The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-25
GREAT INTEREST
IN WRESTLING
Match Between Zbysco and DR..
B. F. Roller Arouses Enthusi-
asm of New Workers..
.SIX-DAY BICYCLE RACE
WEARING GRIND OF SEASON
Yale Wins Basketball Game
From Brooklyn Team, After a
Rough Exhibition.
BY MANHATTAN.


NEW YORK, Dec. 24-There seems
to have been revival in favor Of
wrestling, and the contests held this
fall and winter have attracted big au.
diences. There is demand for more.
and ITS supply will probably follow
zbysco, the Polish wrestler. has won
the right to meet George Haeken.
schmidt for the world e wrestling title.
by throwing DR.. B. r Roller, the
American aspirant, twice at Grand
Central palace recently, before large
crowd. His first fall was made in one
and half hours, and his second trv
planted Rollers shoulders to the mat
IN ten minutes. Both men appeared
TO be in great condition.
DR.. Roller is a fuIl.fledged physician,
who stands high in his profession He
studied medicine at the medical school
| OF the University of Pennsvlvania. and
won the Saunders prize, which is the
highest honor which can fall to a grad
uate of that institution. He has prac
| tIced with success and is skilled sur
geon. From his undergraduate davs
DR.. Roller entered into athletics with
the idea that a powerful body, when
reinforced by trained brain, was more
| efficient than the same physical force
when directed by the ordinary brain
Of the commonplace strong man He
has great roll of mat victories 10 his
credit, and Is most picturesque figure
in action.
| Interest In Wrestling.
Wrestling is coming back into its
own district So much interest is being
shown by the sporting public in the
revival of the graphing game, that a
match for the world 3 championship IN
now In sight It win be held here next
month.
Professional wrestling, with George
Kennedy, the Montreal mat promoter,
at the head of the many matches that
are on the card, looks good for de.
cided "come back The Canadian
sporting fans take TO the wrestling
game, which, if properly handled, will
prove gold mine for the principals
and promoters alike The Gotch- Hack
enscb bmidt match. which is to be pulled
off in Montreal if the efforts to corral
the big Iowan succeed, will attract the
! biggest sporting crowd that ever at
| tended an athletic event in Canada.
Kennedy estimates that he can offer
$4,000 purse, and with a crowd Of
10000. he ought TO make lot Of coin
out of the deal.
The six-day bicycle race popularly
known as the Tramps' congress, ended
| it's fragrant week at the Madison
] Square Garden two weeks ago. Dur
ing it's wearisome hours many beer
bottle bit the dust. Many watch
changed owners. 1t was dull. dresry
event devoid of anv element of sport.
The most important thing about II was
the ceasing of it. A mule race or
cinder picking match would have been
more interesting.
| Considerable excitement has been
caused on Morningside Heights by the
rumor that Mahon and Alexander,
members of last years varsity team.
may not play this year, due 70 the oh
| jeetions Of the faculty. They aJe per
fectlv eligible TO play. but they are
students in the law school. and the fac
ulty of that department is hostile to
athletics.
This recalls the ease OF Van Celia,
varsity oarsman, who several wears
ago got polite hint. In spite of It.
| however he continued 10 row, and was
"flunked ~
Rough Basketball Game.
What was considered as the toughest
exhibition of basketball seen in years,
was furnished by the Yale university
quintet at the Poly gymnasium, where
the Eli five triumphed over the Brook
llvuites after terrific battle by score
OF 25 to l3. III was the first game of
the season for the Blue, and while
they started their campaign off with
victory, little credit could be given 10
the winners for the sample of play
thew exhibited To take down the hon
ors. It was q case of rough house from
the start to finish
! The Princeton university basketball
team has been suspended by the A. A.
U. for playing against the Crescent
A. c. basketball team last Tuesday.
The Brooklyn men are not registered,
and the game was not sanctioned
A thorough investigation of the case
will be made later BY the A. A. [:
basketball officials in the case of
| yvpiot, who is member OF the Cres-
cent team He was disqualified sew
eral wears ago on charges of profes-
sionaiism. and if he is the same man,
the whole Brooklyn tenn will be de-
clared professionals.