The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-10-13

tle. The Seattle Star says:
For several years past, wrestlers
have been brought to the city OF
seattle TO meet DR.. B. +. Roller on the
agreement that they would LAY down
TO the Seattle man and permit MN u
win -.
since the day three years ago tna'
prank Gotch, in the Grand opera mousse
in this city, failed to throw Roller N
an hours wrestling, because ne nau
agreed to let Roller go the full houI,
the wrestling game in this CITY mas
been fake pure and simple,
Of all the matches held here slhce
mat time not one in ten has peen y"
to sorare Olson, Beall, Burns Yves
taraord and all the rest OF them no,
go o%s'' down, to Roller when, IN hea, ,,'.
la,u oose they could have easny
tbrown the Seattle man h"u 'nN'
desired - 81 the expo
i1'9 -rornds. the inevitable eApo
sllion oon,o No more dramatic nv
S So marks the sporting history ol o. o.
oi+v or country than that VIZ ,i,lono+elv
o ,rrod when Bert Warner dellpe I'D o,IdY
cul5e so,yn on his back, his two snoulo -
lalu uo" enc mat, after 80 seconds u
wrestling, aoa He gazed
Of fine form stretched out oh r' mo to
q" he feet. then looked inqulItnsS nis
a. ms, noI occupied by Jack Curley' t ms
the wv n hold his hands out 10 INC
nl' ano 90 though appealing for an GA, ca
n1artation, and tnen seemlns -. mex
tnat something startling anu led
'na .o5 vas about to happen sa[ [oo
peo'ot 90 the side Of the ring where ., ~
over 10 food .4v complacent and smiling
as usual. ~
" rAIEs OF FAKE
n, crowd that almost filled the
"e in,nediately set up cry u
7alding in his raised hand an ~
- u.as many minutes before d ma as
1t ia ,dsen from his seat ana "''9
~ in his hraised hand an opon
l ny, Gould make himself heard "heH
the noise had subsidized s"ln i,,,o,, W.
mic man read from the paper VIM 4nat
.n,S IN ~ his and, first explaining ina.
10 i,new nothing of it except tnav Tia, -
ne 1,ao, handed to him by repuVaoio
nav ,itb the request that he reau !.
TO the spectators after the hISt w. sol-
tTo match. The letter was INC "
lowing: 80 ,,,o+ch / Bert
-, ~ was Obliged to post one tnou.
sond dollars as a forfeit tnaV -
So the first fall within 20 lniiiu' =,
rs 4ho second within 95 minutes "
am arsor 70 protect my money l am ~,
u w 80 lose the first fal las soon do !
ine z,,,,,, can and the second Just "a
r,ic,,lv then want you W
49, Tho referee be changed ana "aHs
~ wrestle Roller on the square, anO
Tho neople a run for their money I"
ovnect everything from the put'ine
the lights out to being arres'Gu 80
tho notice. l do not DelleVe 49,
III, dare TO wrestle me with any o'n1i
.oforoa than Herman. l want TO wlee'io
- +,,o sorare. and hope you VIII use
- Influence to help make holie.
urastIe me. rhave $1,000 at sIahe alu
onst protect it. Curley and holiei
80 6xed this match and Woulu ho'
go IN wrestle unless I agreed "
u.s." tan,, demand they made that I would
not throw Roller.
r. r. WARNER.
The uproar at the conclusion Oh the
roodirg of the letter almost raised INC
roof In MS corner, Warner sat W.
inst the semblance of a sheer on us
face gazing straight across at holie l
pollers face had turned even more aen-
ON than is its accustomed color, ana 1T
was MAINLY in mental distress. Jach
Curlev climbed up through the ropes
and from the other side of the RING
Toe Carroll and H. w, Mix, hacker %
warner. the Unknown" made then
way to the mat.
ANXIOUS TO TALK.
Everybody but Roller and CurleS
seemed to want to say something pu
the crowd would have none OF II. Hol
Ter and Curley appeared to be -dazeu
So Unexpectedly and so suddenly ha'
come the blow that they were not pre-
nared to hit back and when the crow'
left the Arena two hours later no ue
NAL had been made of the charges
Ioor+ainad in Warmers statement.
Finally, during brief and intermlt
tent moments of quiet, the crowd wa
given to understand that Warner wa
willing to go on the mat again am
LAY down. thus protecting his $l,OO
and then go on the mat with Role
and wrestle on the square. After al
l,,o,+ m, t,or, of 1,ickarinp Roller, whit