New-York tribune., 1909-01-29
THROWS THREE MEN
rTEGFRTED SHOWS SKILL.
ersngs One WreStJer about His
Head at Bout IN Garden.

rrnest siegfried. the German Oak" who aspires
a. the worlds heavyweight wrestling champion
,.n title made & favorable impression by throw
- three men at Madison Square Garden last
,ssht The muscular Teuton first disposed Of r. H
ssbzzrtz with q drop fan in two minutes and fol-
Iozed this by pinning Professor Atlas to the mat
a 4 minutes IS seconds. Butch Miller made the
t.ird victim, in minutes 4o seconds.
Although Eiegfried threw his opponents in sum
rs-y fashion, some OF the critics present would
ret accept him world beater. George Rothner-
che former lightweight champion was asked v-la+
he thought Of the big German. but declined IN
MSS an opinion, saying that he first wanted m see
hin against soIle good heavy man. like Joe Rogers
Rogers. by the way, was on hand with his
manager. Tom oRourke who offered to make a
uatch with SlesfTied. O'RoIrke posted 800 which
vas covered by Ernest Roeber, who acted for
gegfried. They could not come to terms last
right, but agreed TO meet tomorrow and talk
thfngs
There were about 1900 persons in the Garden
when Siegfried appeared for his first exhibition
Joe Humphries announced that Siegfried who only,
vrestles Grseec-ROnan style. was Offering 800 TO
scch q his opponents. and that the oak" stood
ready to meet The best men in the world William
Muldoon 2 former champion, acted as referee
siegfried astonished the crowd a few seconds
afer time was called by picking up Schwartz and
swinging him around rapidly several times as an
athlete would in throwing the hammer When the
German got lis man out at the proper angle ba
CANNED MN 10 Ine mat, and the bout was at an
end
The case Was somewhat different later when
segfred tackled Professor Atlas In this hout tha
s. Louis man displayed considerable science and
squirmed out of several tight places. while siee-
fred appeared trihe awkward. Finally, he set
tied Atlas with half Nelson After the bo1,t Atlas
protested Vigorously claiming that his shoulders
had net been pinned 10 the mat
Butch Miller managed TO keep going for 3 tir,a
but wher Segfned applied roll and halfNe1so,, :,
=ss sl over.
Although extremely well ceveloned Siagfriad.s
legs are slender, almost too slender but tbev eave
nc signs Of weakness, and there was never an in
stsn1 IN any Of his bouts when he was not master
Of the situation Ee appeared perfectly cool and
his rather deliberate movements were in striking
contrast 10 the catlike agility Of other cha,,,,s
long series Of preliminary bouts kept the crou-d
Interested The first men 70 take The no. -
Phi Kelly. known Tom Sharkey's trainer. and
Ted adder, Of the Montauk Athletic ClDh rT~,o
hghTTeights wrestled at catch-as-cafcb-can s+yla
and neither man got fall during the first ten
minute bout- In the next Kelly won with a scissors
hoid, and the third bout stopped when Kelly
got toe hold that looked dangerous
Gin Calvin and Neil Olsen. a pair of middle
weights furnished plenty of excitement with their
rough tactics Each fall. but as neither man
could gain any advantage in the third bout of five
minutes, q draw resulted
Ernest Roeber made his reappearance hy taking
On Andy Kramer The former champion agreed Il
throw Kramer in fifteen minutes at Grseco-Romau
style or forfeit so. Roeber won with a full Nelson
n Six minutes and twenty-five seconds.