East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-19
.GROOMS INDIAN TO
ROLL FRANK G0TCH
JACK CURLEY WILL BRING
ROLLERS CONQUERER HERE
CANA, Who Put Seattle Physicians
Shoulders to Mat Twice in Ten
Minutes, to he Brought to America
To Wrest Championship from Iowa
Farmer.

Seattle.-When the news reached
here that DR.. Roller had been spread
all over the mat in London by an East
indian wrestler named Cana, two
falls in about 10 minutes, the opin-
ion was freely expressed that Jack
Curley. Rollers manager. would grab
that Indian and bring him to these
United States for one grand cleanup.
That guess proved to be a good
one, for the latest dope now is that
Jack has the Indian under contract
! and will invade these shores when the
| open season for wrestling around Chi
cago begins again. CANA will be put
| through the usual course. He will be
pitted against such men as Charley
Olson, Henry Orseman and others of
that class and he will WIN his match
| es. Then there will be tremendous
pressure brought upon Frank Gotch
| to please leave the dear old farm in
Humbolt, Iowa, JUST once more to
meet this foreign invader, and make
the good old stars and stripes wave
triumphant once again.
| The Smoke Bclchcs.
! Those who know Curley do not need
to be told how smoke will belch from
his nostrils as he hurls defiance at
Frank Gotch and dares him to meet
| CANA. Gotch will be unable to
withstand the tremendous pressure
and he will consent to meet Cana
after being guaranteed the lions
share of the gate receipts. Frank al
ways gives in when the pressure gets
heavy enough and the Chicago pub
lie always pays literally every time
Frank it dragged off the iowa farm.
But this Cana person must be some
wrestler at that. The day after he
flopped Roller so easily in London,
the New York Herald carried the fol-
lowing special cable about the match:
Although at considerable dis
advantage both in weight and height
Cana, the champion wrestler of In
dia, made short work of DR.. B. F..
Roller, the American wrestler, in a
graphing contest for a stake of 200
pounds $4,000 side, at the Alham-
bra theater,
Starting with a great rush, Cana
Immediately threw the American with
the waist hold over the edge of the
mat, and, coming back to the middle,
downed him again quickly, applying
the half Nelson. He thus gained the
first fall in one minute and 40 Sec
onds.
after short interval the men
were called again. They fenced a bit
at the start of the second bout, but
the Indian, like creased lightning and
with a dive, caught the American's
left leg and spun him around. They
had only wrestled two minutes when
it happened, and as the American fell
heavily it was obvious to all that II
would soon be over.
Roller Was Helpless.
"Dr. Roller, straining every muscle,
made a good recovery, but CANA kept
up his strong attack DR.. Roller,
turn and twist as he might, could dc
nothing against him, and before the
tenth minute was reached Cana got
his man fairly on his back and with
press down finished off the match
in which there had been less than
II minutes of actual wrestling
1.-The American, it later transpired
was badly injured, two ribs being
broken.
"In a brief chat afterward with the
Herald correspondent he said:
1.-the better man won. l woulc
have put up a better fight If my rib!
had not been stove in in the frs
bout. CANA is a wonderful wrestler
and 1 believe would beat any one IL
the world. He has lot to learn as t
the American style Of wrestling, ant
would, l think, be all the better If III
learned it. Despite this, however h
is very good and wonderfully quick