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‘Zbyszko and Dr. Roller, Who, Meet in Wrestling Bout at Grand Central Palace To- Night Are Remarkable Men} Outside of Mat Game. fan't often that we see untversity @radvates in professional athletic competition, unlew they are base- Well players. One of the exceptions to the rule will be to-night when Zbyazko and Dr. Roller wrestie at Grand Cen- wal Palace. Zdyezko (hie real name ts Cygantewicz) fe @ graduate of the University Vienna, and a lawyer by profes He speaks nine languages and five. Dr. Roller is a grad Medical department of the University @f Pennsylvania, and when not busy Wrestling he is a practicing physician De. Roller 1s a wealthy man. So Is Zoyesko, who is worth about 0, and is considered a great capitalist ¢ fn his own country. Hven If th two @entiemen of the mat had no original capital they'd find it hard to remain Poor just now, for each wrestles at Jeast five times a week, for very good money. I was talking with Zbyszko's man- ager, Mr. Herrman of Buffalo. “Poof,” ea Mir, Herrman, “I wouldn't ex- ghange Zbyszko for the greatest boxer that ever won a championship, There’ s 80 comparison. Talk about mone Why, in seven and a half n 4 last year Zbyszko wrestled 287 matches. He won 25 of them, drew with Roller, and lost to Gotch. His end of the Purses was over a hundred thou— but fever mind that. He's going along at the same gait this year, and no fighter ever made money as fast.” Mr. Herrman wanted to say, too, that | he'd lke to match Zbyszko, after to- | night's ‘match, with any man he has not yot defeated for a $10,000 side stake, or winner take all, or a divided purse, not even excepting Frank Gotch. Hi had @ $1,000 certified check that he de- aires to post somewhere to guarantee the forthooming of the other $9,000. Zbyazko 1s one of the giants of the | Gat. He woighs 2%5 pounds, while Roller balances the je at 216, Dr. Roller has always been an athletic | Dr. Rowers, ONE A. FOOTBALL PLAYER, NOW WRESTLING AMONG THe CHAMPIONS Strong Opposition to Lynch's Re-Election —_—— ; , Murphy and Ebbets Anxious to} Have Among the who have ball folk | n it was | that Mr. as president | that hundreds of base lveady arrived in to ul n last ni re-elected nal League an the gene James Hart Chosen enthusiast. He competed professionally | qyen, Delors he entered the Univeraity | Pennsyivania, so he couldn't pla football on the varsity team, he| was eligible for dnterclass matches. Ile captained and coached the Medical team and won the college championship | twice—in 190 and Ie. Although his team hadn't a single varsity or varsity scrub player he defeated the Law team, captained by T. Truxton Hare, captain iso of the Penn varsity team, and the Law team had five varsity and threo! gorud players. In this game Roi: who was playing fullback, took the bali thirteen times In succession and made @uchdown, After that his team playe @afe and won the ga scored against. ‘Th another by the famous played profe Duquesne football | dd Penn Stat nn State ha ?, to a score of 6 to 0. 9-0 was rolled up in two fifteen halves. Roller did of the kicking for his team. of his punts w 81% yards. ed, too, with the ittwburg A. the Philadelphia football teams. Roller practiced medicine A while, but the athletic to much for him. He took up wrestling and boxing. Finding more wrestling he stuck to that. he Joined forces with Frank Got ing the world's champion to use hin AB roughly as possthle, so that he could learn something. “And he did it,” says Roller, with a grim smile, "I learned the game under the greatest teacher in the world, I don't think Goteh's aS a wrestler ever lived. He everything. Out in Chicago, Kansas City and an through the West wre: Popular of all jndoor sports. sohmidt ts travelling 0 t try wrestling al! comer: in good shape again to make such an tmp: American public that to come out of retirems a ghance to regain t ip. If that and FTPR leaving mnsylvania Dr, | for a ever was knows Hacken- now, Hack i and is dete t and give him wrestlers With such all the bi« probably come over Hackenschmidt, Zbys: Lemm seem to have heavyweight attractions making fortunes on the they say, Is one of the best men ey seen in England. When Gotoh wa there he was offered « $10,000 purse meet Lemm before the Nationa! 