Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-14

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Greek. Now you can easily zee Why
! Roller did not win. He did not dare
to for fear he would be called upon 20
post forfeit and wrestle Burns. so
| he chose the easiest way out OF Il
and Topped and took the next train
| East.
Carroll Challenges Roller. ~
Now. Mr.. Beaton. no matter what
may have done in the past or been
accused OF doing. | want you to use
your influence in securing a match
| for me with Roller. I WIN wrestle him
any place. but would prefer to wrestle
him in Seattle. After all that has
been said about me in the papers |
should like to show the people Of Sc
attic that am capable Of, and willing
| to wrestle on the square. never exs
pected to wrestle again, but would
sure like to wrestle one more match
and that match with Roller. and win
or lose, viii retire. II will be neces.
sary for me to train at least two
months and maybe three, but / viii
gladly do IL IL in the end | can stand
face to face with Roller on wrest.
ling pad. II ~ .
Il do not claim positively that
can defeat Roller, but am willing 70
beat $1,000 that l can. II would do
no good for me to challenge him for
he would do as he did when | chaE
lenged HIN In Chicago. He would
say was too crooked for gentleman
like he Is to mix up with. and the
papers would ball me out instead Of
him. But In Seattle I would hope
for q square deal. for everyone knows
me and knows that paid the price in
Leavenworth for what / may have
done.
A Square Match Promised.
All ask is for you to. challenge
Roller for me and IL he accepts
will give the people OF Seattle one
square match IL they never see an
other Remember, Mr.. Beaton, I want
two months in which o,train in case
Roller accepts. / am feeling fine now
and weigh 30 pounds stripped, but
would expect to weigh 1913 or 200 after
two months OF hard training.
| II appreciate the fact that It would
be hard to convince the sporting pub
lie of Seattle that the match would
be on the square. but to try to do so
j will make this statement: Wrestlers
are supported by the gate receipts
that the public put up to see them
60. II there were no gate receipts
there would be no taking. It would be
good business proposition for Rol-
Ter and me to let on we were quar-.
reling. have him accept my challenges
land keep. up the quarrel Ina the pa
Ipers until the time Of the match. It
would create great interest and We
should have very large crowd 70
see us 90 at one another. We could
fake 1t. divide the receipts and be
several thousand dollars richer
ITO prevent suspicion of such an
understanding between US I suggest
that a committee from the Seattle
Athletic Club handle all the money.
pay the rent of the hall or the theater
where we wrestIe Gin case Roller ac-
cepts my challenger and turn. over all
the rest of the money to the Ortl1o-
pedic hospital, not one penny OF It to
go to Roller or myself. I viii put
up $1,000 cash with the Sun. Roller
to put up like amount, and the morn.
ing after the match the Sun can pay
the $1,000 to the winner.
"If Roller accepts telegraph me and
will forward the money.
| "(Signed) JOE CARROLL MARSH"
The letter from Farmer Burns, To
which Carroll refers, reads as fol-
lows: T. ~.
From Burns to Carroll.
Dear Joe: received your teIe.
gram. As Roller is the only one in
the wrestling business and says am
crazy, here is chance for him to
make some easy money. I will be SO
the 18th of next February, and viii
guarantee to weigh In the COS at ring.
side, and win bet him from one to
! five thousand, winner to take all of
guarantee or purse which Is offered
to the wrestlers. ! will go out and
wrestle him in Los Angeles, where
he has been roasting me.
Now, Joe, put up $1,000 and leave
1t there for month and notify Roller.
I will give him six months TO train.
or wrestle him within a month. or
course I do not think Roller will ac-
cept this.
Will give him a new suit Of clothes
| If he accepts the challenge. II he
accepts, notify me at once. Yours
truly,
"(Signed) MARTIN .(Farmer) BURNS,
'2710 California ST., Omaha, Neb."
! Up Against Il.
I do not quite understand what Car.
roll is getting at when he asks me
to use my influence to get Roller to
meet him. Somehow or other, don't
think | stand well enough with Rol-
Ter to make my influence of much
avail Nor do understand what Car.
roll expects me to do when he asks
me to challenge Roller for him. n
Dr. Roller win kindly consider him
self challenged will be greatly OBJ
| liged-and relieved. .-..z
II go much further with this mat.
ter the first thing know I viii have
wrestling match on my hands and
| won't know what to do with Il. How.
ever OF one thing I am convinced, and
that l. that Kyr-SS 49,, 49, a.