The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-14
Scheduled to Appear Last Night and Raised Consider
 able Money in Advance
ONE BULGARIAN BOY
 IS POORER BY S1270
Mayer and Sandow Suddenly Departed for Parts Unknown After Ad- vertising Match for
 Last Night
By RICHARD F. LussIrR

There was to have been a so-calIed championship wrestling match between one Jack Mayer, German champion. | and Alexander Sandow, a Bulgarian ''lion,' at the Bijou theatre last night. | It didn't happeni
 Various reasons were advanced for the fact that the Bijou theatre was dark last night, the most salient o, which were that the detective depart ment was looking for Jack Mayer and Alexander Sandow, alleged wrestlers, on the charge of obtaining money un- der false pretenses; also the sheriff's force would like to interview the cheese" champions as warrants were sworn out yesterday afternoon before Judge H. B. Abernethy by Dannan Gus mos of Ensley and c. Christoff. an electrical contractor. alleging that Alexander Sandow obtained by false pretenses s1270 from Dannan Cusmos and s32 from G. Christoff This latest coup of the wrestlers in Birmingham justifies the campaign waged by The Age-Herald last win | ter against crooked wrestlers. In the | words of the sporting editor: "They | ain't no such animal as a legitimate wrestling match" Credulity of Enthusiasts Accounts of how this latest fake" was pulled on the gullibles among the | sporting fraternity of Birmingham and
 the suburbs shows how astounding is
 the credulity of wrestling enthusiasts. The aforesaid Alexander Sandow, who ! styled himself a Bulgarian lion and
 various other modest cognomens, ap- peared in Birmingham about three
 weeks ago. Jack Mayer. the German
 champion" followed soon after and a match was arranged
 Sandow. who whatever may be said of his wrestling proclivities, certain | ly could throw the bull'' and a few
 days after coming to Birmingham he
 had sunk the harpoon so deep in ths ! expatriated Bulgarians in Ensley. Wy
 lam and Pratt City that they followed | nm around, vaunting his fame and 1 achievements and incidentally forcing
 money on him, despite his protests. It
 may be added here that his protests
 were very mild and there Is no in
 stance on record where Sandow ever
 refused any coin while in the locality | The easiest victim was Dannan Gus
 mos, young Bulgarian employed at
 the furnaces in Ensley. This young
 man. by years of hard work, had man aged to save neat sum. He listened
 to the siren song of Sandow and ev- cry day for the past two weeks. he | stated yesterday, he gave Sandow part
 of his earnings It totnled s1270 when
 all added up on finding out that Alex ander Sandow had left the Hillman hotel Thursday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock for parts unknown. Incidentally Jack Mayer. the German "champion" also departed from the Empire hotel at 230 o'clock Thursday afternoon and | conveniently forgot to leave an ad- dress. The young Bulgarian wept a t
 the loss of his money yesterday aft ernoon at police headquarters and vowed that he would never believe that | there was an honest wrestler in the | whole world.
 Method Used to Get Money The method used by Sandow on the | local Bulgarians is an old 'stall'' iu sporting narlance. He simply im- | pressed on his followers that he was going to secure the services of sev- eral wrestlers who were more or less | famous and bring them to Birmingham Where they would be matched up. This proposition was clothed in such al- | turing language and 1t was told just how the poor deluded Birmingham
 public was to be taken in that tho
  monds coming in on them fin bucketfuls However, to get the wrestlers here in | Birmingham necessitated some expense
 money and just few were conflden-
 tially taken in to form a pool" and pay the expenses of starting the wrestling game all over again. Just
 as confidentially these few told the | detectives their troubles yesterday. The Age-Herald last winter exposed | the wrestling game as it was then be- | ing worked in Birmingham. It then | stated that wrestlers through hered | itary traits slept more comfortably on lfigure eights than in beds and several other things.
 A little Eratuitous advice to the po-
 lice at this time Is to the effect that all these cooks and walters who pose as so-called wrestlers should be ar
 rested on their arrival in the city on | charges of vagrancy and their ante
 cedents thoroughly investigated. There is $25 reward at police head | quarters for information leading to
 the apprehension of Alexander San | dow.
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