8 ing Club. Lemm weighs only 1 sos ay all MIKE GLOVER HANDED GOOD pound BEATING TO DICK NELSON.| NEW HAV fifteen-round fight between Mike of Boston and “Fighting Di of New York the for ud the of the mill fr rt to fi fon'a face w battered, Glover escape! In the | New York hand tn the round go and of this city Joo Marcks 0! “Fighting round of a so m st as well while Jack Smith of a twel Bunny F& Heydier would continue as speretary. It fs well known t Murphy an Ebbets are strongly opposed to Lynch | and they are trying to bring about the election of James Hart, forme: of the Chicago Cubs, the man who sold out and gave Murphy a ehance to g in the game. It was thought that Mur I Head of League To-Day. BOZEMAN BULG IDE from the el dent, which Is R. ction of a presl+ for much speculation in the Na- tlonal Lo there are several ques- tions not Importance, to be * or discussed when t nates #0 Into session to-day of these are A campaign by Gharley Ebbets, of Brooklyn, Charles Murphy of Chi- cago and Stanley Robinson of St Louls for a schedule calling for games instead of 16. A plan suggested by Char phy to the Rules Committ prove batting by allowin to take his base stead of four. Mr at this would cause Uy » the ball over the plate and the batter would be helped. an offset to Mr. Murphy's th a plan will be introduce suggested he old Baltimore sts that a new chalk 1 ross the grass directly through the plate and at rig « to the pitcher, All balls hit In betwe that line and the regulation foul lne shall be called “strikes" and all those that are fouled back ew lines slall go as fouls only and not be called ‘strikes.’ the be called dent hat they fouled off, It comprom wld batter, e, been hand a long time, in glove wit Murph and he is bit- ter against been fined last: summer If those! rewl in bringing Stanley Robi St. Louts and John Harris of Boston over to thelr way of think- ing they will ¢ a lot of trouble fo | Lynch and they may succeed In bel about an affair like that which kept xe ted last. winter Necessary shall and 6 6s su came eiol 8, of Pittsburg, are solid An Interest! » with Murp: is away, but for Lyneh, and St. Louls the new sents that more will send The leaning of Host owner 1b oftt 4 proxy to y of the w PAT POWERS JUBILANT OVER HIS RETIREMENT, tently the meeting CHRISTMAS high grade suit or overcoat 25.00, reduced from $30, us the name and minutes to any measure thirty = three years. May and Portfolio of Fashion = ARNHEI to measure for and $4.00, Give an refer in a few taken In the past we send samples A $ x Bros adway : as National Pr esident FE Yoel) \s ght preparations tor ir a 144-1 | logne, beginning Jan vias le yneh on account of having | $80; Hebi and Cameron and Hal matum that if DITED BY ROBERT EDGREN’ ‘Murphy and Moore Bout | Contest ~ AS SOON AS ¢ Haughton arrives from E return is expected this week vard eleven will elect its foot tain for next season. All caster col velr foot BOXING STAGS TO-NIGHT. At Brown Gymnasium A rot Newburg will me e inain bout of ten Dave Morrison of will tackle Y Rowe six rounds, At Reno A, C, of Brooklyn Jimmy Mitchen and Harry Powers will bat Ue in the star bout of ten rounds Murray Allen will box Jack Moran n the sem Jersey for HARVARD AND PRINCETON | " seball games ne as. original THE r AN INTER 1 be played an and Bi the Day 1 Lawn Tennis bichallssal | a c a, and on! 3 it ctions of Walter Ca at Yale, and they I (Yale) and Weill | MeKay (Marvard guard (Harvard); and as suggested | a }o 2W YORK its first swmming at cludhouse A. ©. WIL, HOLD fullback, Mercer (Pennsyl- the | i I WALTER RUTT AND JOHANN STOL will sail fo and as b in Co- © Rratto ed handicap. on of the world, pur race TLL BE RLECT! Metropolitan Golf an UL. Larkin, Ht body to- will fancy di <htbit c Hare Pp the t THE at the Mad a : Root i als merican wa a polo game be 8 d Columbia te ap apa " CHAMPIONS TO INSTRUCT SWIMMERS AT COLUMBIA. a treat hampion one- and §: of New the faney high many, who oO and W. Behren AS 4 bike A rac rden Inst ¥ awarded SIX-DAY on Square : ns ‘Thomas, 7 HARVARD HAS I agree to play in Boston, as schedu with those two universities are off. 1 sw when t alle swimmer » worl me ave them some useful nM on p and again at ) actice, and In addition w Ritter, world art nin 8 will 1 with WESTERN yr hockey rnational Ama- fal . The heads of the no governing body trol tt \| Retiring from Business Our Entire Stock of Men’s and Young Men's Cloihing to Be Sold Cents on the Dollar Sale Starts Wednesday Mo ning ALS o'Clock iring from the clothing business, and offer our entire k ot the est grade of Men's ! Young Men's Clothing at 69 cents on ihe dollar, The st and quality that have backed this business for many years. $15.00 Suits: $9. 