Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-19
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
The Japanese Sre.sier-.:ang Ching
Foo The DeEnCIsirG.. - 1n,lrtI+ud
Palncr-'T,e Opera War Elsde,,-Eu..
Di>is Celebrities. Etc.
If 1HE EvrNISG STAR.

Special Cor.esI On,,cucc If IHE TvrvTy,; Sr.R
New YORK. jan. Il.
Sorakichi. the champion wrestler OF japan.
did not pan out very well. bat there is ever
reason to believe that he will with proper in
struct!on and little experience with a clever
Greco-i:Oman wrestler make man Of whom
even Joe Acton may we'll beware The jap
acted Ike ch:ld among strangers when lie al
rearcd at Irving haH las Monday night. He is
the best wrestler in Japan and a man Of stu
Ieu,!ous strength, bat he was tossed about in
the AR as though lie vas made Of rags His
lacserS lave net tau-.hs him the least thing
Htous cttcl-aS-cst;h-caD OF Gfeco-E0man Wrest-
M. ai.d the r''S'llr Wa- that lt. was al at sea
when BIb:y came forward and street chrd oflt his
tiaNny Il. shake la! ! with the Oriental the
J&p sprarE away - Il ir nai been shot from q
Gun, then they explained To him that
j: was merely Il preliminary cere-
Mony and he cautiously auproachcd the
En@i'-hinan. touched his fingers lightly and
tf1h@ away a.sain. Then the two men lowered
lh"if heads Ike goats and slowly crept forward
suddenly they dartcd together. and were locked
IN "dcn other arms. moment later the ia
IaI.c~e flew uP into the air at least six feet clear
OF tie hycr, and fell with II Resembling vhack
upon rs lett and hands At the same instant
That he itli. hddy. Who hal thrown him. iumpnd
Hereby upon hi;a and bore his shoulders To the
hocr- HE Jap iai there in pCrfc.c: a.iaZcuent
IL was his first experience of that stvl,. OF wrest
hn9 and be was dtzed- I:bhy rot up and his
seconds rubbed him down. gave him cooling
GFdti@hts. and tanned ham until he was fresh as
G:tiSy. The jap. with his moUta and eyes still
open. AID With look of wonder on his face,
wandered over 20 his chair and sat ls;,Zi1.s SIN
Itiy II thef'Gcr. Histraincrs dill not attrrIpt IN
CCol him of. and lie vas apparently so utferIy
aI"&Zed that he Lad no thought OF his surround
ms. Ali things considered. il must have been
rather painful thing 1Or the Jap. He expected
fHat he would have TO pun Gown house in
America So - to show lis how strong he was
He never believed that we had any wresticrs
Who could stand UP before him for a moment
He has defeated every man who has been
BROUGHT before him in Japan with ease and
That Is say n great deal. for the japanese are
famous WrcStlerS. In Japan. however. their
wrestling consists in throwing each other off of
Platform or out of q ring. The exhibitions
ere very curious In some instances the plat
form. which l. usually nine feet square, Is built
az "a e;-t OF eight or ten feet from the ground
TIE wrestler who succeeds in throwing his an
ta30nlst of platform is declared the champion
when the men meet they stamp vigorously
yriI and huil1a like Wild Irishmcn and make
htrcc idccS at one another. They will stand
oil, wave their arms ana howl like demons.
Edch enc tries 10 tcrTiIy the other. Then one
% tt.h makes rush IT his fellow and tries to
Et' ilil oil the platform. BI5by vas very much
ana. the Jap would try some Of these tactics
hondty night In the second round. after Bbby
ana I.eJah hJd Jren locked Tor amCment. Dibby
GOT Tree authenticated . the edge of the stage for
a new start As lie did 80 the JauaDasp who was
on one knee and one foot spr;.ng toward him
Ike : h.rlNnd. B.bby saw him coming. and
jumped cUay lust in time to avoid the Jan who
le! on ils laHds and feet like a panther 1t
woHu LaVe hetn no laughing matter to have
been thrown OF the stage there The law is as
quicN Is cat and very strong. His
muscular development is renarkalla II
be is fairy handled. he NAV Vet do
od work japanese wrcstlcrs are attract
iag the a.tcntiOu ii Great c,anv a1hl.tos ims,
Row whistler AID Bauer are going to Janon
10 "r, -tie the C''imgioaS. and Judging from the
expei.racs OF l. coy with Scrakichl they viii
have little -ulty in winning everywhere
TaeFe : 3ie aiai, however. whom all wrestlers