Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-01
DIR. B. F. ROLLER IS EXPOSED
Fake Wrestler UnmAakod By Nevv-
papers In His Own TOwn. -
OPPONENT MAKES srArH /,
Promoter who HslpeS FN.u o.
Match Alss AAnats - W.
Fra@euP-Saek CuxAeT .
In TIE DEAD.

DR.. B. r. Roller. the wrestler, o.
wrestler. has certainly been ''Au
shown up, unmarked and uuhurusd
His career, ali except for the praeti.
medicine. is probably az 40 end.
tore the mask from him In his own
Of Seattle, where. until he met Goteh
second time. ne never lost a match.
B. r. Warner. . man whs himsaif
no claim to being q wrestler, wFegtied r.
Ter and laid down" for him the niEht
September ~ at Seattle abd then tire news
papers walked in and showed I'd the
whole, nasty EaHne Hsrs n . statement
published IN the Seattle Star that sheds its
own light:
In order 70 set ths match J. asr War
nsr. vas obliged to post f,Wo a. = forfeit
that l would lose the first fall within Is
minutes and the second within y minutes.
to lose the first fall az soon a. I poslfbiy
SAn, Ano the second Just as quickly. I
then want you TO insist that the refegss be
changed and 1 want TO wTeStle Roller on
the square, and rive the people a run
ior their money; expect everything from
the putting the lights out 70 being arrested
oy the police. / do not believe Roller will
dare to wrestle me with any other referee
than Herman. 1 want TO wresue on the
square. and hope you viii use your m
tluence to help make Roller wrNstle me.
l have $1,000 at stake and must project II.
Curley and Roller have fixed this match
and would not agree to wreStie unless I
agreed to every demand they made that
I would not throw Roller.
n r. WARNER.
Promoter Admits II.
Joe Carroll, the Seattle promoter, who
brought Warner 10 town for the match.
also made a signed statement admitting
the fake.
II might be OF interest TO Oman fans
to know that Jack Curley Of Chioaro, who
was interested in the fake between the
Turk and the big F~renchman IT the Audi
torium last winter, was also mixed up in
this Seattle fake.
The story as published in the Seattle
Star says that the frame-up fake was 20
palpable and crude that the crowd began
to yell fake" long before II was over. and
Kissed Roller and his gang out OF the
building.
Now. since this effective exposure. the
Star says that the -ordernan-Rolier match
a few weeks Ago. that apparently ended
because Roller was injured, was another
fake. Ordeman was to win by an injury
to Roller. It came out that way. Roller
began to rough It and ordsman grabbed
him. threw him on his head and Roller
was carried to his dressing room appar-
emily unconscious, the match going to
Ordeman.
Long ago IT became known that Roller
was a faker. Certain well known wrestlers
have gone to Seattle and lost to him, who.
as a matter OF fact, he could not throw :.
in a dozen years on the square.
II is said that plans are on foot for a
match between Gotch and Roller In Kan
sas City this coming winter. OF course
there is no good reason for Gotch wrestling
Roller. for Roller couldn't last five min
utes with Gotch II Gotch wanted to turn
himself loose. II IL to be hoped that this
in Seattle VIII run Roller out Of
the wrestling game and make him so
notorious that other wrestlers who have
any merit and care anything for their repu-
tations won't dare to meet him.