25 $12.75 $15.75 $18.75 $21.75 $24.50 STORE CLOSED TO-DAY | BYCK BROS. 54-160 East 125th Street Open Evenings Bet. Lexington @ 3rd Aves. \| = ———————e \ i We are | and Overcoats Now _and Overcoals Now $25. 00 Suifs and Overcoals Now $30.00 Suits and Overcoats Now $15.00 Svits and Overcoats Now $40.00 Suits and Overcoats Now Nghtwelght situation cleared. cuples a r Attell in th Bienes THe ‘BLUE HLULU GLASER» (DALY'S — a k PASTOR 2's: To Clear 133-Pound Tangle when he next appears he should be good and fast Murphy, but he has had two good battles under it with K. O, Brown and Willle her and right now is at his best. at his best is a great little The same may ‘be id of Moore, and when such a h something 1s likely to break. iis looks like the | most genuine and best mal 1 ea fellows that has be club tv many m | ttle boosting. ; > | BATTLING HURLEY WHIPS Shc wd Toward Go Long Settling Lightweight Situation. y Murphy and F session no next Thursday will be 8 Tommy oc up on the and St seems as If against Right now gh rounds de the keep 4 yy outpointing \ ake AU en at te man, wil nto the first ks of the amping on the Wolgas There's a lot of ring p n and lost on both sides, 4 Jone makes ng of the pair one of the most Interesting of the s effective blows, d six rounds in his fa t be admitted 8 While § the mee rival up rand up- Hurley | son. way with both hands Into and to his jaw al times during the bout Hurley d Smith with terrific left swings flush on the Jaw and nearly doubled him up with stiff punches in‘the pit of the PRCT TS GC back hard, compelling Hurley to ‘There's no marvellot ver Abe t the ability je fighter Itke Moore, n Murphy Moore wi ist another uch figh comes to just p admit did not show Att r various rease nich, and perhaps the most im- ing that he had been out of To keep at top pitch There is noth x to his form than a long ay off. stayed away too jong} nd he showed it. That fight, however, hould have done him a lot of good, and | Moore yest against yne of Ww ortant, ti he game to fighter must fig! damag t Dec, 18—In bout at the Casino A. C, Joe badly whipped Prof, Fred The referee had to stop the from a knockout AMUSEMENTSI. AMUSEMENTS. | Kv way Lats. FAREWE SRCRET fit ue we Re ae The Importance ol Being With nee S. ne GARRICK "seh 2 THE SPECKVED BAND: th St. Bra s.G0, Te Thur 3, Bi 21 MAJESTIC Earnest AR WILDB Las Sat, 2.16, Times, NIE RUS! Poston Eves, 8.0, Pmentte cs Mentioned in this’ box 1s an assured Hit! BROADWAY "0 afte S01 HERV-NARLOWES <2 a HACKETT (5... ova: Matinees Thurs, ALBERT CHEVALIER | 7 ins USHIE en Vilas Herald Sq. ‘8! ana ti : in ‘THE KAISER. Bras 0 HN Zelda Sears new eet We se Ellfott's #180 Ma THE GAMBLERS Thea, A cw ayb, “830MM S| '$1.50 Matinee "Forms W Charles Bic ay & 46th St ‘Saturday oniy, Bye, NEW YORK" Mlle. EMMA UG! / SAM BERNARD” A eaiea. ith ORVIL j CIRCLE Satis aly ‘a Sri MOTHER Woof Ath Av ND 3, Mat. 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CHICAGO, Dec. 13. — Jack Johneon, champion heavyweight of the work, faid to-day: “LT intend to fight the winner of @he Langford-Jeannette fight, which fa scheduled to take place in France im February. My five-round affa purse will be $26,000, win, lose or afew, “The Wagram Club of Paris has mage me the offer through Al. Lippe, and I ve cabled my ac for France in Mar probably take place some time dn April or May, “T have asked the foit that it will with me. ‘The p | fighting champlo' am open to n provided a sults the fight." | AHEARN OUTPOINTS DORMAN IN BOUT AT MARATHON A.C. Young Ahear beat Jack Dorm ten-round bout at the of Brooklyn. Ahearn fo) peculiar style, p £ a face with his get a g Ahear} throug club to post @ for- arry out Sts contract tired of a non- i from now on T one in the world, purse is offered for lish fighter, Bronx im a Marathon A. 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