The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-14

a. .or,a unfamiliar rssghoorhocd,
he has been yo11ced upon o. sposuns
men or managers who saw money IL MS
sslI. and transferred 20 the ranks o. sas
u-ose~xionaIs This is the history IN Hut
shell OF owen. Mclaughlin and AeAano1'
three OF tie greatest OF American wreSAaers-
II u especially the case OF Owen, who was
q ,osx-cheekel. bearoless, country boy
from Vermont, when be made his bow ne-
fore Boston audience. IS rrofessionsi.
There Is no use CT con planning about THIS
tendency o. affairs Ia our Own county
Professional Wrestling j. q good remun-
e-stIve business. and pays Tar better on sn
average than the law, pulpit or medicine
OF our great lights Muidoon enjoys snE'eTo
income from his exhibitions. While FRO
fessor Miller, Andre Chrssto!, Bauer
Stranger Lewis. Greek George, Duncan
c. Ross. and that eccentric japanese ath-
Iete, Matsada Sorakichi, seldom Il ever
makes less than S5.uo year apiece ter
their professional work. IL TACT II may oe
safely said that f3rSt-clsss wrestler IS a.
WAYS sure o. frst-ciass living.
Is is very hard 20 define accurately what
Wrestling H. In the course OF years so
many arbitrary systems have been evoiyed
that no one definitely can cover the iot oil
them II may be roughly called sport
in which two men eaGezyor 10 throw sach
other down in some prescribed way Win
out going down II the sane way them-
selves. The average reader VIII prooao1y
have no idea OF the vast difference tnst
are covered by so elastic definition Ia
Graco- Roman wrestling. both hips ana
ore shoulder, or both houlders ana one
hip of the vauqaished party must De pun
IN contact with the ground az the same
time In this style OF wrestling the con-
;esfants are allowed TO strike with the
open hand. though never with clnched or
the back OF the hand, on any part OF the
body between the throat and the knee.
| have seen such great masters
as Christol Bauer and Miller
make hand-hoids so vigorously th~t the
blood flowed from the skin OF the man they
would grasp. On the other hand, N coilaf
and elbow wrestling, no blows are allowed,
and the initial hold must not be broken I'M
Ill the round is determined. In sun an
other systeIn-that OF butting-wh!ch pre-
walls in many towns of England, anu more
especially in English colonies, the hands
and feet are reiega:ed TO an inferior posi-
ton and the head beco mes the ehiei iuipie-
meIt OF otiense. In this case men, ter the
time being. become goats, and probably the
Snort should not properly be called wres'-
| ling. Most Of the sy stems OF wrestling can
be compared to the wrestling habits OF the
lower animals. While putting" may
be compared 10 the habits OF
the goat. the pairing" OF Ian
cashire athletes may be nkened
! 10 the methods of attack employed by
| jackasses; rs sapate of the French, Is IKE
the fighting of the ostriches; that Greco
Roman resembles the struggles OF grizzly
/ bears with one another; catch-as-catch-ean
/ is modelled after the actions OF the ordl-
! nary European bear; the coliar-and elbow
| is like the fights between monkeys. and The
! Cornish and Northumberland IS Ike
! battles among elephants.
| la Sarate," or the French system, al
! though sedulously cultivated by the mil
/ itary and naval authorities Of that nation,
/ il unpopular at home and is utterly de-
/ spised by our race. IL consists chiefly IN
| kicking and striking, and leaves little for
| the great muscles of the body to accom-
/ plish. The Cornish and northumberland
/ allow hacking" which is a close cousin Of
| the savate. and also a number OF body
! throws which cannot be described in polite
/ language. Catch-as-catch-can explains
| itself by its own name, and is in vogue
wherever our race is The restrictions are
! few, but TO striking or kicking is allowed.
/ There is no restriction a. TO the method of
| gra~ping. pulling or throwing an antag-
/ onist, excepting those which common de-
| cency dictates.
| In measuring the value of the different
! STYLES or schools of wrestling, | unhe>i-
/ tatingIy give preference to the collar-and-
/ elbow as being the most scientific and beau
| tiful OF them all. Next to it. and very close
! behind. is the Graco- Roman. This last
! school of wrestling does not belong 10 the
/ Angio-Saron race at all, and has come into
vogue in England aud America within the
last twenty years. Its name is trightful
! misnomer, as it has nothing whatever 10
/ do with the methods known in Greece or
/ Rome. Ii ought 10 be called French Ger
/ man for. so far a. it can be learned, it is
/ an old German style of wrestling which
was developed and finished in France Ii
came into vogue in England some fifteen
/ years ago, and three wears afterward was
brought over TO this country, where ii inn
| nediatey aroused the enthusiasm OF large
/ audiences, and was adopted AS the favorite
school OF the athletic associations of the
! country.
/ Oddly enough, the greatest masters of
the GrIco- Roman wrestling at the present
! day are Americans.
Next 10 coliar-and elbow, and GRECO
/ Roman, the catch-as-catch-can is 10 be
/ priced a matter of science. Below this
comes the various styles known as Cornish.
! Northumberland. scotch and hip-and-
! shoulder. In this class muscularity ranks
: higher than science, so that the small man
/ has little or no show when opposed TO one
+ much larger than himself. Just below this
/ class comes the Japanese and Chinese
/ school of wrestling. This has rude
+ science OF it. own and is interesting on ac-
7 count OF lis novelty - occiGentals Below
! these, anu very far below them. are the
I putfiug OF Lancashire, the hacking ot
/ Cheshire. ia savate' OF France and the
b0't.ng Of this country and the West Indies
4 Road That Needs Attoation.
/ Considerable CON piaint is heard regard
/ ing the condition Of the city road leading
out into the White river valley, lust be-
/ yond the end Of the Grant street bridge
The pauking ends near the brick wards
and from there 10 the city limits. where
/ tie road plsnked by the county begins a
+ distance Of about half mile the road has
/ been IA very bad condition since
the last rain. During the last
days IT The recent storm -
Was next - impassane and numbers ~
teams were stack in the mud. AT different
times. i number % teams were compelled
/ 20 pas Tie place daily, on their way 10 Sc
attic. Among these are about ten heavy
butcher wagons. score Of brick teams. and