Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-13
DR.. Roller Is Unable to Meet the
Greek Demon Because
of Bad Injury.
EVERS Is GREAT SCRAPPER
Holds Celebrated Young" Sinnet to
Good Draw in Six Rounds
Jacobs Easy for Morgan.


match for the championship of Amer
lea between DR.. B. F. Roller. present
title holder. and William Demetral.
But they were disappointed for the
reason that DR.. Roller was unable to
take the mat with the Greek owing to
serious injury which he sustained
few days ago at Vancouver, B. c.,
when he tumbled off an eight-foot plat
form and smashed a couple floating
ribs. Roller was present last night
and addressed the crowd. explaining
the cause of his non-appearance on
the mat and offering to go on with
Demetral in spite of his injury if the
crowd should demand such action.
However, he said that he would prove
an easy mark for the Greek under
such conditions and the crowd con-
scented to the substitute, who had been
secured for the emergency-Charley
Olson. the Terrible Swede," of Chi
cage.
Olson a Good Man.
Olson proved a master of the wrest-
ling science. and, being a man of 200
pounds, while Demetral tips the scales
at only 100. things went bad for the
Greek for the first half hour Olson
did not have the necessary stamina,
however, to stick with his opponent,
and even though he got Demetral in
numerous tight positions the foreign
er always managed to slip out with
apparent ease. He displayed wonder
full science from start to finish and
the match itself was one of the fastest
and most furious the tri-cities have
had the pleasure of Witnessing for
some time.
The men had worked on the mat for
80 minutes when Demetral picked his
opponent from the floor and hurled
him skillfully to the mat, coming down
on top with a tight head hold. To
those sitting near the platform ii
looked as though the Swede's Shout
ders were squarely on the mat for
full second or two, but owing to the
quickness of the fall Referee John
Voss was, unable TO get beneath the
grapplers in time to render a deci-
sion. However. it was apparent that
victory for Demetral was merely a
matter of time and 10 minutes later
Nelson and crotch hold for the first
Idll, the Tune OF WHICH WdS 10 lIliA-
utes.
The match throughout was ex-
tremely rough and kept the great
crowd on edge and cheering almost
necessarily.
Second Fall Easy.
The second fall proved much easier
for the Greek than the first, and he
Topped Olson within 10 minutes with
Il head scissors. The period started
even more furious than the first,
the Swede. seemingly refreshed after
a Is minute intermission, going after
his opponent in slashing manner as
though to put a quick end to the
match. DemetraTs science, however,
even though handicapped in weight.
made him the master of the occasion
and Olson was unable to make any
kind of a showing in the second round.
He got the Greek in but one bad place
and Demetral easily slipped out by
lightning turn on his head which
brought a hand from the. crowd.
The men had been on the mat for
10 minutes when Demetral managed
to secure a half Nelson on the Swede,
and while Olson was endeavoTing to
work out of it Demetral Topped his
legs over his head. and from then on
il was merely a matter OF seconds.
Fer perhaps Is seconds Olson was
able TO bridge and stave off defeat. but
he finally went down and the match
was finished.
Though sadly disappointed over the
failure OF Roller to appear with the
Greek, the crowd apparently was well
with the evenings show.
Roller announced that he would
Demetral any time within the
next so days for from $500 TO $1,000
and the Greek readily accepted the
challenge and will gladly post the Vet.
The match will probably be held at
Exposition 6erk. according to an an
of the promoters.
Sid Morgan of Davenport and Billy
Jacobs of Bettendorf furnished a
classy four round boxing preliminary.
the Davenporter proving an easy win
ner. Morgan displayed considerable
science. and classy footwork. punching
his opponent at will. The match was
we'll fought and Jacobs proved game
to the end. No knockdowns were
recorded.
Evers Proves Big Surprise.
The surprise OF the evening was
Eddie Evers CT Rock Island. without
doubt one OF the most promising
young bantamweights in the country.
Eddie demonstrated this fact last
night when he astonished the crowd
by holding Young" frankie Sinnet
20 a weIl-earned draw in six rounds |
Evers displayed familiarity with the |
game none expected TO see and Sinnet |
was absolutely unable TO deliver his |
straight wallop or upper cut. The only !
rouble with Evers, a fact which he |