The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-02
THE JAPANESE WRESTLER.
HI. Contests with Bibby the great Eug.
lish Wrestler-Stra3gles of tha

His Contests with Btbbv the great Enc.
lish Wrestler-straggles Of tia
The great trials and strength and
dexterity between a Japanese and Eng
lish wrestler have oecasioned mich az.
citement among the athletes Of New
York as we'll as with tho nnbl;c Tba
Japanese wrestler was defeated Of first
but the seouel is told Nv a corrasnond,
emf.
S%orakichi's reveng was satisfactorv
and complet,. Fl, had shown h;msejf
TO ha nossessed of eytra ordinarv strongth
and = great ,vrestler accord;n1 70 e..
anese rnles and ha has yanted Tic ~.
cent victor;ons antogon;st aro,,,,d Al,
ring at his own sweet viii 40 Sor,l;e
oh; cr;ed after HE defeat nv R;l,br =
wac nnite nat,,,.ol fiat Lo sho,,11 o;n,ia
and danco ofter R;hhr,s dafaot I've I;,,
When the Ian arr;vad in tI;s co,ntrv
he had n small o]nin;on of nm oth1atns
He considered ,Jaian The oreateat conn.
try in the world and ne ba was know,
TO he the STRONGEST and n,icl,ast n,on in
.Janan Io Ind no fe,r of An,,,.;no,.
His first match bere was wifi R;l,lr at
Irvine Hall Tha two man w,ostlad "a
cord;1m Ia catch os eotcb ca, ,,Ios ond
Bibby, who was moo tbe cbomn;on of
England. tossed tbc GREAT .Japanese
wrestler nronnd the stone as
though he we're an infant. Accord.
inp TO the Tnol;sh rn1as ono
wrestlor to mako n fail mnst throw tha
other wrestler an h;s hacL and nrass
him to the stage so that both shoulders
and one hin or both bins and on, s1,n,,1d-
This constitutes a fall. Expert wrest.
lers like Bibby and Acton will some
times wrestle for two hours before thew
have secured three falls. They may
throw each other over their heads, iumn
on each others chests and resort to
every trick known to expert wrestling.
but the men always fall so thar Mt least
one shoulder is free from the floor. It
at once becomes the work of the wrest-
lcr to work this shoulder down. I once
saw Clarence Whistler wrestle
Dufur, the great eastern athlete,
when he deliberately pulled the New
England mans arm out of Joint so
as to force his shoulder to the floor. He
got Dufur down on his side, twisted his
arm under his back and exerted all his
immense strength, Both men we're
p~antina and struggling like demons.
when Dufur suddenly yelled at the TOP
of his voice and turned white as a sheet.
at the same moment droppips over on
the floor. Whistler jumped up and as
sisted his fallen rival to his feet. Dufur's
right arm hing at his side. linn. miss
bannen twisted and dead white in col
or. excent ever he shoulder. where
there were two brioht SCARLET snots His
arm was nnlled in place. however. and
T balieye he suffered no serious iniury
from f. Catch os catch can wrestling
1enends almost &c mnch mon skill a.
stranotb 90 Sorok;ch; Wien bc met
RibbS was tossed ahont at will
rbe Ian insisted that Rihhv sbo,1d
wrestle him according to the blues Of
I Japan. and this Bibby at last occeded
to. If ever aman was completely used
= mn if was Edwin Bibby at Clarendon
, hall on this occasion. The Japanese at
: home wrestle on a platform nine feet in
: diameter and 10 feet high. The one
who succeeds in knocking his antagon-
list on this platform secures a fall. 1t is
g also considered u fall if anything but
the feet of the wrestlers touch the floor.
' Ii one gets the other down so that even
! the tips OF his little fingers touch the
floor he has won the bout. When Bib
/ by got In front OF the Japanese the
! other night the Jap pounded on the
y floor with his bare feet, clapped his
hands, believing loudly and shot
forward head first. He struck Bibbr
7 on his breast, lifted him off his feet and
carried him against the ropes, where he
j hung exhausted and bewildered. 1.-THE
= ropes had not been there Bibby would
: have probably gone ont of the window.
!, After accomplishing this, Sorakichi
:, jumped into the middle of the stage,
waved his hands victoriously and began
: to dance with delight. Having knocked
: his antagonist off OF what would have
been a nine foot ring in Japs.n, it was
considered that he ha!. won the fall
- Ribby, however. Recovered himself ant
rushed at the Japanese like a mad bull
= The jap .aken by surprise took hold O
the ropes and protested by many wild
ge,ticllations and erimaces that Bib,
= was unfair. Therefore, forced the Eng
lish athlete away from the JAP, and aitel
., bo,,r az d;sn,,fas d,,i,g which Bib
Nv a1a;naa MI la Ina r;oh+ "a "a,
e ~ ~ he bands an5 ssat I'd 1on9 "a HE a,
L bows didnt touch tha o,o,nd the NATL
voc ,as,,n,o5 In +ha ,aSt ,.a,,,d Snra
g III; Ln.tnd liz a,tnran;st aaain s;aza,
4. HIM ,y the hack Of tbe neck snd nxert
h mo- lis tren'snan,s s+ronnth ],on1ra,
d him fnrwa,l mon his face On fbs aoor
R;hbv law 1;taa starfsb trbn Janan
ase danced and ainaled R;bby saw
now tba+ ha was nc A5 for ~. o;Ias
Hal and attemntad 70 laroh the mattel