The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-29
Acos and Ninth Street Christian Church Club, Washington
Amateur Champions, Will Clash in Doube-Header
Today at Local Park
BOUT
WILL Be BEST EVER
YOUNG kENTUCKIAN AND IA.
NOUS PHYSICIAN TO MEET
NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT.

DIR. B. f. Roller and Ed Lewis
wrestle next Thursday night for the
American championship at the Broad
street ball park. This statement has
stirred the fans to a pitch of excite
ment, probably never reached before
here. The sturdy Kentucky grappler
challenged the physician athlete 10 a
finish match, the place to be selected
depending on the size of the hall and
the interest in the mat game. After
much discussion and work the match
was finally booked for Richmond.
The greatest point of interest In
/ Thursday nights match Ia the fact
that Lewis has been unable TO get
Rollers manager 10 agree to q date,
as well as his being certain that his
man needed only 10 defeat Zbs szko
to entitle him to the worlds cnam-
pionshIp, which he now holds. He
saw no necessity in Roller wrestling
! Lewis, and gave this answer to several
of the plucky Kentucky boys chal-
/ lenges In view OF the fact that Lewis
! has now defeated every man OF his
| class between himself and Roller. 1t
soon became evident that unless the
} big doctor took his opponent down TO
/ lasting defeat he would find himself
/ facing the question wrestling fans and
I critics would sooner or later ask, ARE
/ you afraid to wrestle Lewis?"
This lis q question Roller would per-
nit no man to ask. 1t is not in his
gigantic makeup TO allow any
wrestler to make the statement that
Roller refused to wrestle him because
/ he feared him. Those who know
Roller best are authority for the
statement that the clever doctor fears
no man in the world, and would
rather wrestle than eat when he Is
/ hungry. And Roller Is pretty
healthy eater at that. So the cues
/ ton as to who is the better man had
TO be settled without further aelay
! The Seattle surgeon considers him
self equal TO the occasion Of putting
| his opponents shoulders to the mat
He made himself clear on that point
and these contestants were contracted
for and produced for the big cham
pionship match next Thursday night
Both men will enter the ring in tbs
| pink OF condition, They have beer
training for weeks for the contest
which both knew had to be decided
and when and where was the uncer
tain question. Thursday nights
match promises to be the browning
event of the series held here con
test for American supremacy that VII
never be forgotten by those seeing
ii.
As TO the length OF time necessar,
for strength and skill to determine
the victor, no one can say. Local fan'
who have been arguing and debahns
for over two months now have arrived
at the same conclusion: ITO the vic
tor belongs the spoils." Lewis seems
TO be the favorite. So IT is that tni'
battle holds spell that will not bt
broken until the referee stoops ant
pats the victor on the back ana pro
nounces him american champion,
with none to dispute him
q Those who are most outspoken II
their opinion state that the agile doc
tor might stay fifty minutes for tn
I first fall and probably the same. 10
the second Rollers supporters. dpo'
hearing this statement. immediatel'
contended that the Seattle doctor vii
make the Kentucky Stranger WISH
he were in Europe or somewhere els
every time he gets a dangerous toe
hold on him The general opinion i
that Lewis will simply wear out nj
opponent and then pin him for m
final count In either event II Will b.
a case of the best conditioned maj
winning.