS
stan. BiorsdOffer' proved himself last
season TO be one of the grittiest pitch
tzrs that ever performed In Texas, WOFE--
fHg regularly with a bad case OF malaTis.
spntll his condition was discovered by
Maloney, when he was sent TO the hos
1Jitai, IN spite of his protests. At an
other time, with Ables and Garrett out
OF the game with injured pitching arms.
Biersdoher performed more than twice
i4lis share or work without nurnur,
and IN so commendable a manner as 10
bring words of praise from every ian
sn Texas. a man with such tenacity
will make good anywhere, II he has
t4lle curves and control that Biersdoffer
has manifested, and here's wishing him
Ahe- best OF luck
= That he is going into fast company
Zoo early is not likely for his chances
pf landing permanent major league
berth this season are not the bright
est.
Rogers a Big Joke.
While we would naturally have liked
80 see Joe Rogers defeat UNDERESTIMATE
he IS entitled 10 no sympathy what
ever since Hackenschmidt made a
monkey OF him. The whole trip of Tom
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challenge Hack was nothing but a
,pIuudering expedition in particular. ROg~
ers had never done anything in America
TO Justify a big purse for a match be-
tween him and Frank GOtch or Fred
Beeu He was without reputation as
a wrestler or boxer, and there was not
the slightest reason for Hack giving him
a match, yet O'Rourke bulldozed the
English sporting men into bringing
about a match BY decrying every other
wrestler in Europe. accusing them Of
being afraid OF his man and Of hippo
droming their matches in order TO avoid
meeting the holy terror from the states.
Some Of the stuff O'Rourke put over IN
this line was extremely raw and now
makes him and his Over-tOuted prOtege
aEdaughing stock abroad.
G0tch Has Slim Chance.
we have been in the habit of roast
ing the British boxers and wrestlers
sent to this country for showing utter
Iack of class. and with few exceptions
ehe roasts have been justified. Now the
i5oot is on the other leg and It Will prob
ably be a long time before an American
grappler gets a hearing on the other
= Frank Gotch is said to be matched to
meet Hack II Kansas CITY IN April
THAI same report was spread last year
and proved TO be a joke Now lack
seems to lend color TO 1t; On form ul y
Jess GOtch has Improved Immensely, y
Is hard to see where he has a chance
with the Russian lion. Gotch see-Say1ed
Through various matches with rom Je1'
Ems, and was barely able TO beat MN
Tor the championship On May 4, lSg9'
Hack met Tom Jenkins in New York,
and made him look FOOLISH In Two
Efraighr falls, Thomas never having a
i3ook-in. Gotch is said TO have grown
20 pounds now, but even that VIII hard-
u etave of the Russian.
Famous Female Champion.
The presence Of Cora Livingston at a
local burlesque theat7r this week. claim
ing TO be the female wrestling champ
ion, has awakened much interest in the
subject OF female wreStlers, who have
anever been very plentiful IN this coun-
try, although they have appeared oc-
OCCASIONALLY in history. One curious case
gon record Is thai cited IN HanSard $
1.-The Book Of Archery" quoting Gentil
"a French traveller, who visited lncla
IN the early part OF the seventeenth
court OF an Indian prince, who MAO g
fbodyguard of 100 AmaZons, who mad
Fbeen thoroughly instructed IN all war
hike accomplishments. One or these
FWonen named I10ngir, was considered
the best locker in all India, ana was
the princes favOTite.
Langir's mother was Acosira, also z
member of the Amazon troupe. ana she
was known as the champion female
wrestler Of her day No woman could
Withstand her, and when she had
cleaned up her own sex she began
isackling men. Some strangers whC
went against her were promptly thrown
and when they refused 10 stay thrown
she finished the Job IN good style by
forthwith stralgiing them to death.
Couldn't Equal Samson's Record.
Acosira's finish teaches once more the
old moral that it is dangerous to q
out Of your class. She tried to equa
Samson's record of meeting a casua
lion while she was afOOt and killing hin
barehanded, but the best she got wa.
prince, who built her a handsome mon
Eument and let his beard grow as al
.evidence OF his great grief at LOSING
such q handy companion.
Rob Roy Mackey has posted anothe
500 70 bet that he will throw joe TOrne
when they meet for the welterweigh
championship Of the South at the Ma
ltfonal Guard Armory on February DO
When tho match was first discussed tn,
Turner people were as full Of confidence
as reformer is of words, but sine,
Alackey left the first hundred to bacl
himself they have not been so prom
tpent-