The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-26
Or. B. f. ROLLER TO MEET
ZBYSZKO HERE TUESDAY
Wins Right to Battle for Champion
ship by Defeating Mike
Donnclly.
nsIsuMAN IS WORTHY OPPONENT
Puts Up Real Fight, Winning Second
Fall-Thrown From Platform and
Temporarily stunned in Last.
ny "REFEVEE.-

Or. b. L. Roller. of Seattle. Wash.
will attempt to wrest the worlds
heavyweight wrestling championship
from stanislaus Sbyszko In Broad
Street Park next Tuesday night.
He won that right last night before
5000 frantic fans. who snt through
two hours of az fierce and interesting
milling as has ever been staged any
where, and watched game Mike Dom
nelly go down in dcfeut after he had
been injured by falling from the plat
form In attempting to break one of
Rollers terrifying leglocks. Roller
won the first fall In thirty-one min
utes. Donnelly came back and took
the second fall in twenty-ninc min
utes, while IT took exactly twelve min
utes' work for tho physician to pin
bis opponents shoulders TO the mat III
the final and deciding fall.
The mere statement OF how the falls
were obtained and the elapsed time
will never convey to the reader just
what happened. There arc no words
20 tell how a stout heart can meet al
most any conditions and still remain n
stout heart II is no easy task to tell
in just the right sort of words about
q loser who almost stands victor In
defeat without seeming to detrnct from
the laurels actually won by the con
Queror. Yet those 5000 people who
sat almost spellbound while the fight
was ut Its height will probably re-
member the Donnelly- Roller battle TO
the end OF their lives.
Donnelly was beaten by the better
man. OF that there can be no oues
ton, yet the time Will come when
this 1.-the Irishman is going to make
trouble for the champion, whoever
he may be. True to their promises,
both men were off TO wonderfully
fast start the moment DR. Pat McDon-
ough gave the word. They wasted no
time: there was no tagging. Holds of
the stcreotypcd order, as we'll us other
holds OF which the lay mind had no
previous knowledge. followed each
other with such wonderful rapidity
TINT IL was almost Kaleidoscope. IL
took an expert eye TO follow each
move.
Time and time again both men broke
almost impossible holds. In obtaining
the first fall, Roller was forced TO try
three hammerlocks. probably tho most
trying and certainly the most painful
of all holds. the toe hold not excluded.
Twice the hrnwny Irishman broke the
terrific grasp OF Roller and put the
doctor on the defensive. rolling for ac-
tual misery, clearly depicted on his
face, straight INTO OH cllSlNc liCtlCS
After shaking hands and after Roller
had made a statement that In wrestling
for the American championship he
would not agree to barring the toe
hold, excepting that the referee would
have the right 10 break the hold II ne
felt that il might result In permanent
injury. Roller was at Donnelly. Tho
red eaded giant shook him off and
stood his ground. After the first five
minutes. Roller had Donnelly in
scissors and armlpck, but Donneliy
was out OF II In n twlnkling. few
minutes later the challenger was again
In distress from the same hold. but
again ne got out OF trouble. ON the
third try, and after more than a half
hours work, Roller pinned his man.
Donnclly. working on Rollers bad
leg and his broken toe. secured the
second fall Roller had broken his toe
iu the first few minutes OF work. but
had bound II in place with adhesive
plaster. IL was the doctors first at
tempt to wrestlc barcfootcd since he
left the hospital. where lac underwent
treatment for his bad leg The final
fall was less interesting than the other
two. for tho reason that Donnelly had
fallen from tho platform, hitting his
head against the jutting beams and
stunning himself for few minutes.
He eanciy returned TO the mat and In
"a brief two minutes Roller had him IN
American champion had defender II rs
title and gained the right To battle the
big Pole for the world title prior to
Hbyszkos departure, which occurs on
June s.
Naturally interest now centres III
the big match Tuesday. Tickets will
go on sale ut McCoy's. broad and
Eighth Streets, Thursday morning. II
SIS estibctcd that q crowd o? 10000 VIII
be on hand 10 sec Roller try 20 Trcs,
the championship from Ihyszko. Roll
er would make no prediction as IT, the
outcome. II am most anxious to keep
the championship In this country. anc
the people here know me we'll enough
TO realize that every ounce of ability
have VIII be pushed TO the limit in
order 10 bring about this result. am
going IN training now. and VIII not
stop until few hours before meet
Hbvszko. My leg SHOULD he In prime
shape hy Tuesday. and rs for the
broiten toe. that'll never bother at all"
Hbyszko. accompanied by his man
hgcr, Jack Hermann, Is expected Fri
DAY. The Pole is always In condition
and Is not going to relinquish his title
without IA struggle.