The evening world. Newspaper, January 5, 1909, Page 12

= ‘UP TO DATE AND NEWSY | _ ROLLER MAY BE MAN TO TACKLE NEW CHAMPION Ac- tAmateur Athlete Is a Wonder, cording to Gotch, and Will Fight Kaufmann. Kaufmann and Dr. Roller, of Seattle. The doctor has posted $1,000 with the Seattle Times as a forfeit for ap- pearance and a side bet. Dr. Roller is an amateur and has never many good heavyweights in practice. really a remarkable athlete. 210 pounds, and he stands six feet in his socks, tled a bout In Seattle with the drug dispenser and found him a tougher man to handle than big “Hack” himself. In fact, he said, Roller would have had a good winning chance but for overeagerness. Gotch held back and made the big novice do most of the work until he became tired, Roller says lack of experience won't worry him in the fighting game, | He has nerve enough, anyway. Any| hoping that Sheppard and the rest wil! Man who puts up $1,000 of his own money | be able to pr that the exp es al to back himself against a veteran heavy | lowed on their various jaunts are not | Welght has nerve—or {s crazy. “excessive,” The match 4; scheduled for In New York, the Jef- and around New York fries Club, in Los Angeles, Perhaps) there are more chances to yet liber Roller may de op into a kel candic| expense money than anywhere else in| aieh with Joins ., of u jthe country, No doubt some athletes athletes! May be Inclined to add pie and other EW YORK'S amateur i are as well known throughout !UXuries to their expense bills, But !t| should be said to credit of many United States as they are in the Engst, All of the Western followers of sport are cs much worked up over the suspension of Mel Shen- the whole of our best men th they keep them selves clear of everything of the sort -pard and the others that have falle T the end of each athletle se: the A. A, U. ban as if the men A fon they find they have paid o d to the Olympic Club, of San far more in legitimate expensos SPranciseo,, They reailze as much &8 connected with in which the eosternefy what a blow it will be to! have competad antehes os amateur athletics if the! nave allowed the clubs to return, stick Some athletes are more fortunate | nd although the San Francisco pa thon others In being able to disregard Spers chortle an kle with glee oy the necessary expe ected with | ithe Pittabure charges. it 18 @) training and peting, and to maine} ‘not fact that they all Join in tatn absolute independence, Yor those like Sneppatd and somm of his whom the expense of training esr | for some ‘Invitational’ race is consider. | able, it is porsible that some allowance Vshouid be made, | The line between professtonalism and |amateussm is hard to define exactly. | | In a majority of cases the A. ALU ruled fairly and without prejudice CORD MI ates, to n or HAT Capt. Elian Price, of Long) Branct:, coversd a mile In 25} seconds in an ice boa’, ts serious-| fy doubted by the writer of the appended | Jett Not only does F t; Wieden: | strummier doubt, but waxes wroth and | dante ae eee ouch a teat | Long-Distance and Go-as-You- Possible, | witout hacking wey ‘ane| Please Races Were All the PenEDeNeTaa ar SATE SE Ne Ne | Rage in the Early Eighties. | | BY VINCENT TREANOR, | iT" Ma craze which York with the success of Join Hayes at the last Olympic «) | ames in London and extended through- y ss such @ feat a out the countr: with nya, but § pt |Dorando and the subseq | Longboat Isn't new |there are a lot of | York) say the Mai a revival of the ol © which was so popular Then thera were any oO time long-distance hereabouts | | ga Jin the early i's number of so-ralled long-distance HE Pacific Slope especially and, ca the fight fans in general, are| much interested in a bout! that !s being arranged between Aly fought a real match, although he has boxed | He Ss) His weight |s Frank Gotch told me that he wres- | |the MARATHON CRAZE JUST A REVIVAL, SAY OLD-TIMERS LIKE LANTRY THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1909. THE BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK | EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN HERE’S “DOC” ROLLER, WHO WILL FIGHT KAUFMANN NOtTwitL Nor SIGN DEM PaPERS!! ALAS* POOR PELLOW L SMASHED TWo OF HIS RN Re /BROKE HIS ATIC VERT! FRACTURED HIS ean arum AND PUNCTURED HIS THIRD CSARBURATORISSUM!! NTHLEVEL Don't ~\ MAKE ADONIS Loo Lie A FLOGIC O' CHEESES? ELS LOOKIN’ Lad THE Doc Has SOME IGURE= BEING © PHYSICIAN OF COURSE "THE Dod KNOWS DUST WHERE TOLAND THE WaLLoP! ' | . ” | THE Doc Has | PosTeD#) 000 OF HIS MAZUMA. Setiries Quits Fight — “Doc RoLLER WED TODO LoTS OF HeAvY Road-Worrte Ht! is SEEMS SLE ONLY YESTERD Ae DAT LC USE TER PUL URE WILL BE Tomety AROUND IN = WID DE ER BRQUSHAM!! > : WoT YE THINIC BOUT DE Figtt'T 1 sy AW! LGUESS$ ALREADY HaARLEM'IS BECOMING NERVOUS OVER THE MURPHY- MADDEN Tete aTeTaA Leach Cross Beaten by | Erne in Six-Round Bout tfor a time like a demon. ‘Then he Would go to ¢ and holding ) to bevehased Jed the bets Ws. He jabbed the fa let go st night, the n very a sw live! ies were rat Club at Los Angeles the priv 2 receipts. | haa Taken to Mean That Big Fellow Intends Re-enter Ring Himself. weight O Frank Farrell of the High hah ! Me Asch: na team, and foon ciosed by Ward becomes a mem- > brig A hard-hittin, Gives National Commission Two Good Players to a ber of the Jill Local Ball Clubs. Wari is BY JOUN POLLOCK. IM Jt ed REATER NEW YORK was the later Bay he i firat day's session of the Nox si hoide tn e ol als " bd that tional] Baseball Commission, ceitr y i {nati when, after a fourtee a YOUNG OTTO WILL MEET lon eraents he was ready to Metarey, of PADDY ‘SULLIVAN IN RING. | t was s & lovely Young Otte and Padds fs Teun and Pad ne Glat ( iy ¢ ash a nerougd didn't will salve he front of puri- Awarded to ts rath Capi. Kennedy defeated Mickey nt sent out from } a eh mere not avarded! IS JOKE Horse at at Oak- a jokesmith! ugh the barrie big league! barred Sebring belonged to ¢ Ward to the Ph Banned for life to the T ged to Willlamep |Ex-Fire Commissioner Won Cec surch cera m elved ens clalm " Sebring in fa of Ebbets, World’s Amateur Champion- a a sere Lar ike inven ly Bits of Sporting News and Coste Eel Tola |' for H ship in Three Hours at Old Manhattan Field, old record of 10% miles {n an hour would by ” nade that rec- * old Williamsburg A. C it was inany years before mete Bugene Leigh next ea known to a is dea Fs hi horse f It Was beater Gives Advice to Runners. vo much at- The runners to-da faneapoite, hampton Helr, th owner of pone BROOKLYN GETS SEBRING, HIGHLANDERS LAND WARD -_— vantage kK blows on et Cross to leave Hal Chase’s Case Is Expected the latter to Be Settled at Cin- Renate us v rae etouny cinnati To-Day voss's fac0 1 to be $i) hanging m fo 7 ae PT, esi O'BRIEN OUTPOINTS THREE ui Che one, up MEN IN IN THE SAME RING, Ass Of sas Se Specini to The Rvening Warld § ty PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. §—Jack rape : n got away mith three men last ate is Weet En ib in as many F a 1 Nuts, he * st took on Jac! a oO who was forced NM i 1 lose of the second ri ; ‘ vitclm was Fred “Fri Me caught Ja a the eve-and opened an ¢ i ooley got his in the second | Mat er wae led fae a ame | | tated, bu! oe sgreag BROWN A. A, ‘STAG TO-NIGHT, ed. The echedule nd National Leagues jeer held thie week ETHEL BARRYWORE; CRITERION! is: $5, ‘| WILLIAM GILLETTE. ‘ih SAMSON LYCEUM ,;;: : BILLIE BURKE ale i HIPPODROWE =: Sparing Bird patie. Barry Tiny's 6 GES, Marine Elnt's 22°" sth bet. Bway | EADY” FRE DE hve se EVasat Si) MISS ELLIOTT Git CASINO oth St (a 8 w aye b EDDIE FOY se LY RIC uh OK a MLit OV BROAN AY, y Wl BLUE NOUSE « face with W "TT GARRICK ‘a | | WM. COLLIER MAJESTIC oy voce gppdt Mare rie Clark (specially OLS aM ARIGKERBOGKER FRITZI SCHEFF ,., SAVOY ilies WILTON LACKAYE. The World aod Tis Wife, “MAY ROBSON END. In The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mars.” ED Sat. 2 ne hare 180 od for eleven miles in an hour, ar MUSICAL, | = : = ||HACKETT 14.) AT RE Wt them are around yet % = ere 1 BA s i TherlaclGparag ie Rattan oh mae |e METROPOLITAN OPERA, HOUSE. NEW AMSTERDAM nit firs, FISKE. | | rawibnidinnitha trae Pfr i ‘lt *) \ * LITTLE NEMO / Peeks Nee ee aia PUM ae a a | cal vet 1 Rae Sut as ) where-and Jim ( n id at the sev bathe . __AMUSEMENTS. a eee | Mo AST ent 8.30. sa F uh of the ce oe : ‘of oa a al i sl yh WIRELESS BELASCO T pasty ae | ne lee As records that compa 7 ind forgot all, yor efx races! MOST TALKEI THEATR GEORGE, [eter Aiea eotaa a eco tan J ; ihe Recut nfo at || MOST TALKED DIXEY) kA ra ARLISS'A DEVIL j r lose t r ‘gs are not other mounts being closely played | Fry pon HELD A AC ADEMY (te CUS OEG Brey Irving Pr, ri. raltan Tieeby fotball tearm wilt ADE Qt MARY Z ms INNOCENCE "THE. WARRENS. “OF VIRGINIA 5 i main here about a ep Rea 1G) \ lk _ YANE’S TLL Meat ir a Nie Tacit Wariie ane Stine f= ) ey i ia ae Panu th BL a aia j, PA|\| THE TRAVELI'G: SALESMAN, bth AYE, a As wt | EHR AEA Rear aoe | Selieneerst at BROADWAY 2 SESE Rea oa KEITH & j Hanae AC. 1) arters at Thir. H. Blumberg. Ireland's Famous Actor and s 0 1 Aine ae NAT Police , Raid Fight | Shon Easy to Follow we are iy a (|LJOSERH O'MARA "Wthilt, | PROCTOR si Mt od Ok | ay. va e s att Pies OK y Mat | PHEATHB, Bway 20th a After Reiusal of 3). » Amateur Leader Rl v; |, SOEWEBER'S So" 225% AUTOMOBILE SHOW Loa, V t r gia , Wakefield, Binns, Binne & Binns, te La- AN INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE. Maa Grand Central Palace asia tht! ef to he “ ‘O1 > r vetti Troupe. Caprice & Fields Bros., VI American catra, all che | | Offer of Tickets ialseys in Garden Race ; PbO ke 81 tin | : a ASTOR 3" II Wm, Hodge {only sift is aah cae A " | pacha Ta Corr aes or THE Stats. Wott (i'The Man From Home’ eos lons. Tae bynes yt) | of tha West iit the entries came from all over tre, Im the amateur Marathon race at ci eset hi an CIRCLE* * 1 raday for Ttalfan § { titth street | world wit Square Garden Rratay night Cored tnt aint iw Rota itealte| THE QUEEN OF UAL! ‘doit ree, ARO TRA | CINTA TCE Ee ( se A cliance 10 Beg machine models vil be offered “a A GENTLEMAN FAG wisssat EMPIRE BROABYA AEA { | i en fro: carry « red hand-, Jockey Gar je on hin way to France, M Ben qi | il icaschletee eben veil! Ga taban a} a a! AMERICAN "i ; els act ng sn hod of distingule ee MADE SCRAPPERS FIGHT. sianii: CAHILL ae BhayEy's velasity of ¢|numbers of the first #ix men will be Sao re 5 N } rail ont hown all stages of the race on a gPROVIDENCE, RI Jan. 6—At the HURTIG & SEAMON'S | i ee ca ca Com that rave the | ange scoreboard Standard A.C. of Lomansviie, ist ansieurs THE PARISAN WIDOWS LONIAL “zir2mseane ager esis intystiane Ot race that it will be necessary to cat) Kid Locke, of Philadelphia, ant You MURRAY (5) 7020795 ut ft) MAD onde ae ute Ue Big @ for vunaturl 4 th'of the mos ; ¢ old nthe A. A. U. officials to decide who! careq a draw went the linilt, tho} sone ad NEW YORK STARS Mat Paty Sor ROBERT TOT EARD 4 flscharces,totamraations, oo coals: rue, ACTA. Pacts eer : New shall rt. This Will be necessary contestants mere ® each oth | OLYMPIC 14th 8. ‘Phone 103—Stuy, ALHAMBRA « Kab Helle Blanche, Mr. (C5 ALT yioreod pian Pl of macoss rian ye AO aa om STi partani lob4 (helEER TU RELIG LAA ee alte eae ea oreae [rane {tHe CASING GIRLS, | #2". Paty. 2 ie |Fesierta tae ea a ilnasau break I and they | win wich wider than those used by Hayes|gome of the spectators threatened tol 8! —<——$<——— “We Ava sai i tage weal Ape pte th i fer a| "T never made much gt a hit at the |and Dorando and Jrongboas ang Dorando throw the Sghtere through @. window, | A T LA NT TICg yea ICE. HOCKEY AL ye e pole from Watertering Wit inal beat mre i gaca ot tt ‘aoa ay seve oaagomriie the many bane Kear monirated isa that he © Ear need Talfie h 4 Winctites ag NICHOLAS RINK,@ 6 Ws TH wr,