The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-29
Cutler and Orloff WrestLe Thursday Night

It is small wonder that Nicholas Orloff, Cossack champion of Russia, regards his bout with Charles Cutler at the Jeff ferson theatre Thursday with equanim- ity A veteran of the battle of the Ma surian Lakes, a man who witnessed the fall of PrzemysI and took part in the campaigns around Lodz and Litovsk, should worry about wrestling match. Orloff has done these things and has not come through unscathed.
 Above is pictured orloft in the field service uniform of a member of the Cos sack cavalry of a crack Russian division. The picture was made in Warsaw, Po- land, before Hindenburg forced the re- treat of the Slav troops and was brought to this country by Orloff when after be- ing wounded he obtained leave of absence for six months to come to America. The life of Orloff reads like romance and few men have had more adventur- ous career. He first broke into the wrest- ling game as lad in contests among his native Cossacks He continued his bouts when he began service with the 1 troops that constitutes every Cossack' s life. He soon attained such expertness 
 wrestled before the Emperor of the Rus l sias. Upon completion of his term in the army, Orloff came to America and had attained wide reputation in the east when the war broke out.
 RETURN TO RUSSIA l Orloff cancelled all his matches and | left immediately for Russia, where he arrived after considerable difficulties and rejoined his regiment of Cossack cavalry. l Orloff had more active service crammed 1 into the year in which he served than even the ordinary soldier in Europe suf. fers, and was a participant in many of | the greatest battles on the eastern front. In the fighting around Lodz, in the Vol | hynia, Orloff was struck In the right | thigh by German bullet and he was sent to the interior of Russia. where he event ually recovered. Having number of relatives in America, Orloff was granted | six months leave of absence, three of which have expired. He had entirely re- before he left Russia, and the long sea voyage put him in first class physical condition so that when he reached tho United States he was ready to enter the 1 ring immediately.
 The picture of Orlof above Is deceptive | of his build and gives only faint idea of the mighty muscles and tireless endur- 1 ance which are hidden under the shape | less coat.
 Orloff talks interestingly of his soldier experiences, according to clippings which | have been received by Brown Parks
 who is promoting the matches in Bir. mingham.
 IN MANY BATTLES
 T have seen many battles under all
 kinds of weather conditions. but the bat. 1 tie which left the most horrible impres-
 sion with me was that in the Mazuriar lake region" Orloff Is qouted as saying
 "The generals had not learned as mucf about cavalry then as they have now l and they hurled us on what they be- lieved to be hastily prepared field fortf. cations. but which proved to be barbet wire entanglements and trenches hal filled with water. While we were floun dering in the morass the machine gun: of the enemy and heavy artillery opened and our regiment was practically cut tt pieces.
 "The fighting in the mountains oi
 Galica was hard, too, for the men en- dured terrible privations in the snow and I the intensely bitter cold, but we Cossacks were able to stand that better than some of the softer men from the southern par of Russia.
 q saw the fall of Prze,nysl and oul It was a scene l shall never forget. The stench of the dead was everywhere. Int retreating Austrians had abandoned theil
 wounded and these for several days had been left without attention. the